119th Congress · introduced in the House · Nov 12, 2025
Archie Cavanaugh Migratory Bird Treaty Clarification Act
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Latest action (Sep 15, 2026): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Nov 12, 2025)
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.
No cosponsors.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5564-5565)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6021.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5564-5566)
Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 675.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-774.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-774.
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians · Birds · Historical and cultural resources
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SEALASKA CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 14, 2026 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…ry Bird Treaty Act, regulations implementing U.S. migratory bird treaties, and potential clarifying amendments to the underlying treaties, including S. 255 and H.R. 6021. - Amendments to the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art Development Act to support Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian arts and…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE · lobbying firm or registrant: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 14, 2026 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
Amount not reported
…ry Bird Treaty Act, regulations implementing U.S. migratory bird treaties, and potential clarifying amendments to the underlying treaties, including S. 255 and H.R. 6021. - Amendments to the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art Development Act to support Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian arts and…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. View filing