# 115-hr-4069: 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.

115-hr-4069, 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., is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK); status Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 520. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-4069
- Congress: 115
- Title: 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.
- Status: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 520.
- Introduced: 2017-10-12
- Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Animals
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## 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.

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## Sources
- [115-hr-4069 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4069)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4069 (as of 2025-11-18).