H.R. 4069 · 115th Congress

To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to clarify the treatment of authentic Alaska Native articles of handicraft containing nonedible migratory bird parts, and for other purposes.

Stage
Reported from committee
Sponsor
Don Young
Introduced
2017-10-12
Latest action
2018-05-15 · Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-675.

Summary

This bill amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to provide that nothing in such Actprohibits possessing, selling, bartering, purchasing, shipping, and transporting any authentic Alaska Native handicraft, clothing, or art on the basis that it contains a nonedible migratory bird part, so long as the bird was not taken in a wasteful manner.