[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1650 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1650

To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to exempt certain Alaska Native 
 articles from prohibitions against sale of items containing nonedible 
             migratory bird parts, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 5, 2013

 Ms. Murkowski 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 Migratory Bird Treaty Act to exempt certain Alaska Native 
 articles from prohibitions against sale of items containing nonedible 
             migratory bird parts, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION FROM PROHIBITIONS FOR ALASKA NATIVE ARTICLES 
              CONTAINING MIGRATORY BIRD PARTS.

    Section 2 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Exemption for Authentic Alaska Native Articles of Handicraft 
or Clothing.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Alaska native.--The term `Alaska Native' 
                means a person who is a member of any Native village, 
                Village Corporation, or Regional Corporation, as those 
                terms are defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native 
                Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602).
                    ``(B) Alaska native handicraft.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The term `Alaska Native 
                        handicraft' means any handicraft or clothing 
                        item that--
                                    ``(I) is composed, wholly or in a 
                                significant respect, of natural 
                                materials; and
                                    ``(II) is produced, decorated, or 
                                fashioned--
                                            ``(aa) by an Alaska Native;
                                            ``(bb) in the exercise of 
                                        traditional Alaska Native 
                                        handicrafts; and
                                            ``(cc) without the use of 
                                        any pantograph or other mass 
                                        copying device.
                            ``(ii) Inclusions.--The term `Alaska native 
                        handicraft' includes--
                                    ``(I) any weaving, carving, 
                                stitching, sewing, lacing, beading, 
                                drawing, or painting that meet the 
                                criteria described in clause (i); or
                                    ``(II) an item that combines the 
                                techniques described in subclause (I).
            ``(2) Exemption for certain alaska native handicrafts.--
        Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act and subject to 
        paragraph (3), nothing in this Act prohibits the possession, 
        offering for sale, sale, offering to barter, barter, offering 
        to purchase, purchase, delivery for shipment, shipment, causing 
        to be shipped or delivered for transportation, transport, 
        causing to be transported, carrying, causing to be carried, or 
        receiving for shipment, transportation, or carriage of any 
        Alaska Native handicraft on the basis that the Alaska Native 
        handicraft contains a nonedible migratory bird part.
            ``(3) Limitation.--This subsection does not apply to any 
        Alaska Native handicraft containing a part of a migratory bird 
        that was taken in a wasteful manner.''.
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