Public Law 74–634

That the title of

Migratory Bird Treaty Act, amendment.

Vol. 40. p. 755.

U. S. C., p. 686.

the Act entitled “An Act to give effect to the convention between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds concluded at Washington, August sixteenth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and for other purposes”, approved July 3, 1918 (40 Stat. 755), is hereby amended as of the day on which the President shall proclaim the exchange of ratifications of the convention between

Effective date.

the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and game mammals concluded February 7, 1936, or on the day of the enactment of this Act, whichever date is later, so that it will read as follows:

Title modified.

“An Act to give effect to the conventions between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds concluded at Washington August sixteenth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and between the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and game mammals concluded at the city of Mexico February seventh, nineteen hundred and thirty six, and for other purposes.”

Sec. 2.

That said Act approved July 3, 1918, is hereby amended as of the day aforesaid by striking out the word “convention” wherever it occurs therein and by inserting in lieu thereof the word “conventions”.

Sec. 3.

That section 2 of said Act approved July 3, 1918, is hereby amended as of the day aforesaid so as to read as follows:

“Sec. 2.

That unless and except as permitted by regulations made as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful at any time, by any means or in any manner, to pursue, hunt, take, capture, kill, attempt to take, capture, or kill, possess, offer for sale, sell, offer to barter, barter, offer to purchase, purchase, deliver for shipment, ship, export, import, cause to be shipped, exported, or imported, deliver for transportation, transport or cause to be transported, carry or cause to be carried, or receive for shipment, transportation, carriage, or export, any migratory bird, or any part, nest, or egg of any such birds, included in the terms of the conventions between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds concluded August 16, 1916, and the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and game mammals concluded February 7, 1936.”

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Sec. 4.

That section 4 of said Act approved July 3, 1918, is hereby amended as of the day aforesaid by adding at the end thereof the following:

Game mammals; regulation of imports and exports. United States and Mexico.

“It shall be unlawful to import into the United States from Mexico, or to export from the United States to Mexico, any game mammal, dead or alive, or parts or products thereof, except under permit or authorization of the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with such regulations as he shall prescribe having due regard to the laws of the United Mexican States relating to the exportation and laws of the State, District, or importation of such mammals or parts or products thereof and the laws of the State, District, or Territory of the United States from or into which such mammals, parts, or products thereof, are proposed to be exported or imported, and the laws of the United States forbidding importation of certain live mammals injurious to the interests of agriculture and horticulture, which regulations shall become effective as provided in section 3 hereof.”

Sec. 5.

That section 9 of said Act approved July 3, 1918, is hereby repealed as of the day aforesaid and the following is hereby substituted in lieu thereof:

“Sec. 9.

That there is authorized to be appropriated, from time to time, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions and to accomplish the purposes of said conventions and this Act and regulations made pursuant thereto, and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized out of such moneys to employ in the city of Washington and elsewhere such persons and means as he may deem necessary for such purpose and may cooperate with local authorities in the protection of migratory birds and make the necessary investigations connected therewith.”

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Sec. 6.

That all moneys now or hereafter available for

Funds available.

administration and enforcement of said Act approved July 3, 1918, shall be equally available for the administration and enforcement of said Act as hereby amended.