My colleagues and I will be sparing in questions at this time and it 

 may be that some of the witnesses may be called back for more ex- 

 tended discussion at a later time, or there will be requests for submis- 

 sions by correspondence. 



For that reason, it is requested that all of our witnesses this morning 

 make sure they have given the staff their address so that the committee 

 may as necessary, communicate further with them. 



The Chair asks the indulgence of all in the request elucidated, and 

 I am sure we will have not only a successful hearing but the coopera- 

 tion of everyone. 



(The bills and departmental reports follow :) 



[H.R. 690, H.R. 8255, 92d Cong., first sess.] 



BILLS To require the Secretary of the Interior to make a comprehensive study of the polar 

 bear and walrus for the purpose of developing adequate conservation measures 



\Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States 

 of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior, in coopera- 

 tion with the States, shall make a comprehensive study of the polar bear and 

 the walrus, taking into consideration, among other things, the distribution, 

 migrations, and population of these mammals and the effects of hunting, disease, 

 and food shortages on them, for the purpose of developing adequate and effective 

 measures, including appropriate laws and regulations, to conserve such mam- 

 mals on the high seas. The Secretary of the Interior shall submit, through the 

 President, a report on the study, together with such recommendations, including 

 suggested legislation, that he deems appropriate, to the Congress no later than 

 January 1, 1976. 



Sec. 2. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, there is here- 

 by authorized to be appropriated the sum of $100,000 for the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1972, and for eachi of the three succeeding fiscal years. 



[H.R. 4370, H.R. 4733, 92d Cong., first sess.] 



BILLS To amend the Fur Seal Act of 1966 by prohibiting the clubbing of seals after July 1, 

 1972, the taking of seal pups, and the taking of female seals on the Pribilof Islands or 

 any other land and water under the jurisdiction of the United States 



Be it enacted by the Senate a/nd House of Representatives of the United States 

 of America in Congress assembled. That this Act shall be known as the "Humane 

 Seal Protection Act of 1971." 



Section 1. Section 104 of the Fur Seal Act of 1966 is amended by adding at the 

 end of subsection (a) thereof the following new subsections : 



"(b) The killing of seals by clubbing shall be prohibited after July 1, 1972. 



"(c) The taking of the skin of any seal under one year of age, and of any 

 female seal, shall be prohibited." 



Subsection (b) of the Act shall be redesignated subsection (d). 



Sec. 2. Section 109(d) of the Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the 

 following : "by any means, except after July 1, 1972, by clubbing,". 



Sec. 3. Section 404 of the Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the 

 following : 



"Whoever knowingly transports in interstate commerce, or knowingly sells 

 subsequent to such transportation, any package containing any sealskin, or any 

 product manufactured, made, or processed, in whole or in part, from such seal- 

 skin, which has been taken in violation of any provision of this Act shall be fined 

 not more than $2,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both, and the gross 

 revenue derived from any such sale of any such illegally taken skin shall be 

 confiscated by the Secretary of the Interior and deposited into the Pribilof 

 Island fund in the Treasury." 



Sec. 4. Section 405 of the Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the 

 following : 



"The Secretary shall initiate or contract for research on alternative means 

 of killing seals, with the end of replacing the currently used method of clubbing. 

 On the basis of such research, he shall determine which killing technique is 



