Migratory Bird Treaty Act (US)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Migratory_Bird_Treaty_Act_(US)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:U.S._Fish_and_Wildlife_Service
gptkbp:amendedBy several times
gptkbp:appliesTo over 1,000 species of migratory birds
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:1916_Migratory_Bird_Treaty_with_Great_Britain_(for_Canada)
gptkbp:category gptkb:Environmental_law_in_the_United_States
gptkb:Wildlife_conservation_law
gptkbp:codifiedIn 16 U.S.C. §§ 703–712
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1918
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:excludes permits for scientific, educational, and other purposes
gptkbp:notableCase gptkb:United_States_v._Apollo_Energies,_Inc._(2010)
gptkb:United_States_v._FMC_Corp._(1978)
gptkbp:penalty fines and imprisonment
gptkbp:prohibits selling migratory birds or their parts
taking, killing, or possessing migratory birds
transporting migratory birds or their parts
gptkbp:purpose protection of migratory birds
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Bald_and_Golden_Eagle_Protection_Act
gptkb:Endangered_Species_Act
gptkb:Migratory_Bird_Conservation_Act
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:President_Woodrow_Wilson
gptkbp:subjectOf legal debates over incidental take
regulatory changes in 2020 and 2021
gptkbp:treatyPartners gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Mexico
gptkb:Russia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Common_merganser
gptkb:Golden_eagle
gptkb:Great_Grey_Owl
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
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