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Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2011

Introduced: March 9, 2011 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Dec 1, 2011

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 208.

Dec 1, 2011

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-308.

Oct 5, 2011

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Oct 5, 2011

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Oct 5, 2011

Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.

May 12, 2011

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Mar 11, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.

Mar 9, 2011

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Mar 9, 2011

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.)

What's happening now December 1, 2011

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 208.

Committees of jurisdiction 2