Political Quotes

“I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following: TITLE __--EXEMPTIONS FOR TAKING MIGRATORY BIRDS ON CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL LAND SEC. _01. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the ``Hunter and Farmer Protection Act''. SEC. _02. EXEMPTIONS ON CERTAIN LAND. Section 3 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 704) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(c) Exemptions on Certain Land.-- ``(1) In general.--Nothing in this section prohibits the taking of any migratory game bird, including waterfowl, coots, and cranes, on or over land that-- ``(A) contains-- ``(i) a standing crop or flooded standing crop, including an aquatic crop; ``(ii) standing, flooded, or manipulated natural vegetation; ``(iii) flooded harvested cropland; or ``(iv) an area in a State on which seed or grain has been scattered solely as the result of an agricultural planting, harvesting, or post-harvest manipulation practice, or a soil stabilization practice, that the head of the State office of the Cooperative Extension System of the Department of Agriculture has determined in accordance with paragraph (2) to be a normal practice in that State; and ``(B) is not otherwise a baited area.…”