HOUSE 3518118th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Bear Protection Act of 2023
- Last Action
- 12/17/2024
Actions
- 2024-12-17Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- 2023-05-22Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries.
- 2023-05-18Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2023-05-18Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2023-05-18Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2023-05-18Introduced in House
- 2023-05-18Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-05-18 (00)
Bear Protection Act of 2023
This bill makes it unlawful for a person to knowingly import, export, sell, purchase, possess, transport, deliver, or receive bear viscera or related products except for limited acts carried out solely to enforce wildlife protection laws. Bear viscera means a bear's body fluids or internal organs, including the gallbladder and its contents. The term excludes a bear's blood or brains.
Cosponsors (8)
- Ted Lieu (D-CA)
- Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
- Ann Kuster (D-NH)
- MIKE THOMPSON (D-CA)
- Madeleine Dean (D-PA)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Maria Salazar (R-FL)
- Dean Phillips (D-MN)
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