[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4296 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4296

  To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to restore certain penalties 
                            under that Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 13, 2000

   Mr. Chambliss (for himself, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Peterson of 
Minnesota, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Callahan, Mr. 
Hayes, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Everett, Mr. 
  Stump, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Riley, Mr. 
Barr of Georgia, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. Shows, and 
Mr. Hall of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                       the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to restore certain penalties 
                            under that Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Migratory Bird Penalty Restoration 
Act''.

SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF PENALTIES.

    Section 6 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 707) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
    ``(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person, 
association, partnership, or corporation who shall violate any 
provisions of said conventions or of this Act, or who shall violate or 
fail to comply with any regulation made pursuant to this Act shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be 
fined not more than $5000 or be imprisoned not more than six months, or 
both.''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
    ``(c) A person who violates section 3(b)(2) shall be fined not more 
than $5000 or be imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.''.
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