legislation: 112-hr-991

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112-hr-991 112 hr 991 Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2011 Animals 2011-03-09 2011-12-01 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 208. House Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] AK R Y000033 35 Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2011 - 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: (1) who submits proof that the polar bear was legally harvested before February 18, 1997; or (2) who has submitted, in support of an application submitted before May 15, 2008, proof that the bear was legally harvested before such date from a polar bear population from which a sport-hunted trophy could be imported before such date. (Polar bears were listed as a threatened species by the Department of the Interior on May 14, 2008.) 2022-03-02T05:20:15Z  

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