Migratory Bird Protection Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3188 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3188 To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to affirm that the prohibition on the unauthorized take or killing of migratory birds of that Act includes incidental take, and to direct the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to authorize such incidental take, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 5, 2025 Mr. Huffman (for himself and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to affirm that the prohibition on the unauthorized take or killing of migratory birds of that Act includes incidental take, and to direct the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to authorize such incidental take, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Migratory Bird Protection Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT. (a) In General.--The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.) is amended-- (1) by striking ``of Agriculture'' each place it appears; (2) by striking ``of the Interior'' each place it appears; (3) in section 5 (16 U.S.C. 706), as amended by paragraph (1) of this section, by inserting ``of the Interior'' after ``employee of the Department''; (4) in section 6 (16 U.S.C. 707), as amended by paragraph (1) of this section, by adding at the end the following: ``(e) Authorizing Civil Penalties for Incidental Take.-- ``(1) In general.--A person who incidentally takes a migratory bird without an authorization issued pursuant to section 14 or in violation of the terms and conditio