SECTION 1. Short Title.
This Act may be cited as the “Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act”.
Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act
An Act
To allow for the harvest of gull eggs by the Huna Tlingit people within Glacier Bay National Park in the State of Alaska.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SEC. 2. Limited Authorization for Collection of Gull Eggs.
In General.— The Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this Act as the “Secretary”) may allow the collection by members of the Hoonah Indian Association of the eggs of glaucous-winged gulls (Laurus glaucescens) within Glacier Bay National Park (referred to in this Act as the “Park”) not more frequently than twice each calendar year at up to 5 locations within the Park, subject to any terms and conditions that the Secretary determines to be necessary.
Applicable Law.— For the purposes of sections 203 and 816 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 410hh–2, 3126), the collection of eggs of glaucous-winged gulls within the Park in accordance with subsection (a) shall be considered to be a use specifically permitted by that Act.
Harvest Plan.— The Secretary shall establish schedules, locations, and any additional terms and conditions that the Secretary determines to be necessary for the harvesting of eggs of glaucous-winged gulls in the Park, based on an annual harvest plan to be prepared by the Secretary and the Hoonah Indian Association.