3.0.0 6021 2026-09-08T11:28:45Z 2026-09-08T11:28:45Z House H HR 2025-11-12 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6021 [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 191 (Wednesday, November 12, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BEGICH:H.R. 6021.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following provisions of the Constitution of the UnitedStates:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (the Commerce Clause)--Toregulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the severalStates, and with the Indian Tribes.Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 (the Treaty Clause)--Tomake treaties, by and with the advice and consent of theSenate, and to enact legislation implementing the obligationsof the United States under those treaties, including themigratory bird conventions between the United States andother nations.Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (the Necessary and ProperClause)--To make all laws which shall be necessary and properfor carrying into execution the foregoing powers.[Page H4667]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii13 Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee Discharged from 2026-07-22T13:00:00Z Hearings By (subcommittee) 2026-02-04T15:00:00Z Referred to 2026-01-28T18:00:00Z Reported By 2026-08-27T14:13:01Z Referred To 2025-11-12T17:01:40Z Archie Cavanaugh Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act 118 5258 S 2024-09-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Cross-Congress related bill CRS Archie Cavanaugh Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act 119 255 S 2025-01-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Identical bill CRS 2026-08-27 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 675. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00675 2026-08-27 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-774. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2026-08-27 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-774. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2026-07-22 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent. Committee 2026-07-22 hsii13 Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged Committee 2026-02-04 hsii13 Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held Committee 2026-01-28 hsii13 Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries. Committee 2025-11-12 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2025-11-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-11-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001323 Rep. Begich, Nicholas J. [R-AK-At Large] Nicholas Begich R AK J. N Native Americans Alaska Natives and Hawaiians 2026-02-06T16:53:41Z Birds 2026-02-06T16:53:41Z Historical and cultural resources 2026-02-06T16:53:41Z Native Americans 2026-09-04T19:10:21Z 00 2025-11-12 Introduced in House 2026-04-08T15:03:54Z Archie Cavanaugh Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act

This bill states that nothing in the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 (MBTA) prohibits possessing, selling, bartering, purchasing, shipping, or 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 or illegal manner. (The MBTA implements four international treaties that the United States entered into with Canada, Mexico, Japan, and Russia. The MBTA prohibits the taking of protected migratory bird species without prior authorization.)

The bill directs the Department of State to work with the Department of the Interior to enter into appropriate bilateral procedures with countries that are parties to the treaties under the MBTA to clarify the treatment of Alaska Native handicraft containing nonedible migratory bird parts from the species of migratory birds listed in those treaties. Further, Interior must modify any regulations implementing the MBTA to implement this bill.

]]> Archie Cavanaugh Migratory Bird Treaty Clarification Act Display Title 45 Archie Cavanaugh Migratory Bird Treaty Clarification Act 2026-08-28T04:38:43Z Short Title(s) as Reported to House 102 Archie Cavanaugh Migratory Bird Treaty Clarification Act 2026-08-28T04:38:42Z H House Reported in House RH Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Archie Cavanaugh Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act 2025-11-14T08:38:16Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 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. 2025-11-14T08:33:24Z Introduced in House IH Reported in House 2026-08-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr6021rh/xml/BILLS-119hr6021rh.xml Introduced in House 2025-11-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr6021ih/xml/BILLS-119hr6021ih.xml 2026-08-27 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 675. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.