To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

TL;DR (AI)

• This bill amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act to allow the importation of polar bear trophies from sport hunts in Canada.
• The bill permits the importation of polar bear parts if the animal was legally harvested before February 18, 1997, or from a population where trophy imports were previously allowed before May 15, 2008.
• The Secretary of the Interior is required to issue these permits, overriding certain restrictions within the Marine Mammal Protection Act.