---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 4243"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "4243"
heading: "Repealed. Pub. L. 107–111, § 6(a)(3), Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 2096"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/4243"
units:
  - "Chapter 62 — African Elephant Conservation"
  - "Subchapter III — Miscellaneous"
---

# [§4243. Repealed. Pub. L. 107–111, § 6(a)(3), Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 2096 — repealed]



## Notes

Section, Pub. L. 100–478, title II, § 2304, Oct. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 2322, directed Secretary to determine within 3 months after the 8th Conference of the Parties to CITES whether the importation of illegally harvested ivory into the United States had been substantially stopped, and upon a determination that it had not been substantially stopped, to recommend to Congress necessary legislation or other actions to achieve the purposes of this chapter.