U.S. Congress - H.R.991 Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2011
H.R.991 - Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2011
To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. view all titles (2)
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- Official: To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. as introduced.
- Short: Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2011 as reported to house.
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Official Summary
12/1/2011--Reported to House amended. Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2011 - Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue a permit for the importation of any polar bear part (other than an internal organ) from a polar bear takOfficial Summary
12/1/2011--Reported to House amended. Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2011 - Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue a permit for the importation of any polar bear part (other than an internal organ) from a polar bear taken in a sport hunt in Canada to any person:(1) who submits proof that the polar bear was legally harvested before February 18, 1997; or
(2) who has submitted, in support of an application submitted before May 15, 2008, proof that the bear was legally harvested before such date from a polar bear population from which a sport-hunted trophy could be imported before such date. (Polar bears were listed as a threatened species by the Department of the Interior on May 14, 2008.)
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