View all text of Subchapter IV [§ 718 - § 718k]
§ 718a. Prohibition on taking
(a) Prohibition
(1) In general
(2) Exception
No stamp described in paragraph (1) shall be required for the taking of migratory waterfowl—
(A) by Federal or State agencies;
(B) for propagation;
(C) by the resident owner, tenant, or sharecropper of the property, or officially designated agencies of the Department of the Interior, for the killing, under such restrictions as the Secretary may by regulation prescribe, of such waterfowl when found damaging crops or other property; or
(D) by a rural Alaska resident for subsistence uses (as that term is defined in section 3113 of this title).
(b) Display of stamp
Any individual to whom a stamp has been sold under this subchapter shall, upon request, display the stamp for inspection to—
(1) any officer or employee of the Department of the Interior who is authorized to enforce this subchapter; or
(2) any officer of any State or political subdivision of a State authorized to enforce State game laws.
(c) Other licenses
(Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, § 1, 48 Stat. 451; June 15, 1935, ch. 261, title I, § 1, 49 Stat. 378; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; July 30, 1956, ch. 782, § 1, 70 Stat. 722; Pub. L. 94–215, § 3(a), Feb. 17, 1976, 90 Stat. 189; Pub. L. 109–266, § 10(a), Aug. 3, 2006, 120 Stat. 674; Pub. L. 113–264, § 4, Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 2940; Pub. L. 118–25, § 2(d), Dec. 19, 2023, 137 Stat. 130.)