# Migratory Bird Permits; Revisions to Migratory Bird Import and Export Regulations
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule. · Published 2008-08-13 · Effective 2008-09-12 · 73 FR 47092
## Document
- **Document number:** E8-18774
- **Category:** endangered-species
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 73 FR 47092
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 21
- **Publication date:** 2008-08-13
- **Effective date:** 2008-09-12
- **Interior docket:** FWS-R9-MB-2007-0012
## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, change the regulations governing migratory bird permitting. We amend 50 CFR part 21 to allow the export of lawfully-acquired, captive-bred raptors without obtaining a migratory bird export permit; to resolve problems related to export of species covered by Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) permits or certificates; to allow the importation and possession without an import permit of legally-acquired migratory game birds in the families Anatidae, Columbidae, Gruidae, Rallidae, or Scolopacidae that were lawfully hunted in a foreign country; to extend the maximum time for which an import and export permit is valid from 3 to 5 years; and to reorganize and reword the regulations to make them easier to understand.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/08/13/E8-18774/migratory-bird-permits-revisions-to-migratory-bird-import-and-export-regulations)
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