16 U.S.C. § 3121: Rural residents engaged in subsistence uses

(a) Access to subsistence resourcesThe Secretary shall ensure that rural residents engaged in subsistence uses shall have reasonable access to subsistence resources on the public lands. (b) Use of snowmobiles, motorboats, or other means of surface transportationNotwithstanding 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.