Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act
Key claim: The bill would let Hoonah Indian Association members collect glaucous-winged gull eggs up to twice a year at as many as five sites inside Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska.
Abstract
(S156 · 113th Congress) Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to allow members of the Hoonah Indian Association to collect the eggs of glaucous-winged gulls up to two times a year at up to five locations within Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park. Considers the collection of those eggs within the Park by the Association to be a use specifically permitted by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. Requires collection schedules and locations to be based on an annual plan prepared by the Secretary and the Association. Latest action (2013-06-27): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 105.
Why this matters
The bill would let Hoonah Indian Association members collect glaucous-winged gull eggs up to twice a year at as many as five sites inside Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska.