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S. 1395 (111th)
A bill 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 on which the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Introduced
6 July 2009
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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7 April 2025
Summary
Directs 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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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 6 July 2009
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 6 July 2009
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 6 July 2009
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/1395
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/1395