US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

16 U.S.C. § 410gg–2

Administration; fishing; abolition of Biscayne National Monument; monument incorporated within and made part of park; monument funds and appropriations available for park

(a)
39 Stat. 53516 U.S.C. 1–41
1 See References in Text note below.
Provided The Secretary shall preserve and administer the park in accordance with the provisions of the Act of (; ), as amended and supplemented. The waters within the park shall continue to be open to fishing in conformity with the laws of the State of Florida except as the Secretary, after consultation with appropriate officials of said State, designates species for which, areas and times within which, and methods by which fishing is prohibited, limited, or otherwise regulated in the interest of sound conservation to achieve the purposes for which the park is established: , That with respect to lands donated by the State after the effective date of this subchapter, fishing shall be in conformance with State law.
(b)
82 Stat. 118816 U.S.C. 450qq The Biscayne National Monument, as authorized by the Act of (; ), as amended, is abolished as such, and all lands, waters, and interests therein acquired or reserved for such monument are hereby incorporated within and made a part of the park. Any funds available for the purposes of such monument are hereby made available for the purposes of the park, and authorizations of funds for the monument shall continue to be available for the park.

Pub. L. 96–287, title I, § 10394 Stat. 600(, , .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

39 Stat. 53516 U.S.C. 1–4act Aug. 25, 1916, ch. 40839 Stat. 535section 100101 of Title 54section 1865(a) of Title 18Pub. L. 113–287128 Stat. 3094section 100101 of Title 54The Act of (; ), referred to in subsec. (a), is , , known as the National Park Service Organic Act, which enacted sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title and provisions set out as a note under , National Park Service and Related Programs. Sections 1 to 4 of the Act were repealed and restated as , Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of Title 54 by , §§ 3, 4(a)(1), 7, , , 3260, 3272. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of former sections of this title, see Disposition Table preceding .

Pub. L. 96–287The effective date of this subchapter, referred to in subsec. (a), probably means the date of enactment of , which was approved on .

Pub. L. 90–60682 Stat. 1188Act of , referred to in subsec. (b), is , , , which was classified to sections 450qq to 450qq–4 of this title, and was omitted from the Code in view of the abolition of the Biscayne National Monument and its incorporation within the Biscayne National Park pursuant to subsec. (b).