To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to clarify the treatment of authentic Alaska Native articles of handicraft containing nonedible migratory bird parts, and for other purposes.
Latest action · May 15, 2018 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 520.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 12, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to provide that nothing in such Act prohibits possessing, selling, bartering, purchasing, shipping, and transporting any authentic Alaska Native handicraft, clothing, or art on the basis that it contains a nonedible migratory bird part, so long as the bird was not taken in a wasteful manner.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Oct 12, 2017Markup Apr 18, 2018Reported May 15, 2018 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Oct 18, 2017Discharged Apr 18, 2018 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 15, 2018Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-675.
- May 15, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 520.
- Apr 18, 2018Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
- Apr 18, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Apr 18, 2018Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- Oct 18, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Oct 12, 2017Introduced in House
- Oct 12, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- May 10, 2018H.R. 4069, a bill to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to clarify the treatment of authentic Alaska Native articles of handicraft containing nonedible migratory bird parts, and for other purposesAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 18, 2018
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 164, October 12, 2017, page H8032.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1941 | A bill to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to clarify the treatment of authentic Alaska Native articles of handicraft containing nonedible migratory bird parts, and for other purposes. | Identical bill | Oct 5, 2017 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to clarify the treatment of authentic Alaska Native articles of handicraft containing nonedible migratory bird parts, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 15, 2018Reported in House
- Oct 12, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
