[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1055 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1055

    To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the 
   importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 12, 2009

 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 the 
   importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar 
Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. PERMITS FOR IMPORTATION OF POLAR BEAR TROPHIES.

    The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 is amended--
            (1) in section 101(a)(3)(B) (16 U.S.C. 1371(a)(3)(B)), by 
        inserting ``or under section 104(c)(5) of this title'' after 
        ``paragraph (5) of this subsection''; and
            (2) in section 102(b)(3) (16 U.S.C. 1372(b)(3)), by 
        inserting before the semicolon the following: ``, except that 
        this paragraph does not prohibit the importation of polar bear 
        parts under a permit issued under section 104(c)(5) of this 
        title''.
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