Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee, Natural Resources Committee
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Streamlining Environmental Approvals Act of 2019 or the SEA Act of 2019 This bill lessens restrictions on taking and importing marine mammals and marine mammal products and also decreases the requirements for obtaining an authorization for incidentally taking marine mammals by harassment. Harassment is an act of pursuit, torment, or annoyance which has the potential to either (1) injure a marine mammal in the wild; or (2) disturb a marine mammal by causing disruption of behavioral patterns, such as migration or breeding.
Animal protection and human-animal relationshipsEndangered and threatened speciesMammalsMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesTrade restrictionsWildlife conservation and habitat protection
SEA Act of 2019
USA116th CongressHR-3424| House
| Updated: 7/2/2019
Streamlining Environmental Approvals Act of 2019 or the SEA Act of 2019 This bill lessens restrictions on taking and importing marine mammals and marine mammal products and also decreases the requirements for obtaining an authorization for incidentally taking marine mammals by harassment. Harassment is an act of pursuit, torment, or annoyance which has the potential to either (1) injure a marine mammal in the wild; or (2) disturb a marine mammal by causing disruption of behavioral patterns, such as migration or breeding.
Animal protection and human-animal relationshipsEndangered and threatened speciesMammalsMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesTrade restrictionsWildlife conservation and habitat protection