16 U.S.C. § 718j
Definitions
United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective
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- 16 U.S.C. § 718j, Definitions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/446269
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In this subchapter, the terms defined in the Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 715 et seq.) and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.) have the meanings given those terms in those Acts.
In this subchapter:
The term “hunting year” means the 1-year period beginning on July 1 of each year.
The term “migratory waterfowl” means the species enumerated in paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of article I of the Convention between the United States and Great Britain for the Protection of Migratory Birds, signed at Washington on August 16, 1916 (USTS 628) (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.).
The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.
The term “State” means—
The term “take” means—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2005House: 358–4Senate: no recorded tally