US Code

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

16 U.S.C. § 698i

Administration of Big Cypress Preserve; applicability of other laws; rules and regulations for use of lands and waters; transportation facilities; consultation and cooperation with Secretary of Transportation

(a)
section 698f of this title39 Stat. 53516 U.S.C. 1–41
1 See References in Text note below.
The area within the boundaries depicted on the map referred to in shall be known as the Big Cypress National Preserve. Such lands shall be administered by the Secretary as a unit of the National Park System in a manner which will assure their natural and ecological integrity in perpetuity in accordance with the provisions of sections 698f to 698m–4 of this title and with the provisions of the Act of (; ), as amended and supplemented.
(b)
In administering the preserve, the Secretary shall develop and publish in the Federal Register such rules and regulations as he deems necessary and appropriate to limit or control the use of Federal lands and waters with respect to:
(1)
motorized vehicles,
(2)
exploration for and extraction of oil, gas, and other minerals,
(3)
grazing,
(4)
draining or constructing of works or structures which alter the natural water courses,
(5)
agriculture,
(6)
hunting, fishing, and trapping,
(7)
new construction of any kind, and
(8)
Provided2
2 So in original. Probably should be “preserve”.
such other uses as the Secretary determines must be limited or controlled in order to carry out the purposes of sections 698f to 698m–4 of this title: , That the Secretary shall consult and cooperate with the Secretary of Transportation to assure that necessary transportation facilities shall be located within existing or reasonably expanded rights-of-way and constructed within the reserve  in a manner consistent with the purposes of sections 698f to 698m–4 of this title.

Pub. L. 93–440, § 488 Stat. 1260(, , .)

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 Sections 1 to 4 of the Act were repealed and restated as , Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of Title 54 by , §§ 3,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 .