Sec. 3. Limited exemption for certain African elephant ivory
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Section 2203 ( 16 U.S.C. 4223 ) is amended— by inserting
(a)before the first sentence; In general .— by inserting and subsection
(b)of this section after 2202(e) ; and by adding at the end the following: Nothing in this Act or subsection
(a)or
(d)of section 9 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1538) shall be construed to prohibit importation or exportation, or to require permission of the Secretary for importation or exportation, of— any raw ivory or worked ivory— imported solely for purposes of becoming part of a museum’s permanent collection, return to a lending museum, or display in a museum; or exported solely for purposes of— display in a foreign museum; or return to a foreign person who lent such ivory to a museum in the United States; any raw ivory or worked ivory that was lawfully importable into the United States on February 24, 2014, regardless of when acquired; or any worked ivory that was previously lawfully possessed in the United States. .
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