Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§710 Partial Invalidity; Short Title
Title 16 › CHAPTER 7 — PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS › SUBCHAPTER II — MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY › § 710
Summary
If a court rules part of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act invalid, only that exact part is affected and the rest of the Act stays in effect.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §710
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If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this subchapter, which shall be known by the short title of the “Migratory Bird Treaty Act”, shall, for any reason, be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
Legislative History
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Editorial Notes
Codification The provisions of this section relating to
Short Title
are from section 1 of act July 3, 1918, and the provisions relating to
Severability
are from section 10 of that act.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title
of 2004 Amendment Pub. L. 108–447, div. E, title I, § 143(a), Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3071, provided that: “This section [amending section 703 of this title and enacting provisions set out as notes under section 703 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 2004’.”
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of 1998 Amendment Pub. L. 105–312, title I, § 101, Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2956, provided that: “This title [amending section 704 and 707 of this title and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 704 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 1998’.”
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 710
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102