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tion date for such stamps shall be mutually agreed 

 upon by the State agency and the Secretary or 

 Secretaries concerned; except that each such 

 stamp shall be void not later than one year after 

 the date of issuance. 



(6) Each such stamp must be validated by the 

 purchaser thereof by signing his name across the 

 face of the stamp. 



(7) Any individual to whom a stamp is sold 

 pursuant to this section shall upon request ex- 

 hibit such stamp for inspection to any officer or 

 employee of the Department of the Interior or the 

 Department of Agriculture, or to any other person 

 who is authorized to enforce section 670 j 'a) of 

 thir. title. 



(Pub. L. 86-797, title II, § 203, as added Pub. L. 93- 

 452. § 2, Oct. 18, 1974, 88 Stat. 1371.) 



§ 670j. Enforcement provisions. 



(a) Violations and penalties. 



(1) Any person who hunts, traps, or fishes on any 

 public land which is subject to a conservation and 

 rehabilitation program imrlemented under this sub- 

 chapter without having on his person a valid public 

 land management area stamp, if the possession of 

 such a stamp is required, shall be fined not more 

 than $1,000, or imprisoned for not more than six 

 months, or both. 



(2) Any person who knowingly violates or fails to 

 comply with any regulations prescribed under. sec- 

 tion 670h(c) (5) of this titls sh-'ll be fined not more 

 than $500, or imprisoned not more than six months, 

 or both. 



(b) Designation of enforcement personnel; powers; 

 issuance of arrest warrants; trial and sentencing 

 by United States magistrates. 



(1) For the purpose of enforcing subsection (a) 

 of this section, the Secretary of the Interior and the 

 Secretary of Agrisulture may designate any em- 

 ployee of their respective departments, and any 

 State officer or employee authorized under a co- 

 operative agreement to enforce subsection (a) of 

 this section, to (i) carry firearms; (ii) execute and 

 serve any warrant or other process issued by a court 

 or officer of competent jurisdiction; (iii) make ar- 

 rests without warrant or process for a misdemeanor 

 he has reasonable grounds to believe Is being com- 

 mitted in his presence or view; (iv) search without 

 warrant or process any person, place, or conveyance 

 as provided by law; and <v) seize without warrant 

 or process any evidentiary item as provided by law. 



(2) Upon the sworn information by a competent 

 person, any United States magistrate or court of 

 competent jurisdiction may issue process for the ar- 

 rest of any person charged with committing any of- 

 fense under subsection (a) of this section. 



(3) Any person charged with committing any of- 

 fense under subsection (a) of this section may be 

 tried and sentenced by any United States magistrate 

 designated for that purpose by the court by which 

 he was appointed. In the same manner and subject 

 to the same conditions as provided for in section 

 3401 of Title 18. 



(c) Seizure and forfeiture of equipment and vessels. 

 All guns, traps, nets, and other equipment, ves- 

 sels, vehicles, and other means of transportation 

 used by any person when engaged in committing an 

 offense under subsection (a) of this section shall be 

 subject to forfeiture to the United States and may 

 be seized and held pending the prosecution of any 

 person arrested for committing such offense. Upon 

 conviction for such offense, such forfeiture may be 

 adjudicated as a penalty in addition to any other 

 provided for committing such offense. 



(d) Applicability of customs laws to seizures and for- 

 feitures; exceptions. 



All provisions of law relating to the seizure, for- 

 feiture, and condemnation of a vessel for violation 

 of the customs laws, the disposition of such vessel 

 or the proceeds from the sale thereof, and the remis- 

 sion or mitigation of such forfeitures, shall apply 

 to the seizures and forfeitures incurred, or alleged 

 to have been incurred, under the provisions of this 

 section, insofar as such provisions of law are appli- 

 cable and not inconsistent with the provisions of this 

 section; except that all powers, rights, and duties 

 conferred or imposed by the customs laws upon any 

 officer or employee of the Department of the Treas- 

 ury shall, for the purposes of this section, be exer- 

 cised or performed by the Secretary of the Interior 

 or the Secretary of Agriculture, as the case may be, 

 or by such persons as he may designate. (Pub. L. 86- 

 797, title II. § 204, as added Pub. L. 93-452, § 2. Oct. 

 18, 1974, 88 Stat. 1372.) 



§670k. Definitions. 



As used in, this subchapter — 



(1) The term "Administrator" means the Ad- 

 ministrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 

 Administration. 



(2) The term "Chairman" means the Chairman 

 of the Atomic Energy Commission. 



(3) The term "off-road vehicle" means any 

 motorized vehicle designed for, or capable of, 

 cross-country travel on or immediately over land, 

 water, sand, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, or other 

 natural terrain; but such term does not include — 



(A) any registered motorboat at the option of 

 each State; 



(B) any military, fire, emergency, or law en- 

 forcement vehicle when used for emergency pur- 

 poses; and 



(C) any vehicle the use of which Is expressly 

 authorized by the Secretary of the Interior or 

 the Secretary of Agriculture under a permit, 

 lease, license, or contract. 



(4) The term '•public land" means all lands, un- 

 der 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; 



