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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-675
TO AMEND THE MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT TO CLARIFY THE TREAT-
MENT OF AUTHENTIC ALASKA NATIVE ARTICLES OF HANDICRAFT CON-
TAINING NONEDIBLE MIGRATORY BIRD PARTS, AND FOR OTHER PUR-
POSES
MAY 15, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 4069]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 4069) to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to clarify
the treatment of authentic Alaska Native articles of handicraft con-
taining nonedible migratory bird parts, and for other purposes,
having considered the same, report favorably thereon without
amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 4069 is to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty
Act to clarify the treatment of authentic Alaska Native articles of
handicraft containing nonedible migratory bird parts.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
In 1916, the United States and Great Britain (for Canada) signed
the Convention for the Protection of Migratory Birds.1 The goal of
this agreement was to establish an international framework for the
protection and conservation of migratory birds.
The agreement also established the federal government's author-
ity to manage migratory birds. Under the Migratory Bird Treaty,
'Protection of Migratory Birds Treaty, Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/law/help/us-
treaties/bevans/b-gb-ustOO0012-0375.pdf.
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