,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bafb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #be      
7legislative day1 ,june #bd71 #bjbe,ms4 
,duckworth 7for herself and ,mr4        
,booker7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,environment and ,public 
,works  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit certain 
activities involving kangaroos and      
kangaroo products1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,kangaroo           
,protection ,act of #bjbe4  #b4         
,kangaroos and kangaroo products  7a7   
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,kangaroo ,the term kangaroo means a    
dead animal or a part thereof of the    
species-- 7,a7 ,macropus fuliginosus    
7commonly known as the western grey     
kangaroo72  7,b7 ,macropus giganteus    
7commonly known as the eastern grey     
kangaroo72  7,c7 ,osphranter robustus   
7commonly known as the common wallaroo72
 or  7,d7 ,osphranter rufus 7commonly   

known as the red kangaroo74  7#b7       
,kangaroo product ,the term kangaroo    
product means an item that is composed  
in whole or in part of a kangaroo4  7b7 
,unlawful acts ,it is unlawful for any  
person to knowingly-- 7#a7 bring into   
the ,united ,states for commercial      
purposes1 possess with the intent to    
sell1 or sell a kangaroo2 or  7#b7      
introduce or manufacture for            
introduction into1 sell or offer to     
sell1 trade1 advertise1 transport1 or   
distribute in interstate commerce a     
kangaroo product4  7c7 ,criminal        
penalties  7#a7 ,in general ,any person 
who knowingly violates this section     
shall be fined not more than #aj1jjj1 or
 imprisoned for not more than #a year1  
or both4  7#b7 ,separate offense ,each  
violation of this section shall be a    
separate offense4  7#c7 ,location of    
offense ,a defendant shall be deemed to 
have committed the offense in the       
district in which the defendant may have
 taken or been in possession of the     

kangaroo or kangaroo product4  7d7      
,regulations ,the ,secretary of         
,commerce1 in consultation with the     
,attorney ,general1 the ,secretary of   
,agriculture1 and the head of any other 
agency the ,secretary of ,commerce      
determines appropriate1 shall issue     
regulations necessary to implement this 
section4  7e7 ,effective date           
,subsections 7a71 7b71 and 7c7 shall    
take effect on the date that is #ahj    
days after the date of the enactment of 
this section4