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B-335614 Oct 11, 2023 1 (2023-10-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaopgz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-335614 October 11, 2023 The Honorable Thomas R. Carper Chairman The Honorable Shelley Moore Capito Ranking Member Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate The Honorable Bruce Westerman Chairman The Honorable RaGl Grijalva Ranking Member Committee on Natural Resources House of Representatives Subject: Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service: Migratory Bird Hunting; Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations on Certain Federal Indian Reservations and Ceded Lands Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) entitled Migratory Bird Hunting; Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations on Certain Federal Indian Reservations and Ceded Lands (RIN: 1018-BF64). We received the rule on September 26, 2023. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on September 1, 2023. 88 Fed. Reg. 60375. The effective date is September 1, 2023. According to FWS, as part of the rulemaking process for the 2023-2024 season for migratory game bird hunting, it has revised the process for establishing regulations for certain tribes on federal Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands, and ceded lands. FWS stated that it recognizes Tribal treaty rights and the reserved hunting rights and management authority of Indian tribes and seeks to strengthen Tribal sovereignty. FWS also stated that it will no longer require that tribes annually submit a proposal to FWS for its review and approval and no longer publish in the Federal Register the annual Tribal migratory bird hunting regulations. Instead, FWS stated, its regulations will include elements of its current guidelines for establishing migratory game bird hunting regulations on federal Indian reservations (including off-reservation trust lands) and ceded lands. FWS explained that, since 1985, Tribal migratory bird harvest has been small with negligible impact to bird population status, and that it anticipates that Tribal hunting of migratory birds will continue to have similar negligible impacts to bird populations in the future. Lastly, FWS noted that this final rule will reduce administrative burdens on both the tribes and FWS while continuing to sustain healthy migratory game bird populations for future generations.

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