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S 1833 118th Congress Senate Animals

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

Introduced: May 16, 2024 See on congress.gov
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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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 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.

What's happening now June 6, 2023

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4323 Identical bill Protecting Whales, Human Safety and the Economy Act of 2023
 Bill text 1 version

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 Lobbying activity 6

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 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3
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Lee, Mike
Utah · May 16, 2024
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Budd, Ted
North Carolina · Jul 11, 2023
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jun 6, 2023
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APA
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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