Sec. 11. Prohibitions
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Except as provided in this section or section 12, it shall be unlawful for any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States— to import into the United States any nonnative wildlife taxon the Director has designated as Injurious I or Injurious II under section 5(a)(1)(A) or under section 6, or to knowingly possess such an animal, or the descendant of such an animal, that was imported in violation of this subsection; to engage in interstate commerce for any nonnative wildlife taxon described in paragraph (1), or to knowingly possess such an animal, or the descendant of an animal, that was transported in interstate commerce in violation of this subsection; to violate any term or condition of a permit issued to a qualified institution under section 12 for a taxon designated as Injurious I under clause
(i)of section 5(a)(1)(A) or under section 6; to release into the wild any nonnative wildlife taxon described in paragraph (1); to violate any additional regulation promulgated by the Secretary as necessary to prevent the importation of, and interstate commerce in, wildlife pathogens and harmful parasites under this Act; or to attempt any of the prohibited actions described in paragraphs
(1)through (5). Except as provided in paragraph (2), an individual animal that was lawfully owned prior to the taxa to which the animal belongs being regulated by the Director under this Act as Injurious II may be transported interstate without a permit by any person for noncommercial purposes only. The exemption under paragraph
(1)does not apply to an animal of any taxa designated by the Director as Injurious I. The prohibitions in this section shall not apply to— any action by Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement personnel to enforce this section; and any action by Federal, State, tribal, or local officials to prevent the introduction or establishment of nonnative wildlife, or wildlife pathogens or parasites, including actions to transport, hold, and shelter animals of taxa regulated under this Act. Nothing in this Act shall restrict the importation or transportation between any States of nonnative wildlife by a Federal agency for the use of the Federal agency if the nonnative wildlife remains in the possession of a Federal agency. This section takes effect on the date that is 30 days after the date of promulgation of the final regulations under section 5(a).