HR-8795 : Still Just a Bill


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.


Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2020-11-20IntroReferralReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.House floor actions
2020-11-20IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Sponsor :

Julia Brownley [D] (CA-26)
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Policy Area :

Animals
Related Subjects
  • Air quality
  • Animal protection and human-animal relationships
  • Climate change and greenhouse gases
  • Endangered and threatened species
  • Government information and archives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Mammals
  • Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
  • Marine pollution
  • Water quality
  • Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
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