16 USC § 698l - Review of Big Cypress Preserve area and Addition area by Secretary; report to President

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title: "16 USC § 698l - Review of Big Cypress Preserve area and Addition area by Secretary; report to President"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "698l"
section_name: "Review of Big Cypress Preserve area and Addition 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"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–440, § 7, Oct. 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 1261; Pub. L. 100–301, § 3(c), Apr. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 444.)"
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# § 698l. Review of Big Cypress Preserve area and Addition area by Secretary; report to President

October 11, 1974April 29, 1988

Within five years from , with respect to the preserve and five years from , with respect to the Addition, the Secretary shall review the area within the preserve or the area within the Addition (as the case may be) 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 or the area within the Addition (as the case may be) 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. 93–440, § 7, Oct. 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 1261; Pub. L. 100–301, § 3(c), Apr. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 444.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1988— inserted “with respect to the preserve and five years from , with respect to the Addition” after “,” and “or the area within the Addition (as the case may be)” after “preserve” in two places.