House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Bear Poaching Elimination Act
Official title: To conserve global bear populations by prohibiting the importation, exportation, and interstate trade of bear viscera and bear viscera products, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Michael McCaul R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 9, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 9, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9631.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCAUL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 112, July 9, 2026, Page H4381):Congress has the power to enact this legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 9, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 232 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9631, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9631
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 17, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Ted Lieu (D-CA).
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- H.R. 10076 (119th) Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026
Related bills
- H.R. 3518 (118th) Bear Protection Act of 2023Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.