HR 6021 119th Congress

Archie Cavanaugh Migratory Bird Treaty Clarification Act

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summary

Archie Cavanaugh Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act 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.) 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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2026-09-15T00:00:00

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

2026-09-14T00:00:00

The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.

2026-09-14T00:00:00

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

2026-09-14T00:00:00

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5564-5565)

2026-09-14T00:00:00

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

2026-09-14T00:00:00

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6021.

2026-09-14T00:00:00

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5564-5566)

2026-09-14T00:00:00

Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

2026-08-27T00:00:00

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 675.

2026-08-27T00:00:00

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-774.

2026-08-27T00:00:00

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-774.

2026-07-22T00:00:00

Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

2026-07-22T00:00:00

Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged

2026-02-04T00:00:00

Subcommittee Hearings Held

2026-01-28T00:00:00

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.

2025-11-12T00:00:00

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

2025-11-12T00:00:00

Introduced in House

2025-11-12T00:00:00

Introduced in House

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Archie Cavanaugh Migratory Bird Treaty Clarification Act

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