United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 991 (112th)
Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2011
Introduced
9 March 2011
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Status
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 208.
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6 December 2025
Summary
Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue a permit for the importation of polar bear parts taken in a sport hunt in Canada, if legally harvested before: (1) February 18, 1997; or (2) May 15, 2008, from a 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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Reported in House (text)
Reported in House (text)
Reported in House · EN · 1 December 2011
Reported in House (PDF)
Reported in House · EN · 1 December 2011
Reported to House with amendment(s)
summary · EN · 1 December 2011
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 9 March 2011
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 9 March 2011
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 9 March 2011
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/991
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/991