[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2728 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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114th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2728
To facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United
States by Alaska Natives.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 17, 2016
Mr. Sullivan introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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A BILL
To facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United
States by Alaska Natives.
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 ``Alaska Native Access Card Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF ALASKA NATIVE.
(a) Definition.--Section 3 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of
1972 (16 U.S.C. 1362) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (29) as
paragraphs (7), (5), (8), (11), (12), (14), (15), (17), (19),
(20), (21), (24), (26), (29), (30), (9), (4), (10), (25), (22),
(23), (3), (2), (27), (28), (18), (16), (13), and (6),
respectively;
(2) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), by striking
``Indians, Aleuts, or Eskimos'' and inserting ``Alaska
Natives'';
(3) in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (24) (as so
redesignated), by striking ``in section'' and inserting ``In
section''; and
(4) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated)
the following:
``(1) Alaska native.--
``(A) In general.--The term `Alaska Native' has the
meaning given the term `Native' in section 3 of the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602).
``(B) Inclusion.--The term `Alaska Native' includes
any Tsimishian Indian, regardless of whether the
Tsimishian Indian is enrolled in the Metlakatla Indian
Community.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 101 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
(16 U.S.C. 1371) is amended--
(A) in subsections (a) and (b), by striking
``Indian, Aleut, or Eskimo'' each place it appears and
inserting ``Alaska Native'';
(B) in subsection (a)(5)(D)(iv), by striking
``clauses'' and inserting ``clause''; and
(C) in subsection (b)--
(i) in paragraph (2), by striking
``native'' each place it appears and inserting
``Alaska Native''; and
(ii) in the undesignated matter following
paragraph (3), in the first sentence, by
striking ``Indians, Aleuts, or Eskimos'' and
inserting ``Alaska Natives''.
(2) Section 109 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
(16 U.S.C. 1379) is amended--
(A) in subsection (b)(3)(B)(i), by striking
``section 3(14)(B)'' and inserting ``section
3(29)(B)'';
(B) in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (d), by
striking ``section 3(14)(B)'' each place it appears and
inserting ``section 3(29)(B)''; and
(C) in subsection (e)(2)(B), by striking ``Alaskan
Natives'' and inserting ``Alaska Natives''.
(3) Section 202(a)(7) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act
of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1402(a)(7)) is amended by striking
``Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts'' and inserting ``Alaska
Natives''.
(4) Section 408(g)(2) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act
of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1421f-1(g)(2)) is amended by striking
``section 3(12)(A)'' and inserting ``section 3(24)(A)''.
(5) Section 508(a)(1) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act
of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1423g(a)(1)) is amended by striking
``Alaskan natives'' and inserting ``Alaska Natives''.
SEC. 3. ALASKA NATIVE ACCESS CARDS.
Section 101(a)(6) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16
U.S.C. 1371(a)(6)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A)--
(A) in clause (ii), by striking ``or'' after the
semicolon;
(B) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the
end and inserting ``; or''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(iv) is imported into the United States
for noncommercial purposes by an Alaska Native
presenting an Alaska Native Access Card issued
under subparagraph (C).''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(C) Establishment of alaska native access
cards.--
``(i) In general.--Not later than 90 days
after the date of enactment of the Alaska
Native Access Card Act, the Secretary shall
develop and implement a process for issuing an
access card, to be known as an `Alaska Native
Access Card' (referred to in this subparagraph
as an `access card') to any Alaska Native who
applies for an access card.
``(ii) Authorization.--An access card
issued under this subparagraph shall authorize
the import by Alaska Natives of marine mammal
products.
``(iii) Deadline.--Not later than 30 days
after receipt of an application under clause
(i), the Secretary shall issue the access card
to the applicant.''.
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