S 1833
118th Congress
Senate
Animals
Protecting Whales, Human Safety, and the Economy Act of 2023
Introduced: June 6, 2023
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In committee
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To President
Became law
Jun 6, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jun 6, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
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