Ask AI
S. 561

Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2015

Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2015

This bill amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to direct 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.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID](R-ID)Sponsor
1 cosponsor1 R
1cosponsors1committees2actions4related bills7subjects
  1. IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

    Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
  2. IntroReferral10000

    Introduced in Senate

Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2015 — Informed