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§3912 Transfers to Migratory Bird Conservation Fund

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 59— - WETLANDS RESOURCES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - REVENUES FOR REFUGE OPERATIONS AND THE MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION FUND › § 3912

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

All import duties collected on arms and ammunition listed in chapter 93 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule must be paid into the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund. These payments, equal to the full amount of those duties, start with the first fiscal quarter after November 10, 1986, and must be made every quarter, even if other laws say otherwise.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §3912

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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an amount equal to the amount of all import duties collected on arms and ammunition, as specified in chapter 93 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, shall, beginning with the next fiscal year quarter after November 10, 1986, be paid quarterly into the migratory bird conservation fund 11 So in original. Probably should be capitalized. established under section 718d of this title.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, referred to in text, is not set out in the Code. See Publication of Harmonized Tariff Schedule note set out under section 1202 of Title 19, Customs Duties.

Amendments

1988—Pub. L. 100–418 substituted “chapter 93 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States” for “subpart A of part 5 of schedule 7 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1988 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 100–418 effective Jan. 1, 1989, and applicable with respect to articles entered on or after such date, see section 1217(b)(1) of Pub. L. 100–418, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 3001 of Title 19, Customs Duties.

Reference

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 3912

Title 16Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73