H.R. 5489 · 116th Congress
Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act
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This bill directs the Department of the Interior to issue a permit for the importation of a polar bear part (other than an internal organ) from a bear taken in a sport hunt in Canada to any permit applicant who has submitted proof that the polar bear was (1) legally harvested by the applicant before the May 15, 2008, listing of the polar bear as threatened,…
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Dec 18, 2019
Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to issue a permit for the importation of a polar bear part (other than an internal organ) from a bear taken in a sport hunt in Canada to any permit applicant who has submitted proof that the polar bear was (1) legally harvested by the applicant before the May 15, 2008, listing of the polar bear as threatened, and (2) harvested from an approved polar bear population. Interior must issue these permits without regard to limits on importing marine mammals with depleted populations.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act
Latest action (Jan 9, 2020): Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Policy area: Animals · Origin: House · Introduced: Dec 18, 2019
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.