Senate
Mar 3, 2016A 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.
Summary
Official
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 Alaska Native handicraft, clothing or art on the basis that it contains a non-edible migratory bird part, so long as the bird was not taken in a wasteful manner.
Bill Progress
Bill has been introduced and assigned a number
Introduced(3/3/16)
Committee
Passed
House
Passed
Senate
President
Law
Sponsor
DS
Mr. Sullivan
Senate (R) Alaska
Cosponsors (1)
Topics
Latest Action
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Mar 3, 2016