BIRDS see also National Wildlife Refuges; Wildlife

Appointments

Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, H2899 [22MY]

Articles and editorials

Federal Agents Kill 750 Geese From Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Near JFK Airport, S496 [7FE]

Federal Officials Investigate Eagle Deaths at DWP Wind Farm, S380 [30JA]

Preferred Paths—Agency Recommends Against King Cove Road, S496 [7FE]

Windmills Are Killing Our Birds—One Standard for Oil Companies, Another for Green Energy Sources, S380 [30JA]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see S. 820), S3028 [25AP] (see H.R. 1731), H2349 [25AP]

American Eagle Day: designate (see S. Res. 174), S4585 [18JN]

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see S. 666), S2455 [8AP] (see H.R. 366), H278 [23JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: define urban rodent control for clarifying control of nuisance mammals and birds carried out by Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service wildlife services program and private sector (see H.R. 730), H546 [14FE]

Dept. of the Interior: delegate to States certain authorities relative to management of cormorants (see H.R. 1788), H2391 [26AP]

——— increase prices for Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps (duck stamps) and make limited waivers of stamp requirements for certain users (see S. 1865), S9051 [19DE]

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve: allow for the harvest of gull eggs by the Huna Tlingit people (see S. 156), S329 [28JA] (see H.R. 3110), H5587 [17SE]

GSA: incorporate bird-safe building materials and design features into public buildings (see H.R. 2078), H2838 [21MY]

Migratory Bird Treaty Act: authorize hunting under certain circumstances (see S. 89), S213 [23JA]

National Marine Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 68), H502 [13FE]

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act: reauthorize (see S. 969), S3569 [16MY] (see H.R. 1291), H1718 [20MR]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (see S. 1660), S7876 [6NO]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: exempt certain Alaskan Native articles from prohibitions against sale of items containing nonedible migratory bird parts (see S. 1650), S7829 [5NO] (see H.R. 3109), H5587 [17SE]

——— protect, restore, enhance, and manage migratory bird populations, their habitats, and the ecosystems they rely on, through voluntary actions on public and private lands (see H.R. 1137), H1396 [13MR]

——— protect farmers and hunters from fines due to taking of migratory birds on agricultural fields by clarifying distinction between normal agricultural practices and baiting (see S. 1634), S7728 [31OC]

Wildlife refuges: issue a Wildlife Refuge System Conservation Semipostal Stamp (see H.R. 1384), H1824 [21MR]

Letters

Clarify that Dept. of Justice policy for prosecuting Migratory Bird Treaty Act violations should include oil and gas producers as well as wind energy producers: Senators Vitter and Alexander, S379 [30JA]

Remarks in House

American Eagle Day: designate (S. Res. 174), E945 [20JN]

BLM: collaborate with Western States to prevent listing of sage-grouse as an endangered species, H7458 [4DE]

Law enforcement: prosecution of wind energy companies for killing birds in violation of certain species protection laws, H4340, H4341 [10JY], H6566 [12OC]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: permit King Cove Native Corp., land conveyance in exchange for construction of single-lane gravel emergency road access through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, H514 [14FE]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (S. 820), S3032 [25AP]

American Eagle Day: designate (S. Res. 174), S4620 [18JN]

BLM: collaborate with Western States to prevent listing of sage-grouse as an endangered species, S2305 [22MR]

Dept. of Justice: clarify that policy for prosecuting Migratory Bird Treaty Act violations should include oil and gas producers as well as wind energy producers, S378–S381 [30JA]

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve: allow for the harvest of gull eggs by the Huna Tlingit people (S. 156), S330 [28JA]

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act: reauthorize (S. 969), S3571 [16MY]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 1660), S7911 [7NO]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: permit King Cove Native Corp., land conveyance in exchange for construction of single-lane gravel emergency road access through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, S493–S496 [7FE], S997 [28FE], S2543 [10AP]

——— round-up of Canadian geese in Jamaica Bay National Wildlife Refuge to preserve aviation safety near LaGuardia Airport, S496 [7FE]

Reports filed

Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 156) (S. Rept. 113–51), S5497 [27JN]

Wildlife Refuge System Conservation Semipostal Stamp Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1384) (H. Rept. 113–100), H3250 [6JN]

Texts of

S. 969, Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act reauthorization, S3572 [16MY]

S. Res. 174, American Eagle Day, S4590 [18JN]