16 USC § 708 - State or Territorial laws or regulations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s708"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 708 - State or Territorial laws or regulations"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "708"
section_name: "State or Territorial laws or regulations"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 3, 1918, ch. 128, § 7, 40 Stat. 756; June 20, 1936, ch. 634, § 2, 49 Stat. 1556.)"
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# § 708. State or Territorial laws or regulations

section 704 of this title

Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prevent the several States and Territories from making or enforcing laws or regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of said conventions or of this subchapter, or from making or enforcing laws or regulations which shall give further protection to migratory birds, their nests, and eggs, if such laws or regulations do not extend the open seasons for such birds beyond the dates approved by the President in accordance with .

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**Source Credit**: (July 3, 1918, ch. 128, § 7, 40 Stat. 756; June 20, 1936, ch. 634, § 2, 49 Stat. 1556.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1936—Act , substituted “conventions” for “convention”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1936 Amendment

, , provided in part that the amendment by section 2 is effective as of the day aforesaid (). See note under .