---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 410aaa–46"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "410aaa–46"
heading: "Administration"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/410aaa-46"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LIX–Y — California Desert Lands Parks, Preserve, and Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Areas"
  - "Part C — Mojave National Preserve"
---

# §410aaa–46. Administration

- (a) The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall administer the [preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2) in accordance with this part and with the provisions of law generally applicable to [units](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=4) of the National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) System, including the Act entitled “An Act to establish a National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) Service, and for other purposes”, approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; [16 U.S.C. 1](/usc/16/1.md), 2–4).[^1]
- (b) The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall permit hunting, fishing, and trapping on lands and waters within the [preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2) designated by this Act in accordance with applicable Federal and [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) laws except that the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) may designate [areas](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) where, and establish periods when, no hunting, fishing, or trapping will be permitted for reasons of public safety, administration, or compliance with provisions of applicable law. Except in emergencies, regulations closing [areas](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) to hunting, fishing, or trapping pursuant to this subsection shall be put into effect only after consultation with the appropriate [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) agency having responsibility for [fish and wildlife](/usc/16/3102.md?p=17). Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the [States](/usc/16/544.md?p=r) with respect to [fish and wildlife](/usc/16/3102.md?p=17) on [Federal lands](/usc/16/620e.md?p=2) and waters covered by this part nor shall anything in this Act be construed as authorizing the [Secretary concerned](/usc/16/620e.md?p=8) to require a Federal permit to hunt, fish, or trap on [Federal lands](/usc/16/620e.md?p=2) and waters covered by this part.

## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–433, title V, § 506, Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4490.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Act entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”, approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1, 2–4), referred to in subsec. (a), is act Aug. 25, 1916, ch. 408, 39 Stat. 535, 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 section 100101 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs. Sections 1 to 4 of the Act were repealed and restated as section 1865(a) of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of Title 54 by Pub. L. 113–287, §§ 3, 4(a)(1), 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3094, 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 section 100101 of Title 54.

This Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is defined in section 3 of Pub. L. 103–433, which is set out as a Definitions note under section 410aaa of this title.