{"identifier":"/us/usc/t7/s8351","title":7,"num":"\u00a7\u202f8351.","heading":"Predatory and other wild animals","text":"\u00a7\u202f8351.\nPredatory and other wild animals\n(a)\nIn general\nThe Secretary of Agriculture may conduct a program of wildlife services with respect to injurious animal species and take any action the Secretary considers necessary in conducting the program.\n(b)\nAdministration\nThe Secretary shall administer the program in a manner consistent with all of the wildlife services authorities in effect on the day before\nOctober 28, 2000\n(c)\nAction by FWS\nThe Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall use the most expeditious procedure practicable to process and administer permits for take of\u2014\n(1) a depredating eagle under the Act of\nJune 8, 1940\n54 Stat. 250\n16 U.S.C. 668\n16 U.S.C. 1531\n(2) a migratory bird included on the list under section 10.13 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations) that is posing a conflict.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t7/s8351.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t7/s8351","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f8351."},{"t":"heading","text":"Predatory and other wild animals"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t7/s8351/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In general"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The Secretary of Agriculture may conduct a program of wildlife services with respect to injurious animal species and take any action the Secretary considers necessary in conducting the program.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t7/s8351/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Administration"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The Secretary shall administer the program in a manner consistent with all of the wildlife services authorities in effect on the day before ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"October 28, 2000","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t7/s8351/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Action by FWS"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall use the most expeditious procedure practicable to process and administer permits for take of\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s8351/c/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" a depredating eagle under the Act of ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"June 8, 1940","tail":" (commonly known as the \u201cBald Eagle Protection Act\u201d) ("},{"t":"ref","text":"54 Stat. 250","href":"/us/stat/54/250","tail":", chapter 278; "},{"t":"ref","text":"16 U.S.C. 668","href":"/us/usc/t16/s668","tail":" et seq.), or sections 22.11 through 22.32 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations) (including depredation of livestock, wildlife, and species protected under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ("},{"t":"ref","text":"16 U.S.C. 1531","href":"/us/usc/t16/s1531","tail":" et seq.) or any other Federal management program); or"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s8351/c/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" a migratory bird included on the list under section 10.13 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations) that is posing a conflict.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}