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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 80 — Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation

§ 6102. Purposes

Statutory text

The purposes of this chapter are—

(1)

to perpetuate healthy populations of neotropical migratory birds;

(2)

to assist in the conservation of neotropical migratory birds by supporting conservation initiatives in the United States, Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean; and

(3)

to provide financial resources and to foster international cooperation for those initiatives.

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.

  1. Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act

    Pub. L. 106–247 § 3 · 114 Stat. 593

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 6102

    Pub. L. 106–247, § 3, July 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 593

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 106–247, § 3, July 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 593

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 3. PURPOSES. The purposes of this Act are— (1) to perpetuate healthy populations of neotropical migratory birds; (2) to assist in the conservation of neotropical migratory birds by supporting conservation initiatives in the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean; and (3) to provide financial resources and to foster international cooperation for those initiatives.

  2. Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Improvement Act of 2006

    Pub. L. 109–363 title III § 302(b) · 120 Stat. 2074

    Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 6102(2)

    Pub. L. 109–363 inserted “Canada,” after “United States,”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Par. (2). Pub. L. 109–363 inserted “Canada,” after “United States,”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Purposes.— Section 3(2) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 6102(2)) is amended by inserting “Canada,” after “United States,”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2006—Par. (2). Pub. L. 109–363 inserted “Canada,” after “United States,”.

Credits

2000–2006 · 2 acts
  1. 2000Pub. L. 106–247, § 3, , 114 Stat. 593
  2. 2006Pub. L. 109–363, title III, § 302(b), , 120 Stat. 2075.
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(Pub. L. 106–247, § 3, , 114 Stat. 593; Pub. L. 109–363, title III, § 302(b), , 120 Stat. 2075.)

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