Birds, signed at Washington August 16, 1916 
(USTS 628) (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.); 
(2) the Convention between the United States 
and Mexico for the Protection of Migratory Birds 
and Game Mammals, signed at Mexico City Feb-
ruary 7, 1936 (USTS 912) (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.); 
(3) the Convention between the United States 
and Japan for the Protection of Migratory Birds 
and Birds in Danger of Extinction and Their Envi-
ronment, signed at Tokyo March 4, 1974 (TIAS 
7990) (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.); and 
(4) the Convention between the United States 
and the Soviet Union Concerning the Conservation 
of Migratory Birds and Their Environment, signed 
at Moscow November 19, 1976 (TIAS 9073) (16 
U.S.C. 703 et seq.). 
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION FOR ALASKA NATIVE ARTICLES 
CONTAINING MIGRATORY BIRD PARTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2 of the Migratory Bird 
Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(c) CLARIFICATION FOR AUTHENTIC ALASKA NA-
TIVE ARTICLES OF HANDICRAFT.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
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‘‘(A) ALASKA NATIVE.—The term ‘Alaska 
Native’ means a member of any Indian tribe (as 
defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act (25 
U.S.C. 5304)) that is based in the State of 
Alaska. 
‘‘(B) AUTHENTIC ALASKA NATIVE ARTICLE 
OF HANDICRAFT.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘authen-
tic Alaska Native article of handicraft’ 
means any item that is— 
‘‘(I) composed, wholly or in a sig-
nificant respect, of natural materials; 
and 
‘‘(II) produced, decorated, or 
fashioned by hand in significant 
part— 
‘‘(aa) by an Alaska Native; 
‘‘(bb) in the exercise of tra-
ditional Alaska Native handi-
crafts; and 
‘‘(cc) without the use of any 
mass copying device. 
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‘‘(ii) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘authen-
tic Alaska Native article of handicraft’ in-
cludes— 
‘‘(I) any weaving, carving, stitch-
ing, sewing, lacing, beading, drawing, 
or painting that meets the criteria de-
scribed in clause (i); and 
‘‘(II) any item, including cloth-
ing, described in subclause (I) that 
combines the techniques described in 
that subclause. 
‘‘(2) CLARIFICATION FOR CERTAIN AUTHENTIC 
ALASKA NATIVE ARTICLES OF HANDICRAFT.—Sub-
ject to paragraph (3) and notwithstanding any other 
provision of this Act, nothing in this Act prohibits 
the possession, offering for sale, sale, offering to 
barter, barter, offering to purchase, purchase, deliv-
ery for shipment, shipment, causing to be shipped or 
delivered for transportation, transport, causing to be 
transported, carrying, causing to be carried, or re-
ceiving for shipment, transportation, or carriage of 
any authentic Alaska Native article of handicraft on 
the basis that the authentic Alaska Native article of 
handicraft contains a nonedible migratory bird part. 
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‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—This subsection does not 
apply to an authentic Alaska Native article of handi-
craft containing a part of a migratory bird that was 
taken in a wasteful manner.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 2(a) of the 
Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703) is amended 
by inserting a comma after ‘‘March 4, 1972’’. 
Æ 
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