S. 1941 · 115th Congress
A bill 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
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Dan Sullivan
- Introduced
- 2017-10-05
- Latest action
- 2017-10-05 · Introduced in Senate
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.