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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1395 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1395

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.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              July 6, 2009

   Mr. Crapo introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PERMITS FOR IMPORTATION OF CERTAIN POLAR BEAR TROPHIES TAKEN 
              IN SPORT HUNTS IN CANADA.

    Section 104(c)(5) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 
U.S.C. 1374(c)(5)) is amended by striking subparagraph (D) and 
inserting the following:
                    ``(D) Importation of polar bear parts.--
                            ``(i) In general.--As expeditiously as 
                        practicable after the expiration of the 
                        applicable 30-day period under subsection 
                        (d)(2), the Secretary of the Interior shall 
                        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 that submits, together with the 
                        permit application, proof that the polar bear 
                        was legally harvested by the person before--
                                    ``(I) February 18, 1997; or
                                    ``(II) May 15, 2008, from a polar 
                                bear population from which a sport-
                                hunted trophy could be imported before 
                                that date in accordance with section 
                                18.30(i) of title 50, Code of Federal 
                                Regulations (or a successor 
                                regulation).
                            ``(ii) Applicability.--
                                    ``(I) Earlier harvested polar 
                                bears.--The Secretary shall issue 
                                permits under clause (i)(I) without 
                                regard to subparagraphs (A) and 
                                (C)(ii), subsection (d)(3), and 
                                sections 101 and 102.
                                    ``(II) Later harvested polar 
                                bears.--The Secretary shall issue 
                                permits under clause (i)(II) without 
                                regard to subparagraph (C)(ii), 
                                subsection (d)(3), and sections 101 and 
                                102.''.
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