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WILD BIRD CONSERVATION ACT 

 OVERSIGHT HEARINGS 



September 28, 1995 



Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans 

 U.S. House of Representatives 



Su pplemental Testimony of Frank M. Bond, General Counsel 

 North American Falconers Association 



Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee, I appreciated the opportunity to appear 

 before you on September 28, 1995 to present testimony. You told those who testified that the 

 record for testimony would be held open for 30 days to receive additional testimony. For that 

 purpose, I add this Supplemental Testimony to my testimony and respectfully request that it be 

 incorporated by reference for all purposes. 

 Amendments 



1. I request that you adopt the following amendment which would substantially 

 alleviate some small parts of the problems of those citizens who deal with raptors by exempting 

 the family of Falconiformes. 



To Section 104(2)(B)(ii), compiled at 16 USC 4903(2)(B)(ii), amend the WBCA as 

 follows: 



(ii) birds in the following families: Falconiformes . Phasianidac, . . . 



2. Further, the Committee may wish to consider correcting a bill drafting error it 

 made in the original enactment of the WBCA. Section 111, Prohibited Acts, compiled at 16 

 USC 4910, in subsection (a), there appear two subparagraphs: subparagraph (1), In general; 

 and, subparagraph (2), Limitation. There does not appear to be a subparagraph (3). Yet at 



