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[CITE: 16USC4243]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
                CHAPTER 62--AFRICAN ELEPHANT CONSERVATION
 
                      SUBCHAPTER III--MISCELLANEOUS
 
Sec. 4243. Effectiveness of CITES

    Within 3 months after the completion of the 8th Conference of the 
Parties to CITES, the Secretary shall determine whether this chapter, 
together with the CITES Ivory Control System, has substantially stopped 
the importation of illegally harvested ivory into the United States. If 
the Secretary determines that the importation of illegally harvested 
ivory has not been substantially stopped, the Secretary shall recommend 
to the Congress amendments to this chapter or other actions that may be 
necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter, including the 
establishment of a complete moratorium on the importation of elephant 
ivory into the United States.

(Pub. L. 100-478, title II, Sec. 2304, Oct. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 2322.)
