16 USC 742j-1 - Airborne hunting

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

§ 742j–1.

Airborne hunting

(a)

Prohibition; penalty

Any person who—

(1)

while airborne in an aircraft shoots or attempts to shoot for the purpose of capturing or killing any bird, fish, or other animal; or

(2)

uses an aircraft to harass any bird, fish, or other animal; or

(3)

knowingly participates in using an aircraft for any purpose referred to in paragraph (1) or (2);

shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

(b)

Exception; report of State to Secretary

(1)

This section shall not apply to any person if such person is employed by, or is an authorized agent of or is operating under a license or permit of, any State or the United States to administer or protect or aid in the administration or protection of land, water, wildlife, livestock, domesticated animals, human life, or crops, and each such person so operating under a license or permit shall report to the applicable issuing authority each calendar quarter the number and type of animals so taken.

(2)

In any case in which a State, or any agency thereof, issues a permit referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection, it shall file with the Secretary of the Interior an annual report containing such information as the Secretary shall prescribe, including but not limited to—

(A)

the name and address of each person to whom a permit was issued;

(B)

a description of the animals authorized to be taken thereunder, the number of animals authorized to be taken, and a description of the area from which the animals are authorized to be taken;

(C)

the number and type of animals taken by such person to whom a permit was issued; and

(D)

the reason for issuing the permit.

(c)

“Aircraft” defined

(d)

Enforcement; regulations; arrest; search; issuance and execution of warrants and process; cooperative agreements

(e)

Forfeiture

(f)

Certain customs laws applied

(Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, § 13, as added Pub. L. 92–159, § 1, Nov. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 480; amended Pub. L. 92–502, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 905; Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117.)

cite as: 16 USC 742j-1