US Congress House Bill 1818 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on April 26 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-09-10 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 149.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013 - 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 who submits proof that the polar bear was legally harvested before May 15, 2008 (currently by February 18, 1997), when polar bears were listed as a threatened species by the Department of the Interior.

Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013

Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]

Rep. John Kline [R-MN]

Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-09-10	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 149.
2013-09-10	House	Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-202.
2013-07-31	House	Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
2013-07-31	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2013-07-31	House	Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.
2013-07-25	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2013-05-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
2013-04-26	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

SB847 (Related) 2013-04-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
HB3197 (Related) 2013-10-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
HB3590 (Related) 2014-02-10 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 305.
SB2363 (Related) 2014-07-10 - Cloture on the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 41 - 56. Record Vote Number: 220. (consideration: CR S4377-4378; text: CR S4377)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1818/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr1818/BILLS-113hr1818ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr1818/BILLS-113hr1818rh.pdf