Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110

§7914 Shooting Ranges

Title 16 › CHAPTER 98 — SPORTSMEN’S ACCESS TO FEDERAL LAND › SUBCHAPTER II — SPORTSMEN’S ACCESS TO FEDERAL LAND › § 7914

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may lease or allow Federal land to be used as a shooting range, following this law and other rules. The Secretary must not do this on five kinds of protected lands: parts of the National Landscape Conservation System; parts of the National Wilderness Preservation System (including wilderness study areas and lands called wilderness-eligible, wilderness-suitable, primitive, or semiprimitive); national monuments or national volcanic monuments or national scenic areas; or parts of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, including areas being studied for that system.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §7914

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(a)In general

Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary concerned may, in accordance with this section and other applicable law, lease or permit the use of Federal land for a shooting range.

(b)Exception

The Secretary concerned shall not lease or permit the use of Federal land for a shooting range within— (1)

(2)a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System;

(3)any area that is—

(A)designated as a wilderness study area;

(B)administratively classified as—

(i)wilderness-eligible; or

(ii)wilderness-suitable; or

(C)a primitive or semiprimitive area;

(4)a national monument, national volcanic monument, or national scenic area; or

(5)a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (including areas designated for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System).

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 7914

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110