Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act
Summary
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
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President
Introduced Jan 28, 2021
Last action Feb 22, 2021
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Feb 22, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Don Young
RRepublican
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