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H.R. 224: Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act

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H.R. 224: Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-01-03 · Animals · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 570.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-01-03 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 570. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act

Plain summary

Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act This bill amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to direct the Department of the Interior to issue a permit for the importation of a polar bear part (other than an internal organ) from a bear taken in a sport hunt in Canada to any permit applicant who has submitted proof that the polar bear was: (1) legally harvested by the applicant before the May 15, 2008, listing of the polar bear as threatened, and (2) harvested from an approved polar bear population. Interior must issue these permits without regard to limits on importing marine mammals with depleted populations.

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Official text

Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] · 1 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 224, Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act (2018-06-07)

Cosponsors on this site

Lloyd Smucker (R-PA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr224 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115