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To A bill to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to reauthorize and modify the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Mrs. M

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of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on

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A BILL

To A bill to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to reauthorize and modify the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-

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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Marine Mammal Re-

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search and Response Act of 2021’’.

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SEC. 2. DATA COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION.

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Section 402 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act

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of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1421a) is amended—

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(1) in subsection (b)—

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(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ‘‘or

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entangled’’ after ‘‘stranded’’;

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(B) in paragraph (3)—

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(i) by striking ‘‘strandings,’’ and in-

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serting ‘‘strandings and entanglements, in-

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cluding unusual mortality events,’’;

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(ii) by inserting ‘‘stranding’’ before

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‘‘region’’; and

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(iii) by striking ‘‘marine mammals;

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and’’ and inserting ‘‘marine mammals and

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entangled marine mammals to allow com-

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parison of the causes of illness and deaths

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in stranded marine mammals and entan-

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gled marine mammals with physical, chem-

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ical, and biological environmental param-

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eters; and’’; and

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(C) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘anal-

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yses, that would allow comparison of the causes

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of illness and deaths in stranded marine mam-

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mals with physical, chemical, and biological en-

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vironmental parameters.’’ and inserting ‘‘anal-

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yses.’’; and

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3 (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the

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following:

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‘‘(c) I

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AND

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‘‘(1) I

N GENERAL

.—After each response to a

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stranding or entanglement event, the Secretary shall

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collect (including from any staff of the National

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Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that re-

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spond directly to such an event), and shall require

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each stranding network participant who responds to

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that stranding or entanglement to submit to the Ad-

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ministrator of the National Oceanic and Atmos-

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pheric Administration—

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‘‘(A) data on the stranding event, includ-

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ing NOAA Form 89–864 (OMB #0648–0178),

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NOAA Form 89–878 (OMB #0648–0178),

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similar successor forms, or similar information

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in an appropriate format required by the

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United States Fish and Wildlife Service for spe-

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cies under its management authority;

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‘‘(B) supplemental data to the data de-

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scribed in subparagraph (A), which may in-

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clude, as available, relevant information

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about—

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‘‘(i) weather and tide conditions;

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