Bear Protection Act of 2023
USA118th CongressHR-3518| House
| Updated: 12/17/2024
Michael T. McCaul
Republican Representative
Texas
Cosponsors (8)
Ways and Means Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee, Trade Subcommittee, Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee, Natural Resources Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
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.
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Introduced in House
Referred 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Animals
Bear Protection Act of 2023
USA118th CongressHR-3518| House
| Updated: 12/17/2024
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.
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Introduced in House
Referred 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Michael T. McCaul
Republican Representative
Texas
Cosponsors (8)
Ways and Means Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee, Trade Subcommittee, Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee, Natural Resources Committee
Animals
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted