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Calendar No. 105
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 156
[Report No. 113–51]
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 28, 2013
Ms. Murkowski (for
herself and Mr. Begich) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources
June 27, 2013
Reported by Mr. Wyden,
with an amendment
Omit the part struck through and insert the part
printed in italic
A BILL
To allow for the harvest of gull eggs by the Huna Tlingit
people within Glacier Bay National Park in the State of
Alaska.
1.
Short
title
This Act may be cited as
the Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg
Use Act .
2.
Authorization for
collection of gull eggs
(a)
In
general
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary
of the Interior may allow the collection of the eggs of glaucous-winged gulls
(Larus glaucescens) not more frequently than twice each
calendar year at up to 5 locations within Glacier Bay National Park in the
State of Alaska by members of the Hoonah Indian Association.
(b)
Conditions
The
Secretary of the Interior shall establish harvest schedules and locations and
any other terms and conditions the Secretary determines to be necessary, based
on an annual harvest plan to be prepared jointly by the Secretary and the
Hoonah Indian Association.
2.
Limited authorization
for collection of gull eggs
(a)
In
general
The Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this Act as
the Secretary) may allow the collection by members of the Hoonah
Indian Association of the eggs of glaucous-winged gulls (Laurus glaucescens)
within Glacier Bay National Park (referred to in this Act as the
Park) not more frequently than twice each calendar year at up to
5 locations within the Park, subject to any terms and conditions that the
Secretary determines to be necessary.
(b)
Applicable
law
For the purposes of sections 203 and 816 of the Alaska
National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 410hh–2, 3126), the
collection of eggs of glaucous-winged gulls within the Park in accordance with
subsection (a) shall be considered to be a use specifically permitted by that
Act.
(c)
Harvest
plan
The Secretary shall establish schedules, locations, and any
additional terms and conditions that the Secretary determines to be necessary
for the harvesting of eggs of glaucous-winged gulls in the Park, based on an
annual harvest plan to be prepared by the Secretary and the Hoonah Indian
Association.
June 27, 2013
Reported with an amendment