Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed legislation in a voice vote to designate the Bald Eagle as our national bird, following the US Senate’s unanimous vote in July. It is now headed to the President to enact into law. The Bald Eagle is protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, both of which prohibit killing, selling or harming bald eagles, their nests or their eggs. Although the Bald Eagle has been considered a national symbol since the Second Continental Congress put the bird on the Great Seal of the United States in 1782, it has never officially been declared the national bird under U.S. Law. That is about to change and it’s about time