# 116-hr-5489: Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act

116-hr-5489, Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5489
- Congress: 116
- Title: Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
- Introduced: 2019-12-18
- Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Animals
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to issue a permit for the importation of a polar bear part (other than an internal organ) from a bear taken in a sport hunt in Canada to any permit applicant who has submitted proof that the polar bear was (1) legally harvested by the applicant before the May 15, 2008, listing of the polar bear as threatened, and (2) harvested from an approved polar bear population. Interior must issue these permits without regard to limits on importing marine mammals with depleted populations.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11] (R-PA), 2019-12-18T00:00:00.000Z

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- 116-hr-7642: Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services Act
- 116-hr-7481: RESTART Act
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- 116-hr-7278: JUSTICE Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-5489 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5489)

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- [116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8662)
- [116-hr-7642: Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7642)
- [116-hr-7481: RESTART Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7481)
- [116-hr-7292: The COVID-19 Hospital and Health Provider Loan Forgiveness Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7292)
- [116-hr-7278: JUSTICE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7278)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5489 (as of 2025-11-18).