[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5379 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5379

 To delist the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered 
                          Species Act of 1973.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2010

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To delist the polar bear as 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Polar Bear Delisting Act''.

SEC. 2. DELISTING OF POLAR BEAR AS THREATENED SPECIES.

    The determination by the United States Fish and Wildlife of the 
threatened status for the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) under the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), published May 
15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 28211 et seq.), and the listing of such species 
as a threatened species under that Act pursuant to such determination, 
shall have no force or effect.
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