,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #hi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the 
,,united ,,states  ,january #bc         
7legislative day1 ,january #c71 #bjac   
,mr4 ,vitter 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       
authorize hunting under certain         
circumstances4  #a4 ,short title ,this  
,act may be cited as the ,migratory     
,bird ,treaty ,amendment ,act of #bjac4 
#b4 ,migratory birds ,section #c of the 
,migratory ,bird ,treaty ,act 7#af      
,u4,s4,c4 #gjd7 is amended by adding at 
the end the following3  7c7 ,exception  
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
this ,act1 subsection 7b7 shall not     
apply to an agricultural producer1 or a 
hunter with the permission of the       
agricultural producer1 if--  7#a7 the   
manipulation occurs on land of the      
agricultural producer on which a crop   
during the current or immediately       

preceding crop year was not harvestable 
due to a natural disaster1 as determined
 by the ,secretary of ,agriculture2 and 
7#b7 a local representative of the      
,secretary of ,agriculture confirms     
that--  7,a7 the crop has been          
destroyed2 and  7,b7 it would not be    
economically practicable to harvest the 
crop4  4