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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. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "16 U.S.C. § 4909"
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description: "Petitions"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 16
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title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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chapter_number: "69"
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chapter_name: "WILD EXOTIC BIRD CONSERVATION"
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section: "4909"
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citation: "16 U.S.C. § 4909"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc16@119-100.zip"
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confidence: "official"
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tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
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---
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# 16 U.S.C. § 4909 - Petitions
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## Text
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(a) In general Any person may at any time submit to the Secretary a petition in writing requesting that the Secretary exercise authority of the Secretary under this chapter to—
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(1) establish, modify, or terminate any prohibition, suspension, or quota under this chapter on importation of any species of exotic bird;
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(2) add a species of exotic bird to, or remove such a species from, a list under section 4905 of this title; or
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(3) determine under section 4906 of this title whether an exotic bird breeding facility is a qualifying facility.
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(b) Consideration and ruling For each petition submitted to the Secretary in accordance with subsection (a), the Secretary shall—
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(1) within 90 days after receiving the petition, issue and publish in the Federal Register a preliminary ruling regarding whether the petition presents sufficient information indicating that the action requested in the petition might be warranted; and
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(2) for each petition determined to present such sufficient information—
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(A) provide an opportunity for the submission of public comment on the petition; and
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(B) issue and publish in the Federal Register a final ruling on the petition, by not later than 90 days after the end of the period for public comment.
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(Pub. L. 102–440, title I, § 110, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2229.)
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