A bill to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to exempt certain Alaska Native articles from prohibitions against sale of items containing nonedible migratory bird parts, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-1650
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2013-11-05
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians

Art, artists, authorship

Birds

Indian lands and resources rights

Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Latest action: action_date: 2014-07-16
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works Senate Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-772.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-11-05
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to provide that nothing in such Act prohibits possessing, selling, bartering, purchasing, shipping, and transporting any authentic Alaska Native handicraft on the basis that it contains a nonedible migratory bird part. Makes such exemption inapplicable with respect to any handicraft containing any part of a migratory bird that was taken in a wasteful manner.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1650 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 5, 2013 Ms. Murkowski introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to exempt certain Alaska Native articles from prohibitions against sale of items containing nonedible migratory bird parts, and for other purposes.

1. Exemption from prohibitions for Alaska Native articles containing migratory bird parts Section 2 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act ( 16 U.S.C. 703 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (c) Exemption for authentic Alaska Native articles of handicraft or clothing (1) Definitions In this subsection: (A) Alaska Native The term Alaska Native means a person who is a member of any Native village, Village Corporation, or Regional Corporation, as those terms are defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1602 ). (B) Alaska Native handicraft (i) In general The term Alaska Native handicraft means any handicraft or clothing item that— (I) is composed, wholly or in a significant respect, of natural materials; and (II) is produced, decorated, or fashioned— (aa) by an Alaska Native; (bb) in the exercise of traditional Alaska Native handicrafts; and (cc) without the use of any pantograph or other mass copying device. (ii) Inclusions The term Alaska native handicraft includes— (I) any weaving, carving, stitching, sewing, lacing, beading, drawing, or painting that meet the criteria described in clause (i); or (II) an item that combines the techniques described in subclause (I). (2) Exemption for certain Alaska Native handicrafts Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act and subject to paragraph (3), nothing in this Act prohibits the possession, offering for sale, sale, offering to barter, barter, offering to purchase, purchase, delivery for shipment, shipment, causing to be shipped or delivered for transportation, transport, causing to be transported, carrying, causing to be carried, or receiving for shipment, transportation, or carriage of any Alaska Native handicraft on the basis that the Alaska Native handicraft contains a nonedible migratory bird part. (3) Limitation This subsection does not apply to any Alaska Native handicraft containing a part of a migratory bird that was taken in a wasteful manner. .