16 USC 718 Duck Stamp Contest

16 U.S.C.
United States Code, 1998 Edition
Title 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 7 - PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS
SUBCHAPTER IV - HUNTING AND CONSERVATION STAMP TAX
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SUBCHAPTER IV—HUNTING AND CONSERVATION STAMP TAX
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This subchapter is referred to in sections 668dd, 670b, 670i of this title; title 18 section 504; title 25 section 564w–1.
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§718. Definitions
(a) Terms defined in the Migratory Bird Treaty Act [16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.], or the Migratory Bird Conservation Act [16 U.S.C. 715
et seq.], shall, when used in this subchapter, have the meaning assigned to such terms in such Acts, respectively.
(b) As used in this subchapter (1) the term “migratory waterfowl” means the species enumerated in paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of
article I of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds concluded August 16, 1916 (39
Stat. 1702); (2) the term “State” includes the several States and Territories of the United States and the District of Columbia; and (3)
the term “take” means pursue, hunt, shoot, capture, collect, or kill, or attempt to pursue, hunt, shoot, capture, collect, or kill.
(Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, §9, 48 Stat. 452.)
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The Migratory Bird Treaty Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is act July 3, 1918, ch. 128, 40 Stat. 755, as amended, which is classified generally to
subchapter II (§703 et seq.) of this chapter 7 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 710 of this title and Tables.
The Migratory Bird Conservation Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is act Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, 45 Stat. 1222, as amended, which is classified
generally to subchapter III (§715 et seq.) of chapter 7 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 715 of this title
and Tables.
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Pub. L. 105–269, §1, Oct. 5, 1998, 112 Stat. 2381, provided that: “This Act [amending section 718d of this title] may be cited as the ‘Migratory
Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Promotion Act’.”
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Act of Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, 48 Stat. 451, as amended, which is classified generally to this subchapter, is popularly known as the “Migratory
Bird Hunting Stamp Act” and also as the “Duck Stamp Act”.
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§718a. Hunting and conservation stamp for taking migratory waterfowl
No person who has attained the age of sixteen years shall take any migratory waterfowl unless at the time of such taking he carries
on his person an unexpired Federal migratory-bird hunting and conservation stamp validated by his signature written by himself in ink
across the face of the stamp prior to his taking such birds; except that no such stamp shall be required for the taking of migratory
waterfowl by Federal or State institutions or official agencies, or for propagation, or by the resident owner, tenant, or share cropper of
the property or officially designated agencies of the Department of the Interior for the killing, under such restrictions as the Secretary
of the Interior may by regulation prescribe, of such waterfowl when found injuring crops or other property. Any person to whom a
stamp has been sold under section 718b of this title shall upon request exhibit such stamp for inspection to any officer or employee of
the Department of the Interior authorized to enforce the provisions of this subchapter or to any officer of any State or any political
subdivision thereof authorized to enforce game laws.
(Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, §1, 48 Stat. 451; June 15, 1935, ch. 261, title I, §1, 49 Stat. 378; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, §4(f), eff. July 1,
1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; July 30, 1956, ch. 782, §1, 70 Stat. 722; Pub. L. 94–215, §3(a), Feb. 17, 1976, 90 Stat. 189.)
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1976—Pub. L. 94–215 substituted “hunting and conservation stamp” for “hunting stamp” in first sentence.
1956—Act July 30, 1956, substituted “no person who has attained the age of sixteen years”, for “no person over sixteen years of age”.
1935—Act June 15, 1935, substituted “validated by his signature written by himself in ink across the face of the stamp prior to his taking such
birds” for “issued to him in the manner hereinafter provided,” and struck out provisions which authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to adopt and
promulgate regulations for the protection of private property in the injury of crops.

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Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, transferred functions of Secretary of
Agriculture relating to conservation of wildlife, game, and migratory birds to Secretary of the Interior.
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This section is referred to in sections 670i, 718b, 718e of this title.

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§718b. Issuance and sale of stamps; deposit of funds in migratory bird conservation fund; fees; validity;
expiration; redemption; “retail dealers” and “hunting year” defined
(a) Sales; fund disposition; unsold stamps
The stamps required by section 718a of this title shall be issued and sold by the Postal Service and may be sold by the Department
of the Interior, pursuant to regulations prescribed jointly by the Postal Service and the Secretary of the Interior, at (1) each post office
of the first- and second-class, and (2) any establishment, facility, or location as the Postal Service and the Secretary of the Interior shall
direct or authorize. The funds received from the sale of such stamps by the Department of the Interior shall be deposited in the
migratory bird conservation fund in accordance with the provisions of section 718d of this title. Except as provided in subsection (b)
of this section, for each stamp sold under the provisions of this section for any hunting year there shall be collected by the Postal
Service a sum of not less than $3 and not more than $5 as determined by the Secretary of the Interior after taking into consideration,
among other matters, the increased cost of lands needed for the conservation of migratory birds. No such stamp shall be valid under
any circumstances to authorize the taking of migratory waterfowl except in compliance with Federal and State laws and regulations
and then only when the person so taking such waterfowl shall himself have written his signature in ink across the face of the stamp
prior to such taking. Such stamps shall be usable as migratory-bird hunting stamps only during the year for which issued. The Postal
Service, pursuant to regulations prescribed by it, shall provide for the redemption, on or before the 30th day of June of each year, of
blocks composed of two or more attached unused stamps issued for such year (A) that were sold on consignment to any person,
including, but not limited to, retail dealers for resale to their customers, and (B) that have not been resold by any such person. As used
in this section, the term “retail dealers” means persons regularly engaged in the business of retailing hunting or fishing equipment, and
persons duly authorized to act as agents of a State or political subdivision thereof for the sale of State or county hunting or fishing
licenses.
(b) Cost of stamp
The Postal Service shall collect $10.00 for each stamp sold under the provisions of this section for hunting years 1987 and 1988,
$12.50 for hunting years 1989 and 1990, and $15.00 for each hunting year thereafter, if the Secretary of the Interior determines, at any
time before February 1 of the calendar year in which such hunting year begins, that all sums in the migratory bird conservation fund
available for obligation and attributable to—
(1) amounts appropriated pursuant to this subchapter for the fiscal year ending in the immediately preceding calendar year; and
(2) the sale of stamps under this section during such fiscal year
have been obligated for expenditure. For purposes of this section, the term “hunting year” means the 12-month period beginning on
July 1 of any such year.
(Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, §2, 48 Stat. 451; June 15, 1935, ch. 261, title I, §2, 49 Stat. 379; Aug. 12, 1949, ch. 421, §1, 63 Stat. 599; July
30, 1956, ch. 782, §§2, 3(b), 70 Stat. 722; Pub. L. 85–585, §1, Aug. 1, 1958, 72 Stat. 486; Pub. L. 92–214, §§1, 2, Dec. 22, 1971, 85
Stat. 777; Pub. L. 94–215, §3(b), (c), Feb. 17, 1976, 90 Stat. 189; Pub. L. 94–273, §34, Apr. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 380; Pub. L. 95–552,
§1, Oct. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 2071; Pub. L. 95–616, §7(a), Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3114; Pub. L. 99–625, §3, Nov. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 3502;
Pub. L. 99–645, title II, §202, Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3586.)
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1986—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–645, §202(1), (2), in introductory provisions, substituted “$10.00 for each stamp sold under the provisions of this
section for hunting years 1987 and 1988, $12.50 for hunting years 1989 and 1990, and $15.00 for each hunting year thereafter, if” for “$7.50 for
each stamp sold under the provisions of this section for any hunting year if”.
Pub. L. 99–625 and Pub. L. 99–645, §202(3), amended subsec. (b) identically, inserting “available for obligation” before “attributable to”.
1978—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–616 substituted “June” for “September” in sixth sentence.
Pub. L. 95–552, §1(1), (2), designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted in third sentence introductory text “Except as provided in
subsection (b) of this section,” and “for any hunting year” before “there shall be collected”.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–552, §1(3), added subsec. (b).
1976—Pub. L. 94–273 substituted “the year” for “the fiscal year” and “each year” for “each fiscal year”.
Pub. L. 94–215 authorized sale of stamps by the Department of the Interior, substituted provision for prescription of regulations jointly by the
Postal Service and the Secretary of the Interior for prior provision for such prescription by the Postal Service and provision for sale of stamps at
any establishment, facility, or location as the Postal Service and the Secretary of the Interior shall direct and authorize for prior provision for sale
of stamps at such post offices other than first- and second-class post offices as the Postal Service shall direct and inserted provision respecting
deposit of funds from sale of stamps by the Department of the Interior in the migratory bird conservation fund; and substituted “September” for
“June” in relation to redemption of blocks of stamps, designated existing provisions as cls. (A) and (B), and substituted “consignment to any
person, including, but not limited to, “retail dealers” for “consignment to retail dealers” in cl. (A) and “by any such person” for “by such dealers”
in cl. (B), respectively.
1971—Pub. L. 92–214 substituted “Postal Service” for “Post Office Department” and “Postmaster General” and inserted provisions authorizing
the collection of up to $5 for each stamp sold to be determined by the Secretary of the Interior after taking into consideration, among other matters,

the increased cost of lands needed for the conservation of migratory birds.
1958—Pub. L. 85–585 increased cost of stamp from $2 to $3.
1956—Act July 30, 1956, §2, struck out in existing next to last sentence requirement that stamps remaining unsold by the Post Office
Department subsequent to becoming void after the 30th day of June next succeeding issuance be destroyed, substituted provisions in existing last
sentence relating to redemption of blocks of unused stamps sold on consignment to retail dealers for resale to their customers, for provisions
prohibiting the redemption by the Department in cash or kind of stamps sold under this Act, and inserted sentence defining “retail dealers”. For
further amendment of next to last sentence of this section, see section 3(b) of act July 30, 1956, set out below.
Act July 30, 1956, §3(b), substituted provisions in fourth sentence authorizing use as migratory-bird stamps only during fiscal year for which
issued, for provisions requiring stamps to expire and be void after the 30th day of June next succeeding issuance. Amendment of fourth sentence
by section 3(b) further amends amendments made to next to last sentence by section 2 of act July 30, 1956, as set out above.
1949—Act Aug. 12, 1949, increased cost of stamp from $1 to $2.
1935—Act June 15, 1935, amended section generally.
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Section 4 of Pub. L. 85–585 provided that: “The amendment made by the first section of this Act [amending this section] shall become effective
on July 1, 1959. The amendment made by section 2 of this Act [amending section 718d of this title] making available the net proceeds of all
moneys received in the migratory bird conservation fund for the location, ascertainment, and acquisition of Waterfowl Production Areas and
suitable areas for migratory bird refuges shall become effective on July 1, 1960. The remaining amendments made by this Act [amending section
718d of this title] shall become effective on the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 1, 1958]. Any unobligated balance remaining in the
migratory bird conservation fund on June 30, 1960, shall thereafter be available for expenditure only for the purposes specified in the Migratory
Bird Hunting Stamp Act of March 16, 1934 [this subchapter], as amended by this Act.”
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Section 1 of act Aug. 12, 1949, provided in part: “That the moneys derived from the sale of such stamps shall be spent only upon specific
appropriation by the Congress.”
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§718b–1. Disposition of unsold stamps; collectors’ supply; destruction of surplus
On or after July 30, 1956, such quantity of migratory-bird hunting stamps, not sold at the end of the fiscal year for which issued, as
determined by the Postal Service to be (1) required to supply the market for sale to collectors, and (2) in suitable condition for such
sale to collectors, shall be turned over to the Philatelic Agency and therein placed on sale. Any surplus stock of such migratory-bird
hunting stamps may be destroyed in such manner as the Postal Service shall direct.
(July 30, 1956, ch. 782, §3(a), 70 Stat. 722; Pub. L. 92–214, §3, Dec. 22, 1971, 85 Stat. 777.)
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1971—Pub. L. 92–214 substituted “Postal Service” for “Postmaster General”.

§718c. Compliance with treaty or convention regulations and State game laws
Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to authorize any person to take any migratory waterfowl otherwise than in accordance
with regulations adopted and approved pursuant to any treaty or convention heretofore or hereafter entered into between the United
States and any other country for the protection of migratory birds, nor to exempt any person from complying with the game laws of the
several States.
(Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, §3, 48 Stat. 451; Pub. L. 95–616, §7(b), Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3114.)
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§718d. Disposition of receipts from sale of stamps
All moneys received for such stamps shall be accounted for by the Postal Service or the Department of the Interior, whichever is
appropriate, and paid into the Treasury of the United States, and shall be reserved and set aside as a special fund to be known as the
migratory bird conservation fund, to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior. All moneys received into such fund are
appropriated for the following objects and shall be available therefor until expended:
(a) Advance allotments to Postal Service

So much as may be necessary shall be used by the Secretary of the Interior to make advance allotments to the Postal Service at such
times and in such amounts as may be mutually agreed upon by the Secretary of the Interior and the Postal Service for direct
expenditure by the Postal Service for engraving, printing, issuing, selling, and accounting for migratory bird hunting stamps and
moneys received from the sale thereof, in addition to expenses for personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and
such other expenses as may be necessary in executing the duties and functions required of the Postal Service.
(b) Acquisition of bird refuges
Except as authorized in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, the remainder shall be available for the location, ascertainment, and
acquisition of suitable areas for migratory bird refuges under the provisions of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act [16 U.S.C. 715 et
seq.] and for the administrative costs incurred in the acquisition of such areas.
(c) Waterfowl Production Areas
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to utilize funds made available under subsection (b) of this section for the purposes of
such subsection, and such other funds as may be appropriated for the purposes of such subsection, or of this subsection, to acquire, or
defray the expense incident to the acquisition by gift, devise, lease, purchase, or exchange of, small wetland and pothole areas,
interests therein, and rights-of-way to provide access thereto. Such small areas, to be designated as “Waterfowl Production Areas”,
may be acquired without regard to the limitations and requirements of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act [16 U.S.C. 715 et seq.],
but all of the provisions of such Act which govern the administration and protection of lands acquired thereunder, except the inviolate
sanctuary provisions of such Act, shall be applicable to areas acquired pursuant to this subsection.
(d) Promotion of stamp sales
(1) The Secretary of the Interior may utilize funds from the sale of migratory bird hunting and conservation stamps, not to exceed
$1,000,000 in each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003, for the promotion of additional sales of those stamps, in
accordance with a Migratory Bird Conservation Commission approved annual marketing plan. Such promotion shall include the
preparation of reports, brochures, or other appropriate materials to be made available to the public that describe the benefits to wildlife
derived from stamp sales.
(2) The Secretary of the Interior shall include in each annual report of the Commission under section 715b of this title a description
of activities conducted under this subsection in the year covered by the report.
(Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, §4, 48 Stat. 451; June 15, 1935, ch. 261, title I, §§3, 4, 49 Stat. 379, 380; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, §4(f), eff.
July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Aug. 12, 1949, ch. 421, §2, 63 Stat. 600; Oct. 20, 1951, ch. 520, 65 Stat. 451; Pub. L. 85–585,
§§2, 3, Aug. 1, 1958, 72 Stat. 486, 487; Pub. L. 89–669, §6, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 929; Pub. L. 92–214, §2, Dec. 22, 1971, 85 Stat.
777; Pub. L. 94–215, §3(d), Feb. 17, 1976, 90 Stat. 190; Pub. L. 105–269, §2, Oct. 19, 1998, 112 Stat. 2381.)
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classified generally to subchapter III (§715 et seq.) of chapter 7 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 715 of
this title and Tables.
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1998—Subsecs. (b), (d). Pub. L. 105–242 substituted “subsections (c) and (d)” for “subsection (c)” in subsec. (b) and added subsec. (d).
1976—Pub. L. 94–215 inserted “or the Department of the Interior, whichever is appropriate,” after “Postal Service” in first sentence.
1971—Pub. L. 92–214 substituted “Postal Service” for “Post Office Department” in introductory provisions and “Postal Service” for “Post
Office Department” and “Postmaster General” in subsec. (a).
1966—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89–669 struck out provisos relating to wildlife management areas and rule making for such areas which are now
covered by section 668bb(d) (1) of this title.
1958—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 85–585 earmarked proceeds from sale of stamps, less expenses of Post Office Department in connection with
fish and wildlife matters, for the acquisition of migratory bird refuges, and permitted hunting of resident game birds in designated wildlife
management areas.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 85–585 added subsec. (c).
1951—Subsec. (a). Act Oct. 20, 1951, substituted “85 per centum” for “90 per centum”.
Subsec. (b). Act Oct. 20, 1951, inserted “in enforcing” after “The remainder shall be available for expenses”.
1949—Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 12, 1949, inserted proviso.
1935—Act June 15, 1935, amended section generally.
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For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 85–585, see section 4 of Pub. L. 85–585, set out as a note under section 718b of this title.
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Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, see Transfer of Functions note set out
under section 718a of this title.
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Funds appropriated pursuant to sections 715k–3 to 715k–5 of this title, to be added to, accounted and used for purposes of the migratory bird
conservation fund established under this section, see section 715k–4 of this title.
Repayment of funds treated as an advance without interest to the migratory bird conservation fund, see section 715k–5 of this title.
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§718e. Offenses
(a) Loan or transfer of stamp
No person to whom has been sold a migratory-bird hunting stamp, validated as provided in section 718a of this title, shall loan or
transfer such stamp to any person during the period of its validity; nor shall any person other than the person validating such stamp use
it for any purpose during such period.
(b) Alteration and counterfeiting of stamp
Except as provided in clauses (i) and (ii) of section 504(1)(D) of title 18, no person shall alter, mutilate, imitate, or counterfeit any
stamp authorized by this subchapter, or imitate or counterfeit any die, plate, or engraving therefor, or make, print, or knowingly use,
sell, or have in his possession any such counterfeit, die, plate, or engraving.
(c) Reproduction of migratory bird hunting stamps; regulation by Secretary of the Interior; disposition of proceeds
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, or the prohibition in section 474 of title 18, or other provisions of
law, the Secretary of the Interior may authorize, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Treasury,
(1) the color reproduction, or
(2) the black and white reproduction,
of migratory bird hunting stamps authorized by sections 718 to 718b, 718c, 718d, and 718f to 718h of this title, which otherwise
satisfies the requirements of clauses (ii) and (iii) of section 504(1) of title 18. Any such reproduction shall be subject to those terms
and conditions deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Interior by regulation or otherwise and any proceeds received by the Federal
Government as a result of such reproduction shall be paid, after deducting expenses for marketing, into the migratory bird
conservation fund established under section 718d of this title.
(Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, §5, 48 Stat. 452; June 15, 1935, ch. 261, title I, §5, 49 Stat. 380; Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title X, §1077(a), (b)
(3), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1054, 1055; Pub. L. 100–653, title III, §302, Nov. 14, 1988, 102 Stat. 3827.)
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1988—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–653 inserted “, after deducting expenses for marketing,” after “paid”.
1984—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–369, §1077(b)(3), substituted “Except as provided in clauses (i) and (ii) of section 504(1)(D) of title 18, no
person” for “No person”.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98–369, §1077(a), added subsec. (c).
1935—Act June 15, 1935, amended section generally.
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Section 1077(c) of Pub. L. 98–369 provided that: “The amendments made by this section [amending this section and section 504 of Title 18,
Crimes and Criminal Procedure] shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [July 18, 1984].”

§718f. Enforcement; authority of United States judges, magistrate judges, and employees of Department of
the Interior
For the efficient execution of this subchapter, the judges of the several courts, established under the laws of the United States,
United States magistrate judges, and persons appointed by the Secretary of the Interior to enforce the provisions of this subchapter,
shall have, with respect thereto, like powers and duties as are conferred upon said judges, magistrate judges, and employees of the
Department of the Interior by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act [16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.], or any other Act to carry into effect any treaty for
the protection of migratory birds with respect to that Act. Any bird or part thereof taken or possessed contrary to this subchapter shall,
when seized, be disposed of by the Secretary in accordance with law.
(Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, §6, 48 Stat. 452; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, §4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 90–578,
title IV, §402(b)(2), Oct. 17, 1968, 82 Stat. 1118; Pub. L. 95–616, §3(i), Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3112; Pub. L. 101–650, title III, §321,
Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117.)
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The Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and “that Act”, referred to in text, is act July 3, 1918, ch. 128, 40 Stat. 755, as amended, which is classified
generally to subchapter II (§703 et seq.) of chapter 7 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 710 of this title
and Tables.
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1978—Pub. L. 95–616 substituted in last sentence “contrary to this subchapter shall, when seized, be disposed of by the Secretary in accordance
with law” for “contrary to such Acts shall, when seized, be disposed of as provided by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, or Acts aforesaid”.
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“United States magistrate judges” and “magistrate judges” substituted for “United States magistrates” and “magistrates”, respectively, in text
pursuant to section 321 of Pub. L. 101–650, set out as a note under section 631 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. Previously,
“magistrates” substituted in text for “commissioners” pursuant to Pub. L. 90–578. See chapter 43 (§631 et seq.) of Title 28.
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§718g. Penalties
Any person who shall violate any provision of this subchapter, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any regulation made
pursuant thereto shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 707 of this title.
(Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, §7, 48 Stat. 452.)
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§718h. Cooperation with States and Territories
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to cooperate with the several States and Territories in the enforcement of the provisions of
this subchapter.
(Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, §8, 48 Stat. 452; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, §4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)
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Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, see Transfer of Functions note set out
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§718i. Repealed. July 30, 1956, ch. 782, §3(c), 70 Stat. 722
Section, act June 28, 1941, ch. 259, §1, 55 Stat. 356, related to disposal of surplus stamps and restricted use of stamps to the fiscal year for
which issued. See sections 718b and 718b–1 of this title.

§718j. Crediting of funds received as fees for entering migratory-bird hunting and conservation stamp
contest
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, moneys received by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in the form of fees for
entering the migratory-bird hunting and conservation stamp contest shall be credited first to the appropriation account from which
expenditures for the administration of such contest are made, and second, to the extent such moneys exceed the expenditures for
administration of the contest, to the migratory-bird conservation fund.
(Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, §10, as added Pub. L. 97–307, Oct. 14, 1982, 96 Stat. 1450.)

§718k. Use of fees collected for Federal migratory bird permits
On and after October 21, 1998, all fees collected for Federal migratory bird permits shall be available to the Secretary, without
further appropriation, to be used for the expenses of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in administering such Federal migratory bird
permits, and shall remain available until expended.
(Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, §101(e) [title I], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231, 2681–236.)