Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act of 2013”.
Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act of 2013
A BILL
To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to authorize hunting under certain circumstances.
Sec. 2 Migratory birds
Section 3 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 704) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(c) Exception—Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, subsection (b) shall not apply to an agricultural producer, or a hunter with the permission of the agricultural producer, if—
“(1) 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 disaster, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture; and
“(2) a local representative of the Secretary of Agriculture confirms that—
“(A) the crop has been destroyed; and
“(B) it would not be economically practicable to harvest the crop.”