S 1066 · 112th Congress · Animals

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 2011-05-25· Sponsored by Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]· Senate

Bill Progress

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House
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Enacted
Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.(2011-05-25)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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.)…

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only

Cosponsors (4)

1 Democrat3 Republicans