HR 5534
110th Congress
House
Animals
Bears
Environmental Protection
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Import restrictions
Protection of animals
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Wild animal trade
Wildlife conservation
Bear Protection Act of 2008
Introduced: March 5, 2008
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 11, 2008
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 6, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
Mar 5, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Mar 5, 2008
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Bear Protection Act of 2008 - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to make it unlawful for any person to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce bear viscera. Defines "bear viscera" as the body fluids or internal organs of a bear, including its gallbladder and excluding its blood or brains.
Provides that this Act does not affect the regulation by any state of its bear populations or affect the hunting of bears that is lawful under state laws.
What's happening now
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Committees of jurisdiction
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