Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-89
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2013-01-23
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Birds

Disaster relief and insurance

Farmland

Hunting and fishing

Outdoor recreation

Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Latest action: action_date: 2013-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-01-23
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act of 2013 - Amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to allow an agricultural producer, or a hunter with the producer's permission, to take migratory game birds by the aid of baiting, if: (1) the manipulation occurs on the producer's land on which a crop was not harvestable during the current or immediately preceding crop year due to a natural disaster, and (2) a local representative of the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) confirms that the crop has been destroyed and that it would not be economically practicable to harvest the crop.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 89 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 23 (legislative day, January 3), 2013 Mr. Vitter 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 authorize hunting under certain circumstances.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act of 2013 . 2. Migratory birds Section 3 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act ( 16 U.S.C. 704 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (c) Exception Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, subsection (b) shall not apply to an agricultural producer, or a hunter with the permission of the agricultural producer, if— (1) the manipulation occurs on land of the agricultural producer on which a crop during the current or immediately preceding crop year was not harvestable due to a natural disaster, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture; and (2) a local representative of the Secretary of Agriculture confirms that— (A) the crop has been destroyed; and (B) it would not be economically practicable to harvest the crop. .