---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 7933"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "7933"
heading: "State authority for fish and wildlife"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/7933"
units:
  - "Chapter 98 — Sportsmen’s Access to Federal Land"
  - "Subchapter III — Miscellaneous"
---

# §7933. State authority for fish and wildlife


Nothing in this title—[^1]

- (1) authorizes the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of Agriculture or the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) to require Federal licenses or permits to hunt and fish on [Federal land](/usc/16/7911.md?p=1); or
- (2) enlarges or diminishes the responsibility or authority of [States](/usc/16/544.md?p=r) with respect to [fish and wildlife](/usc/16/3102.md?p=17) management.

## Footnotes

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

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 116–9, title IV, § 4403, Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 766.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This title, referred to in text, means title IV of Pub. L. 116–9, Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 756, which enacted this chapter and amended section 704 of this title, section 504 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, section 2412 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, and section 1304 of Title 31, Money and Finance. For complete classification of title IV to the Code, see Tables.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Definition of “Secretary”

Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, see section 2 of Pub. L. 116–9, set out as a note under section 1 of this title.