H.R. 1818
Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 149.
Sponsor
Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Bill Details
- Update Date
- Jan 11, 2023
- Origin Chamber
- House
- Bill Type
- HR
- Bill Number
- 1,818
- Congress
- 113
- Introduced Date
- Apr 26, 2013
- Policy Area
- Animals
- Is Law
- No
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 149.
Source: House floor actions
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-202.
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Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-202.
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Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
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Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
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Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.
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Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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Introduced in House
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Introduced in House
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Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013 - 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 who submits proof that the polar bear was legally harvested before May 15, 2008 (currently by February 18, 1997), when polar bears were listed as a threatened species by the Department of the Interior.
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013 - 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 who submits proof that the polar bear was legally harvested before May 15, 2008 (currently by February 18, 1997), when polar bears were listed as a threatened species by the Department of the Interior.
Natural Resources Committee