---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 460r–5"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "460r–5"
heading: "Hunting and fishing"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/460r-5"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LXXVI — Mount Rogers National Recreation Area"
---

# §460r–5. Hunting and fishing


The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall permit hunting and fishing on lands and waters under his jurisdiction within the Mount Rogers National Recreation [Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) in accordance with applicable Federal and [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) laws. The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) may designate zones where, and establish periods when, no hunting shall be permitted for reasons of public safety, administration, or public use and enjoyment, and shall issue regulations after consultation with the [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) of Game and Inland Fisheries of the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Virginia.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–438, § 6, May, 31, 1966, 80 Stat. 191.)