US Congress House Bill 991 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 31-5)
Status: Introduced on March 9 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-12-01 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 208.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.)

Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2011

Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Steve Austria [R-OH]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]
Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Dan Boren [D-OK]	Rep. Paul Broun [R-GA]	Rep. John Carter [R-TX]
Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]
Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]	Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]	Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]
Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. John Kline [R-MN]
Rep. Raul Labrador [R-ID]	Rep. Jeffrey Landry [R-LA]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]
Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]	Rep. Kristi Noem [R-SD]
Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]	Rep. Mike Ross [D-AR]
Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]	Rep. Steve Southerland [R-FL]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-12-01	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 208.
2011-12-01	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-308.
2011-10-05	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2011-10-05	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2011-10-05	House	Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.
2011-05-12	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2011-03-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
2011-03-09	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

SB1066 (Related) 2011-05-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
HB4089 (Related) 2012-04-18 - Received in the Senate.
SB3525 (Related) 2012-11-26 - Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 504.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/991/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr991/BILLS-112hr991ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr991/BILLS-112hr991rh.pdf