,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #hdg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,april #be1 #bjac   
,mr4 ,crapo 7for himself and ,mr4       
,risch7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and 
,transportation  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
the ,marine ,mammal ,protection ,act of 
#aigb to allow the importation of polar 
bear trophies taken in sport hunts in   
,canada before the date on which 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 #bjac4  #b4 ,permits for       
importation of polar bear trophies taken
 in sport hunts in ,canada ,section     
#ajd7;c77#e7 of the ,marine ,mammal     
,protection ,act of #aigb 7#af ,u4,s4,c4
 #acgd7;c77#e77 is amended by striking  
subparagraph 7,d7 and inserting the     
following3  7,d7 ,polar bear parts  7i7 

,in general ,notwithstanding            
subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,c77ii71        
subsection 7d77#c71 and sections #aja   
and #ajb1 the ,secretary of the         
,interior shall1 expeditiously after the
 date on which the expiration of the    
applicable #cj-;day period described in 
subsection 7d77#b7 expires1 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 submitted1  
with a permit application submitted     
before ,may #ae1 #bjjh1 proof that the  
polar bear was legally harvested from a 
polar bear population from which a      
sport-hunted trophy could be imported   
before that ,may #ae1 #bjjh1 in         
accordance with section #ah4cj7;i7 of   
title #ej1 ,code of ,federal            
,regulations 7or a successor regulation7

 by the person before ,may #ae1 #bjjh4  
7ii7 ,applicability of prohibition on   
the importation of a depleted species   
7,i7 ,parts legally harvested before    
,february #ah1 #aiig  7aa7 ,in general  
,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  7bb7 ,applicability    
,item 7aa7 shall not apply to polar bear
 parts imported before ,june #ab1 #aiig4
  7,,ii7 ,parts legally harvested before
 ,may #ae1 #bjjh  7aa7 ,in general      
,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  7bb7 ,applicability  
,item 7aa7 shall not apply to polar bear
 parts imported before the date of      
enactment of the ,polar ,bear           
,conservation and ,fairness ,act of     
#bjac4  4