16 USC § 698d - Review of Big Thicket Preserve area by Secretary; report to President
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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s698d"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 698d - Review of Big Thicket Preserve area by Secretary; report to President"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "698d"
section_name: "Review of Big Thicket Preserve area by Secretary; report to President"
chapter_number: 6
chapter_name: "GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–439, § 5, Oct. 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 1257.)"
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# § 698d. Review of Big Thicket Preserve area by Secretary; report to President
October 11, 1974
Within five years from , the Secretary shall review the area within the preserve and shall report to the President, in accordance with section 1132(c) and (d) of this title, his recommendations as to the suitability or nonsuitability of any area within the preserve for preservation as wilderness, and any designation of any such areas as a wilderness shall be accomplished in accordance with section 1132(c) and (d) of this title.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–439, § 5, Oct. 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 1257.)