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

Bill: 114-hr-1729
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-03-26
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: 2015-04-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-03-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to provide that nothing in such Act prohibits possessing, selling, bartering, purchasing, shipping, and transporting any authentic Alaskan Native article of handicraft or clothing on the basis that it contains a nonedible migratory bird part. The exemption is inapplicable with respect to any handicraft or clothing containing any part of a migratory bird that was taken in a wasteful manner.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1729 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 26, 2015 Mr. Young of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to exempt certain Alaskan Native articles from prohibitions against sale of items containing nonedible migratory bird parts, and for other purposes.

1. Exemption from prohibitions for Alaskan 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 Alaskan Native articles of handicraft or clothing (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, nothing in this Act prohibits possession, offering for sale, sale, offering to barter, barter, offering to purchase, purchase, delivery for shipment, shipment, causing to be shipped, delivered for transportation, transport or causing to be transported, carrying or causing to be carried, or receiving for shipment, transportation, or carriage, any authentic Alaskan Native article of handicraft or clothing on the basis that it contains a nonedible migratory bird part. (2) Limitation This subsection shall not apply with respect to any handicraft or clothing containing any part of a migratory bird that was taken in a wasteful manner. (3) Definitions In this subsection: (A) Alaskan Native The term Alaskan Native means any Indian, Aleut, or Eskimo who resides in Alaska. (B) Authentic Alaskan Native article of handicraft or clothing The term authentic Alaskan Native article of handicraft or clothing — (i) means any item that is— (I) composed wholly or in some significant respect of natural materials; and (II) produced, decorated, or fashioned by an Alaskan Native, in the exercise of traditional Alaskan Native handicrafts, without the use of any pantograph or other mass copying device; and (ii) includes any weaving, carving, stitching, sewing, lacing, beading, drawing, or painting described in clause (i), or any combination thereof. .