II 111th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 489 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 26, 2009 Mr. Vitter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to authorize hunting under certain circumstances.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act of 2009.

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Migratory birds

Section 3 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 704) is amended by adding at the end the following: (c)

Exception

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, subsection (b) shall not apply to an agricultural producer, or a hunter with the permission of the agricultural producer, if— (1)the manipulation occurs on land of the agricultural producer on which a crop during the current or immediately preceding crop year was not harvestable due to a natural disaster, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture; and (2)a local representative of the Secretary of Agriculture confirms that— (A)the crop has been destroyed; and (B)it would not be economically practicable to harvest the crop. .