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type: "LegalText"
title: "16 U.S.C. § 4908"
description: "Call for information"
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title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
chapter_number: "69"
chapter_name: "WILD EXOTIC BIRD CONSERVATION"
section: "4908"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 4908"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 4908 - Call for information

## Text

Within one month after October 23, 1992, the Secretary shall issue a call for information on the wild bird conservation program of each country that exports exotic birds, by—

(1) publishing a notice in the Federal Register requesting submission of such information to the Secretary by all interested persons; and

(2) submitting a written request for such information through the Secretary of State to each country that exports exotic birds.

(Pub. L. 102–440, title I, § 109, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2229.)