HR 6251
Cleared committee
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to issue permits allowing importation of polar bear parts, other than internal organs, from bears legally hunted in Canada before February 18, 1997, or before May 15, 2008 from certain populations.
Official title: To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
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House
Introduced
21-NOV-2025
Referred
21-NOV-2025
Approved by committee
15-JUL-2026
- Amends Section 104(c)(5)(D) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to set out when polar bear trophy import permits must be issued.
- Covers polar bear parts other than internal organs from sport hunts in Canada, with the applicant submitting proof of the hunt date with the permit application.
- Permits for bears harvested before February 18, 1997 are issued without regard to certain subparagraphs of the Act, subsection (d)(3), and sections 101 and 102.
- Permits for bears harvested before May 15, 2008 from populations that could be imported under 50 CFR 18.30(i) are issued without regard to one subparagraph, subsection (d)(3), and sections 101 and 102.
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