16 USC § 4916 - Relationship to State law

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s4916"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 4916 - Relationship to State law"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "4916"
section_name: "Relationship to State law"
chapter_number: 69
chapter_name: "WILD EXOTIC BIRD CONSERVATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 102–440, title I, § 117, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2233.)"
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# § 4916. Relationship to State law

Nothing in this chapter may be construed as precluding the regulation under State law of the sale, transfer, or possession of exotic birds if such regulation—

**(1)** does not authorize any sale, transfer, or possession of exotic birds that is prohibited under this chapter; and

**(2)** is consistent with the international obligations of the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 102–440, title I, § 117, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2233.)