§ 718e. — Offenses.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC718e]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 7--PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS
SUBCHAPTER IV--HUNTING AND CONSERVATION STAMP TAX
Sec. 718e. Offenses
(a) Loan or transfer of stamp
No person to whom has been sold a migratory-bird hunting stamp,
validated as provided in section 718a of this title, shall loan or
transfer such stamp to any person during the period of its validity; nor
shall any person other than the person validating such stamp use it for
any purpose during such period.
(b) Alteration and counterfeiting of stamp
Except as provided in clauses (i) and (ii) of section 504(1)(D) of
title 18, no person shall alter, mutilate, imitate, or counterfeit any
stamp authorized by this subchapter, or imitate or counterfeit any die,
plate, or engraving therefor, or make, print, or knowingly use, sell, or
have in his possession any such counterfeit, die, plate, or engraving.
(c) Reproduction of migratory bird hunting stamps; regulation by
Secretary of the Interior; disposition of proceeds
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, or
the prohibition in section 474 of title 18, or other provisions of law,
the Secretary of the Interior may authorize, with the concurrence of the
Secretary of the Treasury,
(1) the color reproduction, or
(2) the black and white reproduction,
of migratory bird hunting stamps authorized by sections 718 to 718b,
718c, 718d, and 718f to 718h of this title, which otherwise satisfies
the requirements of clauses (ii) and (iii) of section 504(1) of title
18. Any such reproduction shall be subject to those terms and conditions
deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Interior by regulation or
otherwise and any proceeds received by the Federal Government as a
result of such reproduction shall be paid, after deducting expenses for
marketing, into the migratory bird conservation fund established under
section 718d of this title.
(Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, Sec. 5, 48 Stat. 452; June 15, 1935, ch. 261,
title I, Sec. 5, 49 Stat. 380; Pub. L. 98-369, div. A, title X,
Sec. 1077(a), (b)(3), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1054, 1055; Pub. L. 100-
653, title III, Sec. 302, Nov. 14, 1988, 102 Stat. 3827.)
Amendments
1988--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100-653 inserted ``, after deducting
expenses for marketing,'' after ``paid''.
1984--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 1077(b)(3), substituted
``Except as provided in clauses (i) and (ii) of section 504(1)(D) of
title 18, no person'' for ``No person''.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 1077(a), added subsec. (c).
1935--Act June 15, 1935, amended section generally.
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Section 1077(c) of Pub. L. 98-369 provided that: ``The amendments
made by this section [amending this section and section 504 of Title 18,
Crimes and Criminal Procedure] shall take effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act [July 18, 1984].''
