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S. 1833 118th Congress Senate

Protecting Whales, Human Safety, and the Economy Act of 2023

Official title: A bill to prohibit the issuance of an interim or final rule that amends, updates, modifies, or replaces the North Atlantic Right Whale vessel strike reduction … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to prohibit the issuance of an interim or final rule that amends, updates, modifies, or replaces the North Atlantic Right Whale vessel strike reduction rule until mitigation protocols are fully developed and deployed.

Introduced: July 11, 2023 See on congress.gov
This bill died when the 118th Congress ended
It never became law before the 118th Congress (2023–2024) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Jun 6, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jun 6, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action June 6, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting Whales, Human Safety, and the Economy Act of 2023

This bill prohibits the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from issuing either an interim or final rule that modifies or replaces the existing North Atlantic right whale vessel strike reduction regulation until (1) currently required protocols to mitigate injury and mortality of North Atlantic right whales have been fully developed and deployed, and (2) NOAA reports to specified congressional committees on how the protocols will inform any proposed changes to the existing regulation.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1833: Protecting Whales, Human Safety, and the Economy Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1833/
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"S. 1833: Protecting Whales, Human Safety, and the Economy Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1833/.
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S. 1833, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1833/.
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