HR 2415 · 101th Congress · Animals
To amend the African Elephant Conservation Act to strengthen prohibitions on importation of African elephant ivory.
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Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.(1989-06-12)
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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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Cosponsors (3)
3 Republicans