16 USC § 3124 - Regulations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s3124"
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title: "16 USC § 3124 - Regulations"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "3124"
section_name: "Regulations"
chapter_number: 51
chapter_name: "ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "SUBSISTENCE MANAGEMENT AND USE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 96–487, title VIII, § 814, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2429; Pub. L. 105–83, title III, § 316(b)(8), (d), Nov. 14, 1997, 111 Stat. 1594, 1595.)"
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# § 3124. Regulations

The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as are necessary and appropriate to carry out his responsibilities under this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 96–487, title VIII, § 814, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2429; Pub. L. 105–83, title III, § 316(b)(8), (d), Nov. 14, 1997, 111 Stat. 1594, 1595.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1997—, which directed amendment of section by inserting “, and the State at any time the State has complied with ” after “The Secretary” and inserting at end “During any time that the State has complied with , the Secretary shall not make or enforce regulations implementing section 3115(a), (b), or (c) of this title.”, was repealed by . See Effective and Termination Dates of 1997 Amendment note below.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective and Termination Dates of 1997 Amendment

Until laws are adopted in Alaska which provide for definition, preference, and participation specified in sections 3113 to 3115 of this title, amendment by  was effective only for purpose of determining whether State’s laws provide for such definition, preference, and participation, and such amendment was repealed on , because such laws had not been adopted, see  set out as a note under .