[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2728 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2728

  To facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United 
                       States by Alaska Natives.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 17, 2016

 Mr. Sullivan introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
  To facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United 
                       States by Alaska Natives.

    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 ``Alaska Native Access Card Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF ALASKA NATIVE.

    (a) Definition.--Section 3 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 
1972 (16 U.S.C. 1362) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (29) as 
        paragraphs (7), (5), (8), (11), (12), (14), (15), (17), (19), 
        (20), (21), (24), (26), (29), (30), (9), (4), (10), (25), (22), 
        (23), (3), (2), (27), (28), (18), (16), (13), and (6), 
        respectively;
            (2) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), by striking 
        ``Indians, Aleuts, or Eskimos'' and inserting ``Alaska 
        Natives'';
            (3) in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (24) (as so 
        redesignated), by striking ``in section'' and inserting ``In 
        section''; and
            (4) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) 
        the following:
            ``(1) Alaska native.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `Alaska Native' has the 
                meaning given the term `Native' in section 3 of the 
                Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602).
                    ``(B) Inclusion.--The term `Alaska Native' includes 
                any Tsimishian Indian, regardless of whether the 
                Tsimishian Indian is enrolled in the Metlakatla Indian 
                Community.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 101 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 
        (16 U.S.C. 1371) is amended--
                    (A) in subsections (a) and (b), by striking 
                ``Indian, Aleut, or Eskimo'' each place it appears and 
                inserting ``Alaska Native'';
                    (B) in subsection (a)(5)(D)(iv), by striking 
                ``clauses'' and inserting ``clause''; and
                    (C) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (2), by striking 
                        ``native'' each place it appears and inserting 
                        ``Alaska Native''; and
                            (ii) in the undesignated matter following 
                        paragraph (3), in the first sentence, by 
                        striking ``Indians, Aleuts, or Eskimos'' and 
                        inserting ``Alaska Natives''.
            (2) Section 109 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 
        (16 U.S.C. 1379) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (b)(3)(B)(i), by striking 
                ``section 3(14)(B)'' and inserting ``section 
                3(29)(B)'';
                    (B) in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (d), by 
                striking ``section 3(14)(B)'' each place it appears and 
                inserting ``section 3(29)(B)''; and
                    (C) in subsection (e)(2)(B), by striking ``Alaskan 
                Natives'' and inserting ``Alaska Natives''.
            (3) Section 202(a)(7) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act 
        of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1402(a)(7)) is amended by striking 
        ``Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts'' and inserting ``Alaska 
        Natives''.
            (4) Section 408(g)(2) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act 
        of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1421f-1(g)(2)) is amended by striking 
        ``section 3(12)(A)'' and inserting ``section 3(24)(A)''.
            (5) Section 508(a)(1) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act 
        of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1423g(a)(1)) is amended by striking 
        ``Alaskan natives'' and inserting ``Alaska Natives''.

SEC. 3. ALASKA NATIVE ACCESS CARDS.

    Section 101(a)(6) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 
U.S.C. 1371(a)(6)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) in clause (ii), by striking ``or'' after the 
                semicolon;
                    (B) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iv) is imported into the United States 
                        for noncommercial purposes by an Alaska Native 
                        presenting an Alaska Native Access Card issued 
                        under subparagraph (C).''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Establishment of alaska native access 
                cards.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Not later than 90 days 
                        after the date of enactment of the Alaska 
                        Native Access Card Act, the Secretary shall 
                        develop and implement a process for issuing an 
                        access card, to be known as an `Alaska Native 
                        Access Card' (referred to in this subparagraph 
                        as an `access card') to any Alaska Native who 
                        applies for an access card.
                            ``(ii) Authorization.--An access card 
                        issued under this subparagraph shall authorize 
                        the import by Alaska Natives of marine mammal 
                        products.
                            ``(iii) Deadline.--Not later than 30 days 
                        after receipt of an application under clause 
                        (i), the Secretary shall issue the access card 
                        to the applicant.''.
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