,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #afej  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #e1  
#bjac,ms4 ,murkowski introduced the     
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,environment and ,public ,works  ,a     
,,bill  ,to amend the ,migratory ,bird  
,treaty ,act to exempt certain ,alaska  
,native articles from prohibitions      
against sale of items containing        
nonedible migratory bird parts1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,exemption from    
prohibitions for ,alaska ,native        
articles containing migratory bird parts
 ,section #b of the ,migratory ,bird    
,treaty ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #gjc7 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7c7 ,exemption for authentic
 ,alaska ,native articles of handicraft 
or clothing  7#a7 ,definitions ,in this 
subsection3 7,a7 ,alaska ,native ,the   
term ,alaska ,native means a person who 
is a member of any ,native village1     
,village ,corporation1 or ,regional     

,corporation1 as those terms are defined
 in section #c of the ,alaska ,native   
,claims ,settlement ,act 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4 
#afjb74  7,b7 ,alaska ,native handicraft
  7i7 ,in general ,the term ,alaska     
,native handicraft means any handicraft 
or clothing item that-- 7,i7 is         
composed1 wholly or in a significant    
respect1 of natural materials2 and      
7,,ii7 is produced1 decorated1 or       
fashioned-- 7aa7 by an ,alaska ,native2 
7bb7 in the exercise of traditional     
,alaska ,native handicrafts2 and  7cc7  
without the use of any pantograph or    
other mass copying device4  7ii7        
,inclusions ,the term ,alaska native    
handicraft includes-- 7,i7 any weaving1 
carving1 stitching1 sewing1 lacing1     
beading1 drawing1 or painting that meet 
the criteria described in clause 7i72 or
  7,,ii7 an item that combines the      
techniques described in subclause 7,i74 
7#b7 ,exemption for certain ,alaska     
,native handicrafts ,notwithstanding any
 other provision of this ,act and       

subject to paragraph 7#c71 nothing in   
this ,act prohibits the possession1     
offering for sale1 sale1 offering to    
barter1 barter1 offering to purchase1   
purchase1 delivery for shipment1        
shipment1 causing to be shipped or      
delivered for transportation1 transport1
 causing to be transported1 carrying1   
causing to be carried1 or receiving for 
shipment1 transportation1 or carriage of
 any ,alaska ,native handicraft on the  
basis that the ,alaska ,native          
handicraft contains a nonedible         
migratory bird part4  7#c7 ,limitation  
,this subsection does not apply to any  
,alaska ,native handicraft containing a 
part of a migratory bird that was taken 
in a wasteful manner4  4