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16 U.S.C. § 718e — Loans and transfers, alteration, and reproduction of stamps

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16 U.S.C. § 718e — Loans and transfers, alteration, and reproduction of stamps

**(a) In general** No person to whom has been sold a Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, validated as provided in [section 718a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section718a&num=0&edition=prelim), 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** Except as provided in clauses (i) and (ii) of section 504(l)(D) 11 So in original. Probably should be “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** Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b), or the prohibition in [section 474 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section474&num=0&edition=prelim), or other provisions of law, the Secretary 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 and Conservation 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section504/1&num=0&edition=prelim). Any such reproduction shall be subject to those terms and conditions deemed necessary by the Secretary by regulation or otherwise and any proceeds received by the Federal Government as

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16 U.S.C. § 718a — Prohibition on taking

**(a) Prohibition** (1) **In general** — Except as provided in paragraph (2), no individual who has attained the age of 16 years shall take any migratory waterfowl unless, at the time of the taking, the individual carries on the person of the individual a valid Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, as an electronic stamp (as defined in section 718o of this title) or validated by the signature of the individual written in ink across the face of the actual stamp (as defined in that section) prior to the time of the taking by the individual of the waterfowl. (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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3113&num=0&edition=prelim)). **(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** Nothing in this section requires any individual to affix the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp to any other license prior to taking 1 or mo

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18 U.S.C. § 504 — Printing and filming of United States and foreign obligations and securities

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the following are permitted: (1) The printing, publishing, or importation, or the making or importation of the necessary plates for such printing or publishing, of illustrations of— (A) postage stamps of the United States, (B) revenue stamps of the United States, (C) any other obligation or other security of the United States, and (D) postage stamps, revenue stamps, notes, bonds, and any other obligation or other security of any foreign government, bank, or corporation. Illustrations permitted by the foregoing provisions of this section shall be made in accordance with the following conditions— (i) all illustrations shall be in black and white, except that illustrations of postage stamps issued by the United States or by any foreign government and stamps issued under the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act of 1934 may be in color; (ii) all illustrations (including illustrations of uncanceled postage stamps in color and illustrations of stamps issued under the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act of 1934 in color) shall be of a size less than three-fourths or more than one and one-half, in linear dimension, of each part of any matter so illustrated which is covered by subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of this paragraph, except that black and white illustrations of postage and revenue stamps issued by the United States or by any foreign government and colored illustrations of canceled postage stamps issued by the United States may be in the exact linear dimension in which the stamps were issued; and (iii) the negatives and plates used in making the illustrations shall be destroyed after their final use in accordance with this section.The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe regulations to permit c

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18 U.S.C. § 474 — Plates, stones, or analog, digital, or electronic images for counterfeiting obligations or securities

**(a)** Whoever, having control, custody, or possession of any plate, stone, or other thing, or any part thereof, from which has been printed, or which may be prepared by direction of the Secretary of the Treasury for the purpose of printing, any obligation or other security of the United States, uses such plate, stone, or other thing, or any part thereof, or knowingly suffers the same to be used for the purpose of printing any such or similar obligation or other security, or any part thereof, except as may be printed for the use of the United States by order of the proper officer thereof; orWhoever makes or executes any plate, stone, or other thing in the likeness of any plate designated for the printing of such obligation or other security; or Whoever, with intent to defraud, makes, executes, acquires, scans, captures, records, receives, transmits, reproduces, sells, or has in such person’s control, custody, or possession, an analog, digital, or electronic image of any obligation or other security of the United States; or Whoever sells any such plate, stone, or other thing, or brings into the United States any such plate, stone, or other thing, except under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury or other proper officer, or with any other intent, in either case, than that such plate, stone, or other thing be used for the printing of the obligations or other securities of the United States; or Whoever has in his control, custody, or possession any plate, stone, or other thing in any manner made after or in the similitude of any plate, stone, or other thing, from which any such obligation or other security has been printed, with intent to use such plate, stone, or other thing, or to suffer the same to be used in forging or counterfeiting any such obligation or ot

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16 U.S.C. § 718d — Expenditure of funds

**(a) In general** All funds received for stamps sold under this subchapter shall be— (1) accounted for by the Postal Service or the Secretary, as appropriate; (2) paid into the Treasury of the United States; and (3) reserved and set aside as a special fund, to be known as the “Migratory Bird Conservation Fund” (referred to in this section as the “fund”), to be administered by the Secretary, in which there shall be a subaccount to which the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer all amounts in excess of $15 that are received from the sale of each stamp sold for each hunting year after hunting year 2013. **(b) Use of funds** All funds received into the fund are appropriated for the following purposes, to remain available until expended: (1) **Advance allotments** — Except as provided in paragraph (4), so much as may be necessary shall be used by the Secretary for engraving, printing, issuing, selling, and accounting for Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps and moneys received from the sale thereof, in addition to expenses for personnel services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and such other expenses as may be necessary in executing the duties and functions required of the Postal Service. (2) **Areas for refuges** — Except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4) and subsection (c), the remainder shall be available for the location, ascertainment, and acquisition of suitable areas for migratory bird refuges under the provisions of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act ([16 U.S.C. 715](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section715&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) and for the administrative costs incurred in the acquisition of such areas. (3) **Conditions on use of funds** — The Secretary may use funds made available

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16 U.S.C. § 718e — Loans and transfers, alteration, and re-

Page 1284 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 718e 1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘504(1)(D)’’. shall be used by the Secretary for engraving’’ for ‘‘So much as may be necessary shall be used by the Sec- retary of the Interior to make advance allotments to the Postal Service at such times and in such amounts as may be mutually agreed upon by the Secretary of the Interior and the Postal Service for direct expendi- ture by the Postal Service for engraving’’, ‘‘Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps’’ for ‘‘migra- tory bird hunting stamps’’, ‘‘personnel’’ for ‘‘personal’’, and ‘‘Postal Service’’ for ‘‘postal service’’. Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 109–266, § 10(e)(4)(B), inserted ‘‘(16 U.S.C. 715 et seq.)’’ after ‘‘Migratory Bird Con- servation Act’’. Pub. L. 109–266, § 10(e)(4)(A), which directed amend- ment of par. (2) by substituting heading ‘‘Areas for ref- uges’’ and text ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (3) and subsection (c)’’ for ‘‘Except as provided in sub- sections (c) and (d) of this section’’, was executed by making the substitution for ‘‘Except as authorized in subsections (c) and (d) of this section’’ to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 109–266, § 10(e)(5), inserted head- ing, inserted ‘‘(16 U.S.C. 715 et seq.)’’ after ‘‘Migratory Bird Conservation Act’’, and substituted ‘‘The Sec- retary may use funds made available under paragraph (2) for the purposes of that paragraph, and such other funds as may be appropriated for the purposes of that paragraph or this paragraph,’’ for ‘‘The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to utilize funds made avail- able under subsection (b) of this section for the pur- poses of such subsection, and such other funds as may be appropriated for the purposes of such subsection, o

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