Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)

Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code
now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

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legal/us/code/title-16/chapter-69/section-4916.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "16 U.S.C. § 4916"
+description: "Relationship to State law"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 16
+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
+chapter_number: "69"
+chapter_name: "WILD EXOTIC BIRD CONSERVATION"
+section: "4916"
+citation: "16 U.S.C. § 4916"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc16@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s4916"
+source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-16/usc16.xml"
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+text_hash: "68feaf0bebd599e6eef40670a8b85dad257a97f5470662ea8a702f6d511e32d9"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 4916 - Relationship to State law
+
+## Text
+
+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.
+
+(Pub. L. 102–440, title I, § 117, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2233.)