United StatesArchie Cavanaugh Migratory Bird Treaty Clarification Act
What it does
This bill states that nothing in the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 (MBTA) prohibits possessing, selling, bartering, purchasing, shipping, or 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 or illegal manner. (The MBTA implements four international treaties that the United States entered into with Canada, Mexico, Japan, and Russia. The MBTA prohibits the taking of protected migratory bird species without prior authorization.)
More detail
The bill directs the Department of State to work with the Department of the Interior to enter into appropriate bilateral procedures with countries that are parties to the treaties under the MBTA to clarify the treatment of Alaska Native handicraft containing nonedible migratory bird parts from the species of migratory birds listed in those treaties. Further, Interior must modify any regulations implementing the MBTA to implement this bill.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Sep 15Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.Latest
- Sep 14Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 14Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5564-5566)
- Sep 14DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6021.
- Sep 14Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5564-5565)Passed House
- Sep 14Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 14The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- Aug 27Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-774.
- Aug 27Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 675.
- Jul 22Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged
- Jul 22Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Feb 4Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Jan 28Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
- 2025
- Nov 12Introduced in House
- Nov 12Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.Introduced