US Congress House Bill 5489 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on December 18 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Department of the Interior to issue a permit for the importation of a polar bear part (other than an internal organ) from a bear taken in a sport hunt in Canada to any permit applicant who has submitted proof that the polar bear was (1) legally harvested by the applicant before the May 15, 2008, listing of the polar bear as threatened, and (2) harvested from an approved polar bear population. Interior must issue these permits without regard to limits on importing marine mammals with depleted populations.

Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act

Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Rep. Lloyd Smucker [R-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
2019-12-18	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2019-12-18	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5489/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr5489/BILLS-116hr5489ih.pdf