,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ahai  ,,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 the 
importation of polar bear trophies taken
 in sport hunts in ,canada4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,restoration of the ,u4,s4-,russia      
,polar ,bear ,conservation ,fund ,act of
 #bjac4  #b4 ,findings ,the ,congress   
finds the following3  7#a7 ,the ,united 
,states ,fish and ,wildlife ,service    
estimates that the polar bear population
 is currently at #bj1jjj to #be1jjj     
bears1 up from as low as #e1jjj-aj1jjj  
bears in the #aiejs and #aifjs4  7#b7 ,a
 #bjjb ,united ,states ,geological      
,survey of wildlife in the ,arctic      
,national ,wildlife ,refuge ,coastal    
,plain noted that the polar bear        
populations may now be near historic    

highs4  7#c7 ,a permit fee for importing
 polar bears will invigorate the        
public-private funding partnership for  
the ,united ,states-,russian ,polar     
,bear ,conservation ,fund4  7#d7        
,,traffic1 the wildlife trade monitoring
 network1 has stated both that the      
global population of ,polar ,bears is   
not small and the species' area of      
distribution is not restricted1 and     
trade does not appear to be a           
significant threat to the species44     
,,traffic also recommended that the     
polar bear not be uplisted to ,appendix 
#a at the #afth ,conference of the      
,parties of the ,convention on          
,international ,trade of ,endangered    
,species of ,fauna and ,flora 7,,cites74
  7#e7 ,the ,international ,union for   
,conservation of ,nature                
7,,iucn7_/,species ,survival ,commission
 7,,ssc7 ,polar ,bear ,specialist ,group
 7,,pbsg71 has stated that further trade
 restrictions on the polar bear are     
unlikely to confer a conservation       

benefit1 and could have a negative      
impact on socioeconomic systems as well 
as domestic and international           
partnerships4  7#f7 ,the ,international 
,union for ,conservation of ,nature has 
found that hunting is a form of wildlife
 use that1 when well-managed1 may assist
 in furthering conservation objectives  
by creating the revenue and economic    
incentives for the management and       
conservation of the target species and  
its habitat1 as well as supporting local
 livelihoods4  #c4 ,permits for         
importation of polar bear trophies ,the 
,marine ,mammal ,protection ,act of     
#aigb is amended--  7#a7 in section     
#aja7;a77#c77;,b7 7#af ,u4,s4,c4        
#acga7;a77#c77;,b771 by inserting or    
under section #ajd7;c77#e7 of this title
 after paragraph 7#e7 of this           
subsection2 and  7#b7 in section        
#ajb7;b77#c7 7#af ,u4,s4,c4             
#acgb7;b77#c771 by inserting before the 
semicolon the following3 1 except that  
this paragraph does not prohibit the    

importation of polar bear parts under a 
permit issued under section #ajd7;c77#e7
 of this title4