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§4728 Brown tree snake control program

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 67— - AQUATIC NUISANCE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES DISPERSAL › § 4728

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Task Force must run an environmentally sound program, coordinating with others, to control Boiga irregularis (brown tree snake) in Guam and nonnative areas.

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Title 16, §4728

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The Task Force shall, within the program developed under section 4722(a) of this title, undertake a comprehensive, environmentally sound program in coordination with regional, territorial, State and local entities to control the brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) in Guam and other areas where the species is established outside of its historic range.

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2022—Pub. L. 117–263 substituted “section 4722(a) of this title” for “subsection (a)”. 1996—Pub. L. 104–332 made technical amendment to Pub. L. 101–646, § 1209, which enacted this section.

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16 U.S.C. § 4728

Title 16Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73