Polar Bear Protection Act of 2001

Polar Bear Protection Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly making a polar bear available for use in a traveling show or circus.

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3932 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3932

  To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain conduct 
                        relating to polar bears.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 12, 2002

  Mr. Blumenauer (for himself, Mr. Acevedo-Vila, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. 
   Bonior, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Costello, Mr. 
 DeFazio, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Filner, 
 Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Horn, Ms. 
 Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Lee, Mr. Levin, Mrs. 
  Maloney of New York, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Ms. McKinney, Ms. 
   Millender-McDonald, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Moran of 
   Virginia, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Sherman, Mr. 
  Stark, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Traficant, Mr. 
  Waxman, Mr. Wexler, and Ms. Woolsey) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain conduct 
                        relating to polar bears.

    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 Protection Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. POLAR BEAR SHOWS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 89 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1822. Polar bear shows
    ``(a) Whoever, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, 
knowingly makes available any polar bear for use in a travelling show 
or circus shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 1 
year, or both. In the case of a conviction of a person who has 
previously been convicted for another offense under this section, the 
offender shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 2 
years, or both.
    ``(b) In this section, the term `travelling show or circus' means a 
show or circus that spends most of its working time each year away from 
its permanent facility.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 89 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item:

``1822. Polar bear shows.''.
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