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HR 5597 107th Congress Animals

To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to repeal the long-term goal for reducing to zero the incidental mortality and serious injury of marine mammals in commercial fishing operations, and…

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To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to repeal the long-term goal for reducing to zero the incidental mortality and serious injury of marine mammals in commercial fishing operations, and to modify the goal of take reduction plans for reducing such takings.

Introduced: October 10, 2002 See on congress.gov
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5597: To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to repeal the long-term goal for reducing to zero the incidental mortality and serious injury of marine mammals in commercial fishing operations, and to modify the goal of take reduction plans for reducing such takings.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5597/
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"H.R. 5597: To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to repeal the long-term goal for reducing to zero the incidental mortality and serious injury of marine mammals in commercial fishing operations, and to modify the goal of take reduction plans for reducing such takings.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5597/.
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H.R. 5597, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5597/.
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[H.R. 5597: To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to repeal the long-term goal for reducing to zero the incidental mortality and serious injury of marine mammals in commercial fishing operations, and to modify the goal of take reduction plans for reducing such takings.](https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5597/)
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