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4	4	STSESSION S. 255
5	5	To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to clarify the treatment of authentic
6	6	Alaska Native articles of handicraft containing nonedible migratory bird
7	7	parts, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
9	9	JANUARY24, 2025
10	10	Mr. S
11	11	ULLIVAN(for himself and Ms. MURKOWSKI) introduced the following
12	12	bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment
13	13	and Public Works
14	14	A BILL
15	15	To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to clarify the
16	16	treatment of authentic Alaska Native articles of handi-
17	17	craft containing nonedible migratory bird parts, and for
18	18	other purposes.
19	19	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
20	20	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
21	21	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
22	22	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Archie Cavanaugh Mi-4
23	23	gratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act’’. 5
24	24	SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 6
25	25	The purpose of this Act is to clarify the treatment 7
26	26	of authentic Alaska Native articles of handicraft (as de-8
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30	30	fined in subsection (c)(1) of section 2 of the Migratory 1
31	31	Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703)) under— 2
32	32	(1) the Convention between the United States 3
33	33	and Great Britain for the Protection of Migratory 4
34	34	Birds, signed at Washington August 16, 1916 (39 5
35	35	Stat. 1702; USTS 628); 6
36	36	(2) the Convention between the United States 7
37	37	and Mexico for the Protection of Migratory Birds 8
38	38	and Game Mammals, signed at Mexico City Feb-9
39	39	ruary 7, 1936 (50 Stat. 1311; USTS 912); 10
40	40	(3) the Convention between the United States 11
41	41	and Japan for the Protection of Migratory Birds 12
42	42	and Birds in Danger of Extinction and Their Envi-13
43	43	ronment, signed at Tokyo March 4, 1974 (TIAS 14
44	44	7990); and 15
45	45	(4) the Convention between the United States 16
46	46	and the Soviet Union Concerning the Conservation 17
47	47	of Migratory Birds and Their Environment, signed 18
48	48	at Moscow November 19, 1976 (TIAS 9073). 19
49	49	SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION FOR ALASKA NATIVE ARTICLES 20
50	50	CONTAINING MIGRATORY BIRD PARTS. 21
51	51	(a) I
52	52	NGENERAL.—Section 2 of the Migratory Bird 22
53	53	Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703) is amended by adding at the 23
54	54	end the following: 24
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58	58	‘‘(c) CLARIFICATION FOR AUTHENTICALASKANA-1
59	59	TIVEARTICLES OFHANDICRAFT.— 2
60	60	‘‘(1) D
61	61	EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 3
62	62	‘‘(A) A
63	63	LASKA NATIVE.—The term ‘Alaska 4
64	64	Native’ means a member of any Indian Tribe 5
65	65	(as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-De-6
66	66	termination and Education Assistance Act (25 7
67	67	U.S.C. 5304)) that is based in the State of 8
68	68	Alaska, as verified through issuance of— 9
69	69	‘‘(i) a Tribal enrollment card; 10
70	70	‘‘(ii) a Certificate of Degree of Indian 11
71	71	Blood (commonly known as a ‘CDIB’) by 12
72	72	the Bureau of Indian Affairs; or 13
73	73	‘‘(iii) a permit under the Silver Hand 14
74	74	program of the Alaska State Council on 15
75	75	the Arts. 16
76	76	‘‘(B) A
77	77	UTHENTIC ALASKA NATIVE ARTICLE 17
78	78	OF HANDICRAFT.— 18
79	79	‘‘(i) I
80	80	N GENERAL.—The term ‘authen-19
81	81	tic Alaska Native article of handicraft’ 20
82	82	means any item that is— 21
83	83	‘‘(I) composed, wholly or in a sig-22
84	84	nificant respect, of natural materials 23
85	85	that were found, foraged, or gifted; 24
86	86	and 25
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90	90	‘‘(II) produced, decorated, or 1
91	91	fashioned in significant part— 2
92	92	‘‘(aa) by an Alaska Native; 3
93	93	‘‘(bb) in the exercise of tra-4
94	94	ditional Alaska Native handi-5
95	95	crafts; and 6
96	96	‘‘(cc) without the use of any 7
97	97	mass copying device. 8
98	98	‘‘(ii) I
99	99	NCLUSIONS.—The term ‘authen-9
100	100	tic Alaska Native article of handicraft’ in-10
101	101	cludes— 11
102	102	‘‘(I) any weaving, carving, stitch-12
103	103	ing, sewing, lacing, beading, drawing, 13
104	104	or painting that meets the criteria de-14
105	105	scribed in clause (i); and 15
106	106	‘‘(II) any item, including cloth-16
107	107	ing, described in subclause (I) that 17
108	108	combines the techniques described in 18
109	109	that subclause. 19
110	110	‘‘(2) C
111	111	LARIFICATION FOR CERTAIN AUTHENTIC 20
112	112	ALASKA NATIVE ARTICLES OF HANDICRAFT .—Sub-21
113	113	ject to paragraph (3) and notwithstanding any other 22
114	114	provision of this Act, nothing in this Act prohibits 23
115	115	the possession, offering for sale, sale, offering to 24
116	116	barter, barter, offering to purchase, purchase, deliv-25
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120	120	ery for shipment, shipment, causing to be shipped or 1
121	121	delivered for transportation, transport, causing to be 2
122	122	transported, carrying, causing to be carried, or re-3
123	123	ceiving for shipment, transportation, or carriage of 4
124	124	any authentic Alaska Native article of handicraft on 5
125	125	the basis that the authentic Alaska Native article of 6
126	126	handicraft contains a nonedible migratory bird part. 7
127	127	‘‘(3) L
128	128	IMITATION.—This subsection does not 8
129	129	apply to an authentic Alaska Native article of handi-9
130	130	craft containing a part of a migratory bird that was 10
131	131	taken in a wasteful or illegal manner.’’. 11
132	132	(b) A
133	133	DMINISTRATION.—Not later than 180 days after 12
134	134	the date of enactment of this Act— 13
135	135	(1) the Secretary of State shall work with the 14
136	136	Secretary of the Interior to enter into appropriate 15
137	137	bilateral procedures, as necessary, with countries 16
138	138	that are parties to the treaties described in para-17
139	139	graphs (1) through (4) of section 2 to clarify the 18
140	140	treatment of authentic Alaska Native articles of 19
141	141	handicraft (as defined in subsection (c)(1) of section 20
142	142	2 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 21
143	143	703)) containing nonedible migratory bird parts 22
144	144	from the species of migratory birds listed in those 23
145	145	treaties in accordance with the amendments made by 24
146	146	subsection (a); and 25
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150	150	(2) the Secretary of the Interior shall modify 1
151	151	any regulations implementing the Migratory Bird 2
152	152	Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.), as appropriate, 3
153	153	to implement the amendments made by this Act. 4
154	154	(c) T
155	155	ECHNICALAMENDMENT.—Section 2(a) of the 5
156	156	Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703) is amended 6
157	157	by inserting a comma after ‘‘March 4, 1972’’. 7
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