[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6936 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6936

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 
  the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the 
                    Endangered Species Act of 1973.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 2008

 Mr. Young of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Natural Resources

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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 
  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 POLAR BEAR TROPHIES TAKEN IN 
              SPORT HUNTS IN CANADA.

    Section 104(c)(5)(D) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 
(16 U.S.C. 1374(c)(5)(D)) is amended by striking ``before the date of 
enactment of the Marine Mammal Protection Act Amendments of 1994'' and 
inserting ``before May 14, 2008''.
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