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H.R. 8795 116th Congress House

Marine Mammal Climate Change Protection Act

Official title: To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a climate impact management plan for the conservation of cer… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a climate impact management plan for the conservation of certain marine mammal species, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 20, 2020 Introduced by: Julia Brownley Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Animals Air qualityAnimal protection and human-animal relationshipsClimate change and greenhouse gasesEndangered and threatened species
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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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Marine Mammal Climate Change Protection Act

This bill updates the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to address the effects of climate change, including by establishing a program to monitor the adverse impacts of climate change on marine animals and requiring the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to create a process to list and promote the conservation marine mammal species and population stocks in waters under U.S. jurisdiction for which climate change has more than a remote possibility of resulting in a decline in population, impeding population recovery, or reducing carrying capacity.


 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 8632 Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act of 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8795: Marine Mammal Climate Change Protection Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8795/
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"H.R. 8795: Marine Mammal Climate Change Protection Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8795/.
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H.R. 8795, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8795/.
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