[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3403 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3403

   To amend the Fish and Wildlife Improvement Act of 1978 to exempt 
   subsistence users in the State of Alaska from the prohibition on 
                                taking.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 24, 2010

  Ms. Murkowski (for herself and Mr. Begich) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment 
                            and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Fish and Wildlife Improvement Act of 1978 to exempt 
   subsistence users in the State of Alaska from the prohibition on 
                                taking.

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

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION FOR SUBSISTENCE USERS.

    Section 3(h)(2) of the Fish and Wildlife Improvement Act of 1978 
(16 U.S.C. 712(1)) is amended by adding at the end: ``A taking 
authorized under this section shall be exempt from the prohibition on 
taking under section 1 of the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation 
Stamp Act (16 U.S.C. 718a).''
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