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HR 1055 IH
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1055
To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 12, 2009
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2009’.
SEC. 2. PERMITS FOR IMPORTATION OF POLAR BEAR TROPHIES.
The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 is amended--
(1) in section 101(a)(3)(B) (16 U.S.C. 1371(a)(3)(B)), by inserting ‘or under section 104(c)(5) of this title’ after ‘paragraph (5) of this subsection’; and
(2) in section 102(b)(3) (16 U.S.C. 1372(b)(3)), by inserting before the semicolon the following: ‘, except that this paragraph does not prohibit the importation of polar bear parts under a permit issued under section 104(c)(5) of this title’.
U.S. Congress - Text of H.R.1055 as Introduced in House Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2009
