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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposes a rule that sets forth amendments to our miscellaneous provisions relating to migratory birds and eagles. We propose revisions to current regulations to more efficiently and appropriately authorize activities while meeting our obligations under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, the Airborne Hunting Act, and the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act. We propose to modify requirements generally from a prescriptive approach to a performance-based standard approach to allow greater flexibility in compliance. We also propose to clarify and streamline requirements to improve understanding and ease of compliance. Finally, we propose to remove certain parts, sections, and subsections to reduce confusion and improve regulatory efficiency, including regulatory language related to airborne hunting, hunting migratory birds, eagle permits, feeding depredating migratory waterfowl, and duck stamp contests.