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S 3403 111th Congress Senate Animals Alaska Birds International law and treaties Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

A bill to amend the Fish and Wildlife Improvement Act of 1978 to exempt subsistence users in the State of Alaska from the prohibition on taking.

Introduced: May 24, 2010 Introduced by: Murkowski, Lisa Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
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May 24, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
May 24, 2010
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Fish and Wildlife Improvement Act of 1978 to exempt the taking of migratory birds by indigenous inhabitants of Alaska for their own nutritional and other essential needs, as authorized by such Act, from the prohibition on taking migratory waterfowl under the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act.

What's happening now May 24, 2010

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3403: A bill to amend the Fish and Wildlife Improvement Act of 1978 to exempt subsistence users in the State of Alaska from the prohibition on taking.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3403/
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"S. 3403: A bill to amend the Fish and Wildlife Improvement Act of 1978 to exempt subsistence users in the State of Alaska from the prohibition on taking.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3403/.
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S. 3403, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3403/.
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