---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 698m–3"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "698m–3"
heading: "Status of Big Cypress National Preserve and Addition; report to Congress; plan"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/698m-3"
units:
  - "Chapter 6 — Game and Bird Preserves; Protection"
---

# §698m–3. Status of Big Cypress National Preserve and Addition; report to Congress; plan


Not later than two years after April 29, 1988, the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall submit to the Congress a detailed report on, and further plan for, the [preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2) and [Addition](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-2) including—

- (1) the status of the existing [preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2), the effectiveness of past regulation and management of the [preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2), and recommendations for future management of the [preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2) and the [Addition](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-2);
- (2) a summary of the public’s use of the [preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2) and the status of the access points developed pursuant to [section 698m–2 of this title](/usc/16/698m–2.md);
- (3) the need for involvement of other [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) and Federal agencies in the management and expansion of the [preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2) and [Addition](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-2);
- (4) the status of land [acquisition](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1); and
- (5) a determination, made in conjunction with the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Florida, of the adequacy of the number, location, and design of the recreational access points on I–75/Alligator Alley for access to the Big Cypress National [Preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2), including the [Addition](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-2).

The determination required by [paragraph (5)](#5) shall incorporate the results of any related studies of the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Florida Department of Transportation and other Florida [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) agencies. Any recommendation for significant changes in the approved recreational access points, including any proposed [additions](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-2), shall be accompanied by an assessment of the environmental impact of such changes.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 93–440, § 11, as added Pub. L. 100–301, § 6, Apr. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 446.)