16 U.S.C. § 668a : US Code - Section 668A: Taking and using of the bald and golden eagle for scientific, exhibition, and religious purposes

Search 16 U.S.C. § 668a : US Code - Section 668A: Taking and using of the bald and golden eagle for scientific, exhibition, and religious purposes

Whenever, after investigation, the Secretary of the Interior
shall determine that it is compatible with the preservation of the
bald eagle or the golden eagle to permit the taking, possession,
and transportation of specimens thereof for the scientific or
exhibition purposes of public museums, scientific societies, and
zoological parks, or for the religious purposes of Indian tribes,
or that it is necessary to permit the taking of such eagles for the
protection of wildlife or of agricultural or other interests in any
particular locality, he may authorize the taking of such eagles
pursuant to regulations which he is hereby authorized to prescribe:
Provided, That on request of the Governor of any State, the
Secretary of the Interior shall authorize the taking of golden
eagles for the purpose of seasonally protecting domesticated flocks
and herds in such State, in accordance with regulations established
under the provisions of this section, in such part or parts of such
State and for such periods as the Secretary determines to be
necessary to protect such interests: Provided further, That bald
eagles may not be taken for any purpose unless, prior to such
taking, a permit to do so is procured from the Secretary of the
Interior: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior,
pursuant to such regulations as he may prescribe, may permit the
taking, possession, and transportation of golden eagles for the
purposes of falconry, except that only golden eagles which would be
taken because of depredations on livestock or wildlife may be taken
for purposes of falconry: Provided further, That the Secretary of
the Interior, pursuant to such regulations as he may prescribe, may
permit the taking of golden eagle nests which interfere with
resource development or recovery operations.