118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 3518Bear Protection Act of 2023

To conserve global bear populations by prohibiting the importation, exportation, and interstate trade of bear viscera and bear viscera products, and for other purposes.

Animals
Introduced May 18, 2023
Last action Dec 17, 2024
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
May 18, 2023
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Referred
Dec 17, 2024
Foreign Affairs · Natural Resources · Ways & Means
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Committee
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House floor
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Senate
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

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.

Provisions · 8 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 6 actions
Dec 17, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
May 22, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries.
May 18, 2023
Introduced in House
May 18, 2023
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.
May 18, 2023
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.
May 18, 2023
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.