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S.1125
Title: A bill 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: Sen McConnell, Mitch [KY] (introduced 6/28/2001)      Cosponsors: 51
Latest Major Action: 6/28/2001 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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6/28/2001:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7091-7092)
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COSPONSORS(51), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Sen Akaka, Daniel K. - 6/28/2001 [HI] Sen Allard, A. Wayne - 6/28/2001 [CO]
Sen Bayh, Evan - 6/28/2001 [IN] Sen Bingaman, Jeff - 6/28/2001 [NM]
Sen Boxer, Barbara - 12/20/2001 [CA] Sen Brownback, Sam - 7/23/2001 [KS]
Sen Bunning, Jim - 3/4/2002 [KY] Sen Cantwell, Maria - 8/2/2001 [WA]
Sen Chafee, Lincoln D. - 9/19/2001 [RI] Sen Cleland, Max - 6/28/2001 [GA]
Sen Cochran, Thad - 6/28/2001 [MS] Sen Dodd, Christopher J. - 12/11/2001 [CT]
Sen Dorgan, Byron L. - 1/23/2002 [ND] Sen Durbin, Richard J. - 7/23/2001 [IL]
Sen Edwards, John - 6/28/2001 [NC] Sen Feingold, Russell D. - 12/11/2001 [WI]
Sen Feinstein, Dianne - 8/2/2001 [CA] Sen Fitzgerald, Peter - 6/28/2001 [IL]
Sen Frist, Bill - 6/28/2001 [TN] Sen Graham, Bob - 6/28/2001 [FL]
Sen Gregg, Judd - 7/10/2001 [NH] Sen Hagel, Chuck - 12/20/2001 [NE]
Sen Hatch, Orrin G. - 8/2/2001 [UT] Sen Helms, Jesse - 6/28/2001 [NC]
Sen Inhofe, Jim - 6/28/2001 [OK] Sen Inouye, Daniel K. - 7/10/2001 [HI]
Sen Jeffords, James M. - 6/28/2001 [VT] Sen Kennedy, Edward M. - 6/28/2001 [MA]
Sen Kerry, John F. - 6/28/2001 [MA] Sen Kohl, Herb - 6/28/2001 [WI]
Sen Kyl, Jon - 6/28/2001 [AZ] Sen Leahy, Patrick J. - 6/28/2001 [VT]
Sen Levin, Carl - 6/28/2001 [MI] Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. - 9/25/2001 [CT]
Sen Lincoln, Blanche - 2/12/2002 [AR] Sen Lugar, Richard G. - 7/23/2001 [IN]
Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. - 7/10/2001 [MD] Sen Murray, Patty - 9/4/2001 [WA]
Sen Nelson, E. Benjamin - 7/23/2001 [NE] Sen Reed, John F. - 6/28/2001 [RI]
Sen Reid, Harry M. - 9/4/2001 [NV] Sen Santorum, Rick - 2/27/2002 [PA]
Sen Sarbanes, Paul S. - 9/25/2001 [MD] Sen Schumer, Charles E. - 7/23/2001 [NY]
Sen Sessions, Jeff - 7/10/2001 [AL] Sen Smith, Bob - 6/28/2001 [NH]
Sen Smith, Gordon - 6/28/2001 [OR] Sen Specter, Arlen - 6/28/2001 [PA]
Sen Torricelli, Robert G. - 6/28/2001 [NJ] Sen Warner, John W. - 7/23/2001 [VA]
Sen Wyden, Ron - 6/28/2001 [OR]

SUMMARY AS OF:
6/28/2001--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 (CITES) and with other representatives of countries that are not party to CITES 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 affect State regulation of bear population or the lawful hunting of bears under State law.