50 CFR § 19.2 - Scope of regulations.

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title: "50 CFR § 19.2 - Scope of regulations."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "19.2"
section_name: "Scope of regulations."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "TAKING, POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, SALE, PURCHASE, BARTER, EXPORTATION, AND IMPORTATION OF WILDLIFE AND PLANTS"
part_number: "19"
part_name: "AIRBORNE HUNTING"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956, 85 Stat. 480, as amended, 86 Stat. 905 (16 U.S.C. 742a—j-1)."
regulatory_source: "39 FR 1177, Jan. 4, 1974, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "19"
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# 19.2 Scope of regulations.

The regulations contained in this part apply to all persons within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States, to all United States citizens whether within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States or on the high seas or on board aircraft in flight over the high seas, and to all persons on board aircraft belonging in whole or in part to any United States citizen, firm, or partnership, or corporation created by or under the laws of the United States, or any State, territory or possession thereof.