Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§4902 Statement of Purpose

Title 16 › Chapter 69— WILD EXOTIC BIRD CONSERVATION › § 4902

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Helps protect exotic birds by supporting conservation programs in their home countries, making sure trade involving the United States does not harm the species or their ability to survive, allowing import limits or bans to stop harm or cruel treatment, and backing the Convention’s implementation.

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Title 16, §4902

Conservation — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The purpose of this chapter is to promote the conservation of exotic birds by—

(1)assisting wild bird conservation and management programs in the countries of origin of wild birds;

(2)ensuring that all trade in species of exotic birds involving the United States is biologically sustainable and is not detrimental to the species;

(3)limiting or prohibiting imports of exotic birds when necessary to ensure that—

(A)wild exotic bird populations are not harmed by removal of exotic birds from the wild for the trade; or

(B)exotic birds in trade are not subject to inhumane treatment; and

(4)encouraging and supporting effective implementation of the Convention.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 4902

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60