WASHINGTON—The House passed a bill on Dec. 16 that would designate the bald eagle as the official bird of the United States—sending the legislation to President Joe Biden to sign into law.
The measure, introduced by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), passed by voice vote, meaning there was no recorded vote.
The Senate, in a rare instance of bipartisanship, passed the bill on July 29 by unanimous consent, meaning that no senators objected to it.
Currently, the bald eagle is unofficially the national bird and it is illegal to shoot one without an Interior Department permit. The bird has been on the national seal since 1782, and is also on state flags and seals….