---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 6876"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "6876"
heading: "Effect"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/6876"
units:
  - "Chapter 87B — Modernizing Access to Public Waters"
---

# §6876. Effect


Nothing in this chapter—

- (1) modifies or alters the definition of the term “navigable waters” under Federal law;
- (2) affects the jurisdiction or authority of [State](/usc/16/6871.md?p=6) or Federal agencies to regulate navigable waters;
- (3) modifies or alters the authority or jurisdiction of Federal or [State](/usc/16/6871.md?p=6) agencies to manage fisheries; or
- (4) authorizes or is intended to result in a change in the accessibility of waters open to hunting, fishing, or other forms of outdoor recreation as of December 26, 2025.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 119–62, § 7, Dec. 26, 2025, 139 Stat. 1982.)