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title: "16 U.S.C. § 702"
description: "Importation of eggs of game birds for propagation"
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title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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chapter_name: "PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 702 - Importation of eggs of game birds for propagation
## Text
The Secretary of the Interior shall have the power to authorize the importation of eggs of game birds for purposes of propagation, and he shall prescribe all necessary rules and regulations governing the importation of eggs of said birds for such purposes.
(June 3, 1902, ch. 983, 32 Stat. 285; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)
## Notes
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, see Transfer of Functions note set out under section 701 of this title.