903 



taking, possessing, selling, purchasing, bartering, 

 offering for sale, purchase, or barter, transporting, 

 exporting, or importing of any bird, or part, nest, or 

 egg thereof, in violation of sections 668 to 668d of 

 this title or of any permit or regulation issued here- 

 under shaU be subject to forfeiture to the United 

 States. 



(c) Customs laws applied. 



All provisions of law relating to the seizure, for- 

 feiture, and condemnation of a vessel for violation of 

 the customs laws, the disposition of such vessel or 

 the proceeds from the sale thereof, and the remis- 

 sion or mitigation of such forfeitures, shall apply to 

 the seizures and forfeitures incurred, or alleged to 

 have been incurred, under the provisions of sections 

 668 to 668d of this title, insofar as such provisions of 

 law are applicable and not inconsistent with the 

 provisions of sections 668 to 668d of this title: Pro- 

 vided, That all powers, rights, and duties conferred 

 or imposed by the customs laws upon any officer or 

 employee of the Treasury Department shall, for the 

 purposes of sections 668 to 668d of this Utle. be 

 exercised or performed by the Secretary of the In- 



terior or by such persons as he may designate. (As 

 amended Oct. 23, 1972, Pub. L. 92-535, § 3. 86 Stat. 

 1065.) 



§668c. Same; definitions. 



As used in sections 668 to 668d of this title "who- 

 ever" includes also associations, partnerships, and 

 corporations; "take" includes also pursue, shoot, 

 shoot at, poison, wound, kill, capture, trap, collect, 

 molest or disturb; "transport" includes also ship, 

 convey, carry, or transport by any means whatever, 

 and deliver or receive or cause to be delivered or 

 received for such shipment, conveyance, carriage, or 

 transportation. (As amended Oct. 23, 1972, Pub. L. 

 92-535, § 4, 86 Stat. 1065.) 



§ 6€8d. Same; availability of appropriations for Mi- 

 gratory Bird Treaty Act. 



Moneys now or hereafter available to the Secre- 

 tary of the Interior for the administration and en- 

 forcement of sections 703 to 708, and 709a to 711 of 

 this title shall be equally available for the admlnis- 

 tiration and enforcement of sections 668 to 668d of 

 this tiUe. (June 8. 1940, ch. 278, § 5. 54 Stat. 251.) 



17. Protection of Migratory Game and Insectivorous Birds 



16 V.S.C. 701-718h 



GENERALLY 

 Sec. 

 701 Game and wild birds; preservation. 



702. Importation of eggs of game birds for propagation. 



MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY 



703. Taking, killing, or possessing migratory birds un- 



lawful 



704. Determination as to when and how migratory birds 



may be taken, killed, or possessed. 



705. Transportation or Importation of migratory birds; 



when unlawful. 



706. Arrests; search warrants. 



707. Violations and penalties; forfeitures, 



708. State or Territorial laws or regulations. 



709. Migratory birds, nests, or eggs for scientific or prop- 



agating purposes, 

 709a. Authorization of appropriations. 



710. Partial Invalidity; short title, 



711. Breeding and sale for food supply, 



MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 



715. Short title. 



715a. Migratory Bird Conservation Commission; crea- 

 tion; composition; duties; approval of areas of 

 land and water recommended for purchase or 

 rental, 



715b. Same; annual report, 



715c, Areas recommended for approval; character. 



715d. Purchase or rental of approved areas; gifts and 

 devises; United States lands. 



715d-l. 715d-2 Repealed. 



715d-3. Allocation of funds for acquisition of refuges, 



715e. Same; examination of title; easements and reser- 

 vations, 



715e-l. Application of section 715e to sections 715d-l and 

 715d-2 



715f. Same; consent of State to conveyance 



715g. Jurisdiction of State over areas acquired. 



715h, Same; ODeratlon of State game laws, 



7151. Administration. 



(a) Treaty obligations; rules and regulations. 



(b) Management and public and private 



agency agreements authorization. 



715]. Migratory birds defined, 



715k Appropriations tor purposes of chapter; disposal; 



reservation protectors, 

 715k-l Expenditures for personal services. 

 715k-2 Availability of 86,000.000 fund, 

 715k-3. Appropriations for the preservation of wetlands 



and other waterfowl habitat. 

 715k-4. Same; accounting and use of appropriations. 

 715k-5. Same; advance to migratory bird conservation 



fund; repayments; acquisition of lands. 

 7151, 715m. Repealed. 



715n 

 7150, 



715p 



715q. 

 715r. 

 715s. 



pro- 



Na- 



Word "take" defined 



National forest and power sites; use for migratory 



bird reservations. 

 Cooperation of State In enforcement of 



visions 

 Expenses of commission; appropriations. 

 Partial Invalidity; validity of remainder. 

 Participation of States In revenues from 

 tlonal Wildlife Refuge System, 



(a) Separate fund In the United States Treas- 



ury; availability of funds until expended; 

 definition of "National Wildlife Refuge 

 System". 



(b) Deduction of expenses, 



(c) Payments to counties. 



(d) Limitation on amount; reduction of pay- 



ments, 



(e) Uses for surplus moneys, 



(f ) Terms, conditions, and regulations for dis- 



position of surplus products, grant of 

 privileges, and execution of other activi- 

 ties resulting In the collection of 

 revenues, 

 Supersedure and repeal of other provisions. 



(S) 



HUNTING STAMP TAX 



718 Definitions. 



718a, Hunting stamp for taking migratory waterfowl. 

 718b. Issuance and sale of stamps: fees; validity; ex- 

 piration; redemption; definition of retail dealer. 

 718b-l. Disposition of unsold stamps; collectors' supply; 

 destruction of surplus. 



