S. 489 · 111th Congress
Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act of 2009
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- David Vitter
- Introduced
- 2009-02-26
- Latest action
- 2009-02-26 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act of 2009 - 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 confirms that the crop has been destroyed and that it would not be economically practicable to harvest the crop.