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<title>H.R. 6057, The Polar Bear Seas Protection Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_6057.html</link>
<description> H.R. 6057 would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit preleasing, leasing, and related activities in the Beaufort and Chukchi Sea Planning Areas unless certain conditions are met....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200511056.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200511056.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 5588, To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from offering for oil and gas leasing or any related activity any tract in the Lease Sale 193 Area of the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Region until the Secretary determines whether to list the polar bear as a threatened species or an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_5588.html</link>
<description> H.R. 5588 would prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from offering for oil and gas leasing or any related activity any tract in the Lease Sale 193 Area of the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Region until the Secretary determines whether to list the polar bear as a threatened species or an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973....
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 5534, The Bear Protection Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_5534.html</link>
<description> H.R. 5534 would amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to extend its protections to bears illegally harvested for their viscera in the same manner as with respect to prohibited wildlife species....
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2568, A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit preleasing, leasing, and related activities in the Chukchi and Beaufort Sea Planning Areas unless certain conditions are met</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2568.html</link>
<description> S. 2568 would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit preleasing, leasing, and related activities in the Chukchi and Beaufort Sea Planning Areas unless certain conditions are met....
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 5058, To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from selling any oil and gas lease for any tract in the Lease Sale 193 Area of the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Region until the Secretary determines whether to list the polar bear as a threatened species or an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_5058.html</link>
<description> H.R. 5058 would prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from selling any oil and gas lease for any tract in the Lease Sale 193 Area of the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Region until the Secretary determines whether to list the polar bear as a threatened species or an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973....
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 3255, The Teddy Roosevelt Bring Back Our Public Lands Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_3255.html</link>
<description> H.R. 3255 would prohibit a State from charging an individual more than $200 for a permit or license to hunt big game on Federal public lands within that State....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200506893.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200506893.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 3029, The Bear Protection Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_3029.html</link>
<description> H.R. 3029 would 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....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200506519.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200506519.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 1696, The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $237.06</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_1696.html</link>
<description> A bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008....
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 2327, The Polar Bear Protection Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_2327.html</link>
<description> H.R. 2327 would amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to strengthen polar bear conservation efforts....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200505377.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200505377.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 222, The Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_222.html</link>
<description> H.R. 222 would promote the economic development and recreational use of National Forest System lands and other public lands in central Idaho, designate the Boulder-White Cloud Management Area to ensure the continued management of certain National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands for recreational and grazing use and conservation and resource protection, and add certain National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands in central Idaho to the National Wilderne...
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>P.L. 109-479, The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 - Cost per Average Family: $0.20</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/109_PL_109-479.html</link>
<description> H.R. 5946 amends the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) and other laws that govern the conservation and management of fisheries. In addition, section 702 of the legislation will establish the Puget Sound Regional Shellfish Settlement Trust Fund....
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 3603, The Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act - Savings per Average Family: $1.39</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/109_HR_3603.html</link>
<description> H.R. 3603 would make several changes to the status of certain federal land in the state of Idaho. ...
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2013, The United States-Russia Polar Bear Conservation and Management Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $0.16</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/109_SN_2013.html</link>
<description> S. 2013 would direct the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to implement the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation on the Conservation and Management of the Alaska-Chukotka Polar Bear Population, signed on October 16, 2002. For this purpose, the bill would authorize the appropriation of funds for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. S. 2013 also would establish criminal fines and civil penalties to be imposed on anyon...
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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