Lawful Ivory Protection Act of 2014

Lawful Ivory Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit any regulation that goes in effect after February 24, 2014, from:

• prohibiting or restricting the possession, sale, delivery, receipt, shipping, or transportation of elephant ivory that has been lawfully imported;
• changing any methods of, or standards for, determining if ivory has been lawfully imported; or
• prohibiting or restricting the importation or possession of ivory that was lawfully importable or possessable on that date.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5052 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5052

  To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to protect and conserve 
   species and the lawful possession of certain ivory in the United 
                    States, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 10, 2014

   Mr. Daines (for himself and Mr. Miller of Florida) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to protect and conserve 
   species and the lawful possession of certain ivory in the United 
                    States, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Lawful Ivory Protection Act of 
2014''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973.

    Section 11(f) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1540(f)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after the subsection heading; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2)(A) Except as provided in this paragraph, regulations 
promulgated under paragraph (1), including policies, orders, or 
practices pursuant to such regulations, may not--
            ``(i) prohibit or restrict the possession, sale, delivery, 
        receipt, shipping, or transportation, within the United States, 
        of elephant ivory that has been lawfully imported into the 
        United States;
            ``(ii) change any methods of, or standards for, determining 
        if such ivory has been lawfully imported that were in effect on 
        February 24, 2014, including any applicable presumptions and 
        burdens of proof with respect to such determinations;
            ``(iii) prohibit or restrict the importation of such ivory 
        that was lawfully importable into the United States on February 
        24, 2014; or
            ``(iv) prohibit or restrict the possession of such ivory 
        that was lawfully possessable in the United States on February 
        24, 2014.
    ``(B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply to regulations, including 
policies, orders, or practices pursuant to such regulations, that were 
in effect on February 24, 2014.
    ``(C) Regulations promulgated under paragraph (1), including 
policies, orders, or practices pursuant to such regulations, that 
became effective during the period beginning on February 25, 2014, and 
ending on the date of enactment of this paragraph, shall be revised, as 
necessary, to comply with the requirements specified in subparagraph 
(A) for regulations promulgated after such date of enactment.''.
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