Sec. 7. Prohibitions
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Subject to subsection
(b)and section 8, it is unlawful for any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States— to import into the United States or transport between States any wildlife designated as an injurious wildlife taxon or taxa; to possess any wildlife designated as an injurious wildlife taxon or taxa, or a descendant of that wildlife, that was imported or transported in violation of this Act; to import into the United States or transport between States any wildlife not in trade to the United States; to possess any wildlife not in trade to the United States, or a descendant of that wildlife, that was imported or transported in violation of this Act; to violate any term or condition of a permit issued to a qualified institution under section 8; to release into the wild any wildlife— designated as an injurious wildlife taxon or taxa; or not in trade to the United States; or to attempt any of the prohibited actions described in paragraphs
(1)through (6). The prohibitions described in subsection
(a)shall not apply to any action carried out by a Federal, State, or Tribal government official— to enforce any of those prohibitions; or to prevent the introduction or establishment of any wildlife designated as an injurious wildlife taxon or taxa or any wildlife not in trade to the United States, including any action to transport or possess (including holding and sheltering) that wildlife. Nothing in this Act restricts the importation or transport between States of an injurious wildlife taxon or taxa or any wildlife not in trade by a Federal agency for the use of the Federal agency if the wildlife remains in the possession of the Federal agency. Nothing in this Act restricts the importation of a dead natural history specimen for a museum or scientific collection if the dead natural history specimen is properly preserved in a manner that minimizes, to the maximum extent practicable, the risk of exposure from any harmful wildlife pathogen or parasite.