50 CFR § 19.21 - Limitation on Federal permits.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s19.21"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 19.21 - Limitation on Federal permits."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "19.21"
section_name: "Limitation on Federal permits."
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"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
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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# 19.21 Limitation on Federal permits.

No Federal permits will be issued that authorize any person to hunt, shoot, or harass from an aircraft any wildlife, except for migratory birds according to Federal permits issued under part 21 or part 22 of this subchapter when the purpose of the action is consistent with the purpose of the permit regulation.

[89 FR 107038, Dec. 31, 2024]