HR 39

112th CONGRESS
1st Session

H. R. 39

To delist the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 5, 2011

Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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A BILL

To delist the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Polar Bear Delisting Act'.

SEC. 2. DELISTING OF POLAR BEAR AS THREATENED SPECIES.

The determination by the United States Fish and Wildlife of the threatened status for the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), published May 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 28211 et seq.), and the listing of such species as a threatened species under that Act pursuant to such determination, shall have no force or effect.

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