16 U.S.C. § 4904 — Moratoria on imports of exotic birds covered by Convention

(a)(1) Importing an exotic bird^* of a species^* identified as category B in the Animals Committee report adopted at the Convention’s eighth Conference of the Parties is prohibited. (2) The prohibition lasts until, after notice and public comment, the Secretary^* (A) decides that origin countries have taken suitable corrective measures eliminating the trade threat to conservation, and (B) makes the section 4905(c) findings and lists the species under section 4905(a).
(b)(1) The Secretary may suspend imports of any species listed in a Convention^* Appendix and, if appropriate, remove it from the section 4905(a) list, if the Secretary decides that (A) trade harms the species, there is not enough information to decide trade does not harm it, or Convention Standing Committee corrective measures have not been implemented, and (B) suspension may be needed for conservation. (2) The suspension lasts until, after notice and public comment, the Secretary makes the section 4905(c) findings and lists the species under section 4905(a).
(c) Starting one year after October 23, 1992, importing any Appendix-listed species is prohibited unless the Secretary makes the section 4905(c) findings and lists it under section 4905(a).
(d) Despite other provisions, during the one-year period beginning October 23, 1992, the Secretary must prohibit imports of each Appendix-listed species above the number imported in the latest year for which complete import^* data exists.