The Trump administration is proposing a rule change to ensure that companies that accidentally kill migratory birds during their operations will no longer face the possibility of criminal prosecution.
pending review, and later that year released a legal memo saying it would not criminally prosecute such killings.for accidentally killing birds — which it said threatened jail time of up to six months and penalties of up to $15,000 per bird killed or injured — as a"sword of Damocles over a host of otherwise lawful and productive actions."
U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., expressed concern that the proposed rule could"allow large companies to get off scot-free when oil spills and other commercial disasters cause the massive loss of bird life."
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