---
type: "LegalText"
title: "16 U.S.C. § 460vv–16"
description: "Fishing and wildlife"
jurisdiction: "us"
corpus: "united_states_code"
kind: "code_section"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
chapter_number: "1"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
section: "460vv–16"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 460vv–16"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
source: "official"
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc16@119-100.zip"
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s460vv–16"
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-16/usc16.xml"
source_hash: "404b6b4be96e9222a558e8c741725ec4199c4322d23beadc998c5d564b934a3c"
raw_snapshot_hash: "7be8950da5a93cac7c98e4576ce00340f2aba5e8e46d29915382c203c421d503"
text_hash: "287672625105d9de5b31194587b64edeff597e31f61f8eb7350d642a05b2fb34"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
confidence: "official"
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
---

# 16 U.S.C. § 460vv–16 - Fishing and wildlife

## Text

Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as affecting the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the State with respect to wildlife and fish in the areas designated by this subchapter.

(Pub. L. 100–499, § 18, Oct. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 2499.)