Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 2.djvu/1150

 94 STAT. 2428

PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980

(3) determines that (A) such a significant restriction of subsistence uses is necessary, consistent with sound management principles for the utilization of the public lands, (B) the proposed activity will involve the minimal amount of public lands necessary to accomplish the purposes of such use, occupancy, or other disposition, and (C) reasonable steps will be taken to minimize adverse impacts upon subsistence uses and resources resulting from such actions. Notice and hear(b) If the Secretary is required to prepare an environmental impact ings. statement pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmen42 USC 4332. tal Policy Act, he shall provide the notice and hearing and include the findings required by subsection (a) as part of such environmental impact statement. (c) Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit or impair the ability of the State or any Native Corporation to make land selections 48 USC note and receive land conveyances pursuant to the Alaska Statehood Act prec. 21. or the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. 43 USC 1601 (d) After compliance with the procedural requirements of this note. section and other applicable law, the head of the appropriate Federal agency may manage or dispose of public lands under his primary jurisdiction for any of those uses or purposes authorized by this Act or other law. ACCESS

16 USC 3121.

SEC. 811. (a) The Secretary shall ensure that rural residents engaged in subsistence uses shall have reasonable access to subsistence resources on the public lands. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or other law, the Secretary shall permit on the public lands appropriate use for subsistence purposes of snowmobiles, motorboats, and other means of surface transportation traditionally employed for such purposes by local residents, subject to reasonable regulation. RESEARCH

16 USC 3122.

SEC. 812. The Secretary, in cooperation with the State and other appropriate Federal agencies, shall undertake research on fish and wildlife and subsistence uses on the public lands; seek data from, consult with and make use of, the special knowledge of local residents engaged in subsistence uses; and make the results of such research available to the State, the local and regional councils established by the Secretary or State pursuant to section 805, and other appropriate persons and organizations. PERIODIC REPORTS

Submittal to SEC. 813. Within four years after the date of enactment of this Act, Speaker of House and Presi- and within every three-year period thereafter, the Secretary, in dent of Senate. consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall prepare and submit a report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the 16 USC 3123.

House of Representatives on the implementation of this title. The report shall include— (1) an evaluation of the results of the monitoring undertaken by the Secretary as required by section 806; (2) the status of fish and wildlife populations on public lands that are subject to subsistence uses; (3) a description of the nature and extent of subsistence uses and other uses offish and wildlife on the public lands;

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