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Marine Mammal Research and Response Act of 2016

Introduced: June 15, 2016 Introduced by: Cantwell, Maria Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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Nov 28, 2016
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 690.
Nov 28, 2016
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-386.
Jun 29, 2016
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jun 15, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jun 15, 2016
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Marine Mammal Research and Response Act of 2016

This bill reauthorizes through FY2022 and revises the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, including by expanding the Act and the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant Program to include assistance for marine mammals that are entangled in material (e.g., fishing gear) and are on U.S. beaches or shores, or in U.S. navigable waters.

(Sec. 2) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) must develop a program to make publicly available certain data collected under the Act.

(Sec. 4) The bill requires sums received for marine mammal conservation (e.g., fines for violations) and sums received from emergency declaration grants for marine mammal conservation to be deposited into the Marine Mammal Unusual Mortality Event Fund.

(Sec. 7) The bill establishes the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Rapid Response Fund for providing emergency financial assistance for certain stranded or entangled marine mammals.

(Sec. 8) NOAA must: (1) establish a Marine Mammal Health Map, a national marine mammal health and stranding observing system; (2) analyze gaps in data about marine mammal rescue and response; and (3) report on the response capabilities for sick and injured marine mammals in U.S. Arctic regions.

What's happening now November 28, 2016

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 690.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2