---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 4902"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "4902"
heading: "Statement of purpose"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/4902"
units:
  - "Chapter 69 — Wild Exotic Bird Conservation"
---

# §4902. Statement of purpose


The purpose of this chapter is to promote the conservation of [exotic birds](/usc/16/4903.md?p=2) by—

- (1) assisting wild bird conservation and management programs in the countries of origin of wild birds;
- (2) ensuring that all trade in [species](/usc/16/4903.md?p=7) of [exotic birds](/usc/16/4903.md?p=2) involving the [United States](/usc/16/4903.md?p=8) is biologically sustainable and is not detrimental to the [species](/usc/16/4903.md?p=7);
- (3) limiting or prohibiting [imports](/usc/16/4903.md?p=3) of [exotic birds](/usc/16/4903.md?p=2) when necessary to ensure that—
  - (A) wild [exotic bird](/usc/16/4903.md?p=2) populations are not harmed by removal of [exotic birds](/usc/16/4903.md?p=2) from the wild for the trade; or
  - (B) [exotic birds](/usc/16/4903.md?p=2) in trade are not subject to inhumane treatment; and
- (4) encouraging and supporting effective implementation of the [Convention](/usc/16/4903.md?p=1).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 102–440, title I, § 103, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2225.)