,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #edhi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ah1       
#bjai,mr4 ,young 7for himself and ,mr4  
,smucker7 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 #aigc1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,polar ,bear ,conservation and  
,fairness ,act4  #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 ,act4  4