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H.R.397
Title: To conserve global bear populations by prohibiting the importation, exportation, and interstate trade of bear viscera and items, products, or substances containing or labeled or advertised as containing, bear viscera, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Gallegly, Elton [CA-23] (introduced 2/6/2001)      Cosponsors: 191
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2001 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions)
2/6/2001:
Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, 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.
2/6/2001:
Referred to House Resources
2/15/2001:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
2/15/2001:
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
2/6/2001:
Referred to House International Relations
2/6/2001:
Referred to House Ways and Means
2/14/2001:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
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COSPONSORS(191), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Abercrombie, Neil - 2/6/2001 [HI-1] Rep Ackerman, Gary L. - 2/6/2001 [NY-5]
Rep Akin, W. Todd - 5/9/2001 [MO-2] Rep Allen, Thomas H. - 3/29/2001 [ME-1]
Rep Andrews, Robert E. - 3/14/2001 [NJ-1] Rep Baird, Brian - 2/6/2001 [WA-3]
Rep Baldwin, Tammy - 2/6/2001 [WI-2] Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. - 2/14/2001 [MD-6]
Rep Bass, Charles F. - 2/6/2001 [NH-2] Rep Bentsen, Ken - 2/6/2001 [TX-25]
Rep Bereuter, Doug - 2/6/2001 [NE-1] Rep Berkley, Shelley - 12/20/2001 [NV-1]
Rep Berman, Howard L. - 2/6/2001 [CA-26] Rep Blagojevich, Rod R. - 2/6/2001 [IL-5]
Rep Blumenauer, Earl - 2/6/2001 [OR-3] Rep Boehlert, Sherwood L. - 2/6/2001 [NY-23]
Rep Bonior, David E. - 3/14/2001 [MI-10] Rep Bono, Mary - 12/20/2001 [CA-44]
Rep Borski, Robert A. - 2/6/2001 [PA-3] Rep Boswell, Leonard L. - 7/25/2001 [IA-3]
Rep Boucher, Rick - 2/6/2001 [VA-9] Rep Brady, Robert - 2/14/2001 [PA-1]
Rep Brown, Corrine - 7/25/2001 [FL-3] Rep Brown, Sherrod - 12/20/2001 [OH-13]
Rep Capps, Lois - 9/28/2001 [CA-22] Rep Capuano, Michael E. - 2/14/2001 [MA-8]
Rep Cardin, Benjamin L. - 6/21/2002 [MD-3] Rep Carson, Julia - 2/6/2001 [IN-10]
Rep Chabot, Steve - 6/6/2001 [OH-1] Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy - 2/28/2001 [MO-1]
Rep Clement, Bob - 4/25/2001 [TN-5] Rep Clyburn, James E. - 7/25/2001 [SC-6]
Rep Condit, Gary A. - 5/9/2001 [CA-18] Rep Conyers, John, Jr. - 2/14/2001 [MI-14]
Rep Costello, Jerry F. - 2/6/2001 [IL-12] Rep Coyne, William J. - 3/29/2001 [PA-14]
Rep Crowley, Joseph - 12/13/2001 [NY-7] Rep Davis, Danny K. - 7/25/2001 [IL-7]
Rep Davis, Jo Ann - 1/29/2002 [VA-1] Rep Davis, Susan A. - 7/25/2001 [CA-49]
Rep Davis, Tom - 12/13/2001 [VA-11] Rep DeFazio, Peter A. - 2/14/2001 [OR-4]
Rep Delahunt, William D. - 2/6/2001 [MA-10] Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. - 2/6/2001 [CT-3]
Rep Deutsch, Peter - 5/9/2001 [FL-20] Rep Diaz-Balart, Lincoln - 3/29/2001 [FL-21]
Rep Dicks, Norman D. - 6/6/2001 [WA-6] Rep Doyle, Michael F. - 2/6/2001 [PA-18]
Rep Ehlers, Vernon J. - 2/6/2001 [MI-3] Rep Engel, Eliot L. - 12/13/2001 [NY-17]
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. - 2/6/2001 [CA-14] Rep Evans, Lane - 2/6/2001 [IL-17]
Rep Farr, Sam - 2/28/2001 [CA-17] Rep Ferguson, Mike - 9/28/2001 [NJ-7]
Rep Filner, Bob - 2/6/2001 [CA-50] Rep Fletcher, Ernie - 3/19/2002 [KY-6]
Rep Frank, Barney - 2/6/2001 [MA-4] Rep Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. - 2/6/2001 [NJ-11]
Rep Gilchrest, Wayne T. - 3/29/2001 [MD-1] Rep Gillmor, Paul E. - 3/14/2001 [OH-5]
Rep Gilman, Benjamin A. - 2/6/2001 [NY-20] Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. - 2/14/2001 [TX-20]
Rep Gordon, Bart - 12/13/2001 [TN-6] Rep Green, Gene - 3/14/2001 [TX-29]
Rep Green, Mark - 2/6/2001 [WI-8] Rep Greenwood, James C. - 2/6/2001 [PA-8]
Rep Grucci, Felix J., Jr. - 9/17/2002 [NY-1] Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. - 3/14/2001 [IL-4]
Rep Hall, Tony P. - 12/13/2001 [OH-3] Rep Hart, Melissa A. - 3/14/2001 [PA-4]
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. - 3/29/2001 [FL-23] Rep Hilliard, Earl F. - 12/20/2001 [AL-7]
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. - 2/6/2001 [NY-26] Rep Hobson, David L. - 4/25/2001 [OH-7]
Rep Hoeffel, Joseph M. - 3/14/2001 [PA-13] Rep Holt, Rush D. - 2/6/2001 [NJ-12]
Rep Honda, Michael M. - 7/25/2001 [CA-15] Rep Hooley, Darlene - 3/14/2001 [OR-5]
Rep Horn, Stephen - 2/6/2001 [CA-38] Rep Inslee, Jay - 2/6/2001 [WA-1]
Rep Isakson, Johnny - 2/14/2001 [GA-6] Rep Israel, Steve - 12/13/2001 [NY-2]
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. - 2/6/2002 [IL-2] Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila - 5/9/2001 [TX-18]
Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice - 12/20/2001 [TX-30] Rep Johnson, Nancy L. - 2/6/2001 [CT-6]
Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. - 9/28/2001 [NC-3] Rep Kaptur, Marcy - 7/25/2001 [OH-9]
Rep Kelly, Sue W. - 2/14/2001 [NY-19] Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. - 6/6/2001 [RI-1]
Rep Kildee, Dale E. - 9/28/2001 [MI-9] Rep Kleczka, Gerald D. - 2/6/2001 [WI-4]
Rep Kolbe, Jim - 2/6/2001 [AZ-5] Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. - 2/6/2001 [OH-10]
Rep LaHood, Ray - 3/14/2001 [IL-18] Rep Lampson, Nick - 2/6/2001 [TX-9]
Rep Langevin, James R. - 5/9/2001 [RI-2] Rep Lantos, Tom - 2/6/2001 [CA-12]
Rep Larson, John B. - 2/14/2001 [CT-1] Rep LaTourette, Steve C. - 6/6/2001 [OH-19]
Rep Leach, James A. - 2/6/2001 [IA-1] Rep Lee, Barbara - 2/6/2001 [CA-9]
Rep Levin, Sander M. - 2/6/2001 [MI-12] Rep Lewis, John - 2/14/2001 [GA-5]
Rep Linder, John - 7/16/2002 [GA-11] Rep Lipinski, William O. - 2/6/2001 [IL-3]
Rep LoBiondo, Frank A. - 7/25/2001 [NJ-2] Rep Lofgren, Zoe - 9/28/2001 [CA-16]
Rep Lowey, Nita M. - 2/14/2001 [NY-18] Rep Luther, Bill - 2/6/2001 [MN-6]
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. - 2/6/2001 [NY-14] Rep Maloney, James H. - 3/29/2001 [CT-5]
Rep Markey, Edward J. - 2/28/2001 [MA-7] Rep Mascara, Frank - 2/13/2002 [PA-20]
Rep Matheson, Jim - 9/28/2001 [UT-2] Rep Matsui, Robert T. - 2/28/2001 [CA-5]
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn - 6/21/2002 [NY-4] Rep McCarthy, Karen - 3/14/2001 [MO-5]
Rep McCollum, Betty - 3/14/2001 [MN-4] Rep McDermott, Jim - 2/28/2001 [WA-7]
Rep McGovern, James P. - 12/13/2001 [MA-3] Rep McKinney, Cynthia A. - 2/6/2001 [GA-4]
Rep McNulty, Michael R. - 8/2/2001 [NY-21] Rep Meehan, Martin T. - 2/28/2001 [MA-5]
Rep Meek, Carrie P. - 2/14/2001 [FL-17] Rep Meeks, Gregory W. - 8/2/2001 [NY-6]
Rep Menendez, Robert - 2/6/2001 [NJ-13] Rep Mica, John L. - 2/6/2001 [FL-7]
Rep Miller, George - 2/6/2001 [CA-7] Rep Mink, Patsy T. - 2/6/2001 [HI-2]
Rep Moakley, John Joseph - 3/29/2001 [MA-9] Rep Moran, James P. - 2/28/2001 [VA-8]
Rep Morella, Constance A. - 2/28/2001 [MD-8] Rep Nadler, Jerrold - 2/6/2001 [NY-8]
Rep Neal, Richard E. - 2/6/2001 [MA-2] Rep Northup, Anne - 2/14/2001 [KY-3]
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes - 2/6/2001 [DC] Rep Oberstar, James L. - 2/6/2001 [MN-8]
Rep Olver, John W. - 2/6/2001 [MA-1] Rep Oxley, Michael G. - 2/13/2002 [OH-4]
Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. - 2/6/2001 [NJ-6] Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. - 2/6/2001 [NJ-8]
Rep Pastor, Ed - 8/2/2001 [AZ-2] Rep Payne, Donald M. - 2/6/2001 [NJ-10]
Rep Pelosi, Nancy - 2/6/2001 [CA-8] Rep Phelps, David D. - 2/6/2001 [IL-19]
Rep Platts, Todd Russell - 7/25/2001 [PA-19] Rep Price, David E. - 2/6/2001 [NC-4]
Rep Pryce, Deborah - 2/28/2001 [OH-15] Rep Reyes, Silvestre - 12/13/2001 [TX-16]
Rep Rivers, Lynn N. - 2/6/2001 [MI-13] Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana - 2/14/2001 [FL-18]
Rep Rothman, Steve R. - 2/6/2001 [NJ-9] Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille - 2/6/2001 [CA-33]
Rep Rush, Bobby L. - 7/25/2001 [IL-1] Rep Sabo, Martin Olav - 2/28/2001 [MN-5]
Rep Sanchez, Loretta - 4/25/2001 [CA-46] Rep Sanders, Bernard - 1/29/2002 [VT]
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. - 2/6/2001 [IL-9] Rep Schiff, Adam B. - 4/25/2001 [CA-27]
Rep Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. - 3/14/2001 [FL-22] Rep Shays, Christopher - 2/6/2001 [CT-4]
Rep Sherman, Brad - 2/6/2001 [CA-24] Rep Simmons, Rob - 2/6/2001 [CT-2]
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh - 2/14/2001 [NY-28] Rep Smith, Adam - 2/6/2001 [WA-9]
Rep Smith, Christopher H. - 2/6/2001 [NJ-4] Rep Solis, Hilda L. - 4/25/2001 [CA-31]
Rep Souder, Mark E. - 3/29/2001 [IN-4] Rep Spratt, John M., Jr. - 12/20/2001 [SC-5]
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete - 2/6/2001 [CA-13] Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. - 2/14/2001 [CA-10]
Rep Thompson, Bennie G. - 12/20/2001 [MS-2] Rep Thompson, Mike - 2/6/2001 [CA-1]
Rep Tiberi, Patrick J. - 1/29/2002 [OH-12] Rep Tierney, John F. - 2/6/2001 [MA-6]
Rep Towns, Edolphus - 2/14/2001 [NY-10] Rep Traficant, James A., Jr. - 9/28/2001 [OH-17]
Rep Udall, Mark - 3/14/2001 [CO-2] Rep Udall, Tom - 1/29/2002 [NM-3]
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. - 12/13/2001 [NY-12] Rep Visclosky, Peter J. - 2/28/2001 [IN-1]
Rep Waxman, Henry A. - 5/9/2001 [CA-29] Rep Weiner, Anthony D. - 2/6/2001 [NY-9]
Rep Weller, Jerry - 3/19/2002 [IL-11] Rep Wexler, Robert - 2/6/2001 [FL-19]
Rep Whitfield, Ed - 2/6/2001 [KY-1] Rep Wolf, Frank R. - 3/29/2001 [VA-10]
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. - 2/6/2001 [CA-6] Rep Wu, David - 6/21/2002 [OR-1]
Rep Wynn, Albert Russell - 2/28/2001 [MD-4]
Rep Tancredo, Thomas G. - 2/6/2001(withdrawn - 5/15/2002) [CO-6]

SUMMARY AS OF:
2/6/2001--Introduced.

Bear Protection Act of 2001 - Prohibits any person from: (1) importing bear viscera into, or exporting it from, the United States; or (2) selling bear viscera, bartering, offering it for sale or barter, or purchasing, possessing, transporting, delivering, or receiving it in interstate or foreign commerce. Subjects persons who violate such prohibitions to specified penalties. Waives such prohibition for wildlife law enforcement purposes where a valid permit has been issued.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to continue discussions concerning trade in bear viscera with the appropriate representatives of Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and with other representatives of countries that are not party to the Convention which are determined to be the leading importers, exporters, or consumers of such products, in order to establish coordinated efforts with such countries to protect bears.

Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect State regulation of bear population or to affect the lawful hunting of bears under State law.