Nature Protection Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Nature Protection Act - Provides that Congress finds that: (1) there is an overriding need to preserve representatives of all animal species in their natural habitat in sufficient numbers and over extensive enough areas to protect animals from extinction and (2) pursuant to our treaty obligations under Article VIII and other provisions of the Convention on Nature Protection and Wildlife Preservation, it is the responsibility of Congress to protect animal species and subspecies threatened with extinction. Provides that: (1) no person within any State, or within any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, shall hunt, capture, kill, take, transport, sell or purchase any fish or wildlife; the species or subspecies of which is listed in the Annex to the Convention and (2) no person or State (or political subdivision thereof) shall pay or offer to pay any form of bounty for any fish or wildlife the species or subspecies of which is listed in the Annex to the Convention. Exempts a person from these prohibitions if the Secretary of the Interior determines that it will not endanger the preservation or health of the species or subspecies protected by this Act. Provides that t…