Marine Mammal Climate Change Protection Act This bill updates the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to address the effects of climate change, including by establishing a program to monitor the adverse impacts of climate change on marine animals and requiring the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to create a process to list and promote the conservation marine mammal species and population stocks in waters under U.S. jurisdiction for which climate change has more than a remote possibility of resulting in a decline in population, impeding population recovery, or reducing carrying capacity.
Air qualityAnimal protection and human-animal relationshipsClimate change and greenhouse gasesEndangered and threatened speciesGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsMammalsMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesMarine pollutionWater qualityWildlife conservation and habitat protection
Marine Mammal Climate Change Protection Act
USA116th CongressHR-8795| House
| Updated: 11/20/2020
Marine Mammal Climate Change Protection Act This bill updates the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to address the effects of climate change, including by establishing a program to monitor the adverse impacts of climate change on marine animals and requiring the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to create a process to list and promote the conservation marine mammal species and population stocks in waters under U.S. jurisdiction for which climate change has more than a remote possibility of resulting in a decline in population, impeding population recovery, or reducing carrying capacity.
Air qualityAnimal protection and human-animal relationshipsClimate change and greenhouse gasesEndangered and threatened speciesGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsMammalsMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesMarine pollutionWater qualityWildlife conservation and habitat protection