HR 2240
104th Congress
House
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Animals
Barter
Bears
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Environmental Protection
Export controls
Exports
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Import restrictions
Imports
Protection of animals
Science, Technology, Communications
Trade negotiations
Wildlife conservation
Bear Protection Act
Introduced: August 4, 1995
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Everywhere this bill has been
6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 18, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
Aug 9, 1995
Executive Comment Requested from Interior, Treasury, USTR.
Aug 9, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans.
Aug 8, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Aug 4, 1995
Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Aug 4, 1995
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Bear Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to prohibit: (1) the import into, or export from, the United States of bear viscera; and (2) the sale, barter, offer of sale or barter, purchase, or possession with intent to sell or barter, in interstate or foreign commerce, of bear viscera.
Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the bear viscera trade and any U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to monitor it. Requires the United States Trade Representative and the Secretary to discuss issues involving such trade with representatives of countries that are the leading importers, exporters, or consumers of such products.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.