United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 2415 (101st)
To amend the African Elephant Conservation Act to strengthen prohibitions on importation of African elephant ivory.
Introduced
18 May 1989
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
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Summary
Amends the African Elephant Conservation Act to make it unlawful to import into the United States any African elephant ivory from any country: (1) which is not a member of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; (2) which does not have a population of African elephants living in the wild; (3) which is not a part of the African Continent; or (4) for which a moratorium is in effect under such Act. Exempts from such prohibition African elephant trophies legally taken by sport hunting by an importer in a country that has submitted an ivory quota.
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Introduced in House (text)
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Introduced in House · EN
Introduced in House
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/house-bill/2415
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/101/hr/2415