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H.R. 991

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Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2011
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Introduced
Latest Action · December 1, 2011
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 208.
Congress
112th (2011–2013)
Introduced
March 9, 2011
Cosponsors (35)
5D 30R
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Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2011 - Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue a permit for the importation of any polar bear part (other than an internal organ) from a polar bear taken in a sport hunt in Canada to any person: (1) who submits proof that the polar bear was legally harvested before February 18, 1997; or (2) who has submitted, in support of an application submitted before May 15, 2008, proof that the bear was legally harvested before such date from a polar 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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