,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cddh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #h1 #bjae 
,ms4 ,jackson ,lee introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,endangered    
,species ,act of #aigc to prohibit the  
taking of any endangered species or     
threatened species of fish or wildlife  
in the ,united ,states as a trophy and  
the importation of any such trophy into 
the ,united ,states1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,cecil the ,lion    
,endangered and ,threatened ,species    
,act of #bjae4  #b4 ,prohibition of     
taking or importing any endangered or   
threatened species as a trophy  7a7     
,prohibition of taking or importing any 
trophy ,section #i of the ,endangered   
,species ,act of #aigc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4   
#aech7 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  7h7 ,trophies ,it is    
unlawful for any person subject to the  

jurisdiction of the ,united ,states--   
7#a7 to take as a trophy within the     
,united ,states or the territorial sea  
of the ,united ,states any species of   
fish or wildlife listed under section   
#d2 or  7#b7 to import into the ,united 
,states any trophy of any species of    
fish or wildlife listed under section   
#d4  4  7b7 ,prohibition of permits for 
trophies ,section #aj7;a7 of the        
,endangered ,species ,act of #aigc 7#af 
,u4,s4,c4 #aeci7;a77 is amended-- 7#a7  
in paragraph 7#a71 by striking ,the     
,secretary may permit and inserting     
,except as otherwise provided in this   
subsection1 the ,secretary may permit2  
and  7#b7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7#c7 7,a7 ,the ,secretary   
may not permit--  7i7 taking as a trophy
 any species of fish or wildlife listed 
under section #d2 or  7ii7 importing    
into the ,united ,states any trophy of  
any species of fish or wildlife listed  
under section #d and taken after the    
date of the enactment of the ,cecil the 

,lion ,endangered and ,threatened       
,species ,act of #bjae4  7,b7 ,any      
person seeking to import such a trophy  
shall submit to the customs officer     
concerned at the time of entry of the   
trophy such documentation as the        
,secretary of the ,treasury1 after      
consultation with the ,secretary of the 
,interior1 shall by regulation require  
as being necessary to establish that the
 trophy was taken before the date of the
 enactment of the ,cecil the ,lion      
,endangered and ,threatened ,species    
,act of #bjae4  4  7c7 ,antiques        
,section #aj7;h77#a7 of the ,endangered 
,species ,act of #aigc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4   
#aeci7;h77#a77 is amended by striking   
,sections #d7;d71 #i7;a71 and #i7;c7 do 
not apply and inserting ,sections       
#d7;d71 #i7;a71 #i7;c71 and #i7;h77#b7  
do not apply4  7d7 ,definition ,section 
#c of the ,endangered ,species ,act of  
#aigc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #aecb7 is amended--
 7#a7 by redesignating paragraph 7#ba7  
as paragraph 7#bb72 and  7#b7 by        

inserting after paragraph 7#bj7 the     
following3  7#ba7 ,the term trophy means
 any fish or wildlife taken for sport or
 procurement of a souvenir4  4