Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 69 — Wild Exotic Bird Conservation
§ 4916. Relationship to State law
Statutory text
Nothing in this chapter may be construed as precluding the regulation under State law of the sale, transfer, or possession of exotic birds if such regulation—
does not authorize any sale, transfer, or possession of exotic birds that is prohibited under this chapter; and
is consistent with the international obligations of the United States.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992
Pub. L. 102–440 title I § 117 · 106 Stat. 2224
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 4916
(Pub. L. 102–440, title I, § 117, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2233.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 102–440, title I, § 117, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2233.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 117. RELATIONSHIP TO STATE LAW. Nothing in this title may be construed as precluding the regulation under State law of the sale, transfer, or possession of exotic birds if such regulation— (1) does not authorize any sale, transfer, or possession of exotic birds that is prohibited under this title; and (2) is consistent with the international obligations of the United States.
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