[BCNnet] HR 2062 changes to the MBTA

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_http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h2062/show_ 
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RE:  HR 2062 Bill changes to the Migratory Bird Treaty  Act prompt the 
question:  
 
 

Do wind developers (oil companies) whose projects kill migratory birds  
cause harm in an aggravated  manner?  deliberately??? 
 
This bill is being pitched as a penalty enhancement Act--and I'm not buying 
 that.  
 
Most Respectfully, 
 
Barbara Durkin 
Northboro, MA  01532
Telephone: (508) 612-4133
 
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HR 2062 RF
 
 
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111th CONGRESS
 
 
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1st Session
 
 
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H. R. 2062
 
 
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED  STATES
 
 
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December  8, 2009
 
 
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Received; read twice and referred to the Committee  on Environment and 
Public Works
 
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AN ACT
 
 
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To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to provide  for penalties and 
enforcement for intentionally taking protected avian species,  and for other 
purposes. 
 
 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of  Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress  assembled,

 
 
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SECTION 1. SHORT  TITLE. 
 
 
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This Act may be cited as the ‘Migratory Bird Treaty  Act Penalty and 
Enforcement Act of 2009’.

 
 
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SEC. 2.  AMENDMENT OF MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT. 
 
 
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Section 6 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (_16 U.S.C. 707_ 
(http://www.law.cornell.edu/usc-cgi/newurl?type=titlesect&title=16&section=707) ) is 
amended by  redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e), and by inserting after 
 subsection (c) the following new subsection:
 
 
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‘(d)(1) Except in the case of hunting  and other activity allowed under 
section 3, whoever in violation of this Act  kills or wounds a migratory bird 
in an aggravated  manner shall, in lieu of any penalty for such violation-- 
 
 
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‘(A) for the first violation, be fined  under title 18, United States Code, 
imprisoned for not more than one year, or  both; and
 
 
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‘(B) for the second and any subsequent  violation, be fined under title 18 
of the United States Code, imprisoned for not  more than 2 years, or both.

 
 
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‘(2) The authority under section 3(k) of  the Fish and Wildlife Improvement 
Act of 1978 (_16 U.S.C. 742l(k)_ 
(http://www.law.cornell.edu/usc-cgi/newurl?type=titlesect&title=16&section=742l) ) applies with  respect to a 
violation described in paragraph (1).
 
 
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‘(3) For the purposes of this subsection  the term ‘aggravated manner’ 
means deliberately and in a  manner that-- 
 
 
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‘(A) demonstrates  indifference to the pain and suffering of the bird; or
 
 
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‘(B) involves  actions that would shock a reasonable person.’.


 
 
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Passed the House of Representatives December 7,  2009.
 

Attest:
 

LORRAINE C. MILLER,
 
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Clerk.



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