16 USC § 7914 - Shooting ranges

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s7914"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 7914 - Shooting ranges"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "7914"
section_name: "Shooting ranges"
chapter_number: 98
chapter_name: "SPORTSMEN’S ACCESS TO FEDERAL LAND"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "SPORTSMEN’S ACCESS TO FEDERAL LAND"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 116–9, title IV, § 4104, Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 759.)"
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# § 7914. Shooting ranges

**(a)** **In general** Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary concerned may, in accordance with this section and other applicable law, lease or permit the use of Federal land for a shooting range.

**(b)** **Exception** The Secretary concerned shall not lease or permit the use of Federal land for a shooting range within—

**(1)** a component of the National Landscape Conservation System;

**(2)** a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System;

**(3)** any area that is—

**(A)** designated as a wilderness study area;

**(B)** administratively classified as—

**(i)** wilderness-eligible; or

**(ii)** wilderness-suitable; or

**(C)** a primitive or semiprimitive area;

**(4)** a national monument, national volcanic monument, or national scenic area; or

**(5)** a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (including areas designated for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System).

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 116–9, title IV, § 4104, Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 759.)