,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ahah  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bf1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,young of ,alaska introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,marine ,mammal
 ,protection ,act of #aigb 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 #aigc4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,polar ,bear ,conservation and     
,fairness ,act of #bjac 4  #b4 ,permits 
for importation of polar bear trophies  
taken in sport hunts in ,canada ,section
 #ajd7;c77#e77;,d7 of the ,marine       
,mammal ,protection ,act of #aigb 7#af  
,u4,s4,c4 #acgd7;c77#e77;,d77 is amended
 to read as follows3  7,d7 7i7 ,the     
,secretary of the ,interior shall1      
expeditiously after the expiration of   
the applicable #cj-;day period under    

subsection 7d77#b71 issue a permit for  
the importation of any polar bear part  
7other than an internal organ7 from a   
polar bear taken in a sport hunt in     
,canada to any person--  7,i7 who       
submits1 with the permit application1   
proof that the polar bear was legally   
harvested by the person before ,february
 #ah1 #aiig2 or  7,,ii7 who has         
submitted1 in support of a permit       
application submitted before ,may #ae1  
#bjjh1 proof that the polar bear was    
legally harvested by the person before  
,may #ae1 #bjjh1 from a polar bear      
population from which a sport-hunted    
trophy could be imported before that    
date in accordance with section         
#ah4cj7;i7 of title #ej1 ,code of       
,federal ,regulations4  7ii7 ,the       
,secretary shall issue permits under    
clause 7i77,i7 without regard to        
subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,c77ii7 of this 
paragraph1 subsection 7d77#c71 and      
sections #aja and #ajb4 ,sections       
#aja7;a77#c77;,b7 and #ajb7;b77#c7 shall

 not apply to the importation of any    
polar bear part authorized by a permit  
issued under clause 7i77,i74 ,this      
clause shall not apply to polar bear    
parts that were imported before ,june   
#ab1 #aiig4  7iii7 ,the ,secretary shall
 issue permits under clause 7i77,,ii7   
without regard to subparagraph 7,c77ii7 
of this paragraph or subsection 7d77#c74
 ,sections #aja7;a77#c77;,b7 and        
#ajb7;b77#c7 shall not apply to the     
importation of any polar bear part      
authorized by a permit issued under     
clause 7i77,,ii74 ,this clause shall not
 apply to polar bear parts that were    
imported before the date of enactment of
 the ,polar ,bear ,conservation and     
,fairness ,act of #bjac4  4