HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.
![handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxpqh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO
U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
Gp
113TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 113-202
POLAR BEAR CONSERVATION AND FAIRNESS ACT OF
2013
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, from the Committee on Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
together with
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 1818]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1818) to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of
1972 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 1973,
having considered the same, report favorably thereon without
amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 1818 is to amend the Marine Mammal Pro-
tection Act of 1972 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 Spe-
cies Act of 1973.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) was enacted in
1972 to ensure that marine mammals are maintained at, or in
some cases restored to, healthy population levels. The original Act
established a moratorium on the taking or importing of marine
mammals and marine mammal products except for certain activi-
29-006](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.congrecreports/crptxpqh0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)