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[88 STAT. 1374]
PUBLIC LAW 93-000—MMMM. DD, 1975
[88 STAT. 1374]

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16 USC 670/.

Indian r i g h t s. 16 USC 670m.

Alaska, plans and programs, submittal to Joint Federal-State Land Use P l a n ning Commission. 16 USC 670n. 43 USC 1616.

Appropriation. 16 USC 670o.

PUBLIC LAW 93-452-OCT. 18, 1974

[88 STAT.

" (4) The term 'public land' means all lands under the respective jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Chairman, and the Administrator, except land which is, or hereafter may be, within or designated as— " (A) a military reservation; " (B) a unit of the National Park System; " (C) an area within the national wildlife refuge system; " (D) an Indian reservation; or " (E) an area within an Indian reservation or land held in trust by the United States for an Indian or Indian tribe. "(5) The term 'State agency' means the agency or agencies of a State responsible for the administration of the fish and game laws of the State. "(6) The term 'conservation and rehabilitation programs' means to utilize those methods and procedures which are necessary to protect, conserve, and enhance wildlife, fish, and game resources to the maximum extent practicable on public lands subject to this title consistent with any overall land use and management plans for the lands involved. Such methods and procedures shall include, but shall not be limited to, all activities associated with scientific resources management such as protection, research, census, law enforcement, habitat management, propagation, live trapping and transplantation, and regulated taking in conformance with the provisions of this title. Nothing in this term shall be construed as diminishing the authority or jurisdiction of the States with respect to the management of resident species of fish, wildlife, or game, except as otherwise provided by law. "SEC. 206. Notwithstanding any other provision in this title, section 203 of this title shall not apply to land which is, or hereafter may be, within or designated as Forest Service land or as Bureau of Land Management land of any State in which all Federal lands therein comprise 60 percent or more of the total area of such State; except that in any such State, any appropriate State agency may agree with the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, or both, as the case may be, to collect a fee as specified in such agreement at the point of sale of regular licenses to hunt, trap, or fish in such State, the proceeds of which shall be utilized in carrying out conservation and rehabilitation programs implemented under this title in the State concerned and for no other purpose. "SEC. 207. Nothing in this title shall enlarge or diminish or in any way affect (1) the rights of Indians or Indian tribes to the use of water or natural resources or their rights to fish, trap, or hunt wildlife as secured by statute, agreement, treaty. Executive order, or court decree; or (2) existing State or Federal jurisdiction to regulate those rights either on or off reservations. "SEC. 208. Nothing in this Act shall in any way affect the jurisdiction, authority, duties, or activities of the Joint Federal-State Land Use Planning Commission established pursuant to section 17 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (85 Stat. 688). During the development of any cooperative plan for Alaska which may be agreed to under title I after the effective date of this section and of any comprehensive program for Alaska under title II, such Commission shall be given an opportunity to submit its comments on such plan or program. "SEC. 209. (a) There is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the