Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Amendments of 2007

To amend the provisions of law relating to the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program, and for other purposes.

7/15/2008--Reported to Senate amended. Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Amendments of 2008 - Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to require the collection and updating of existing practices and procedures for rescuing and rehabilitating stranded or entangled (currently, only stranded) marine mammals. Authorizes entanglement response agreements. Deems authorized responders to be government employees for purposes of specified tort claims procedures provisions. Renames the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program as the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Funding Program and revises provisions, including adding providing for stranding events requiring emergency assistance to the program's duties. Authorizes the program to be carried out through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, or other agreements or arrangements. Authorizes appropriations through FY2010 to carry out the Program. Revises provisions concerning administrative costs and expenses. Establishes in the Treasury the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Emergency Fund to provide for the recovery or treatment of marine mammals, the collection of data from living or dead stranded marine mammals for scientific research regarding marine mammal health, directly related facility operation costs, and stranding events requiring emergency assistance. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to:
(1) enter into grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, or other appropriate agreements; and
(2) solicit, accept, receive, hold, administer, and use gifts, devises, and bequests. Limits support for a project under the provisions amended by this paragraph to $200,000 per year. (Current law limits support to 100,000 and makes no reference to the limit being per year.) Defines the term "emergency assistance" as:
(1) assistance for a stranding event that is not an unusual mortality event, leads to an immediate increase in required costs in excess of regularly scheduled costs, may be cyclical or endemic, and may involve out-of-habitat animals; or
(2) is determined by the Secretary to qualify for such assistance. Authorizes appropriations through FY2010 to the Marine Mammal Unusual Mortality Event Fund.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Donald Young [R, AK-0]
• and 1 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Henry Brown [R, SC-1]
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Committees

• Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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  • House Natural Resources
  • House Natural Resources
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Amendments to H.R.1006

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
February 13, 2007		March 19, 2007

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• Jul 15, 2008: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-421.
• Added to calendar on Jul 15, 2008: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 881..
• Added to calendar on May 15, 2008: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably..
• May 15, 2008: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
• Mar 20, 2007: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
• Passed by voice vote in the House on Mar 19, 2007. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
• Mar 19, 2007: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1006.
• Mar 19, 2007: Considered under suspension of the rules.
• Mar 19, 2007: Mr. Grijalva moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
• Feb 16, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
• Feb 13, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E336)
• Introduced on Feb 13, 2007.
• Feb 13, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
• Feb 13, 2007: Introductory remarks on measure. (CR E336)

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Related Issue Areas:

• Marine resources
• Animals
• Authorization
• Budgets
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• Department of Commerce
• Emergency management
• Executive departments
• Gifts
• Government trust funds
• Grants-in-aid
• Law
• Liability (Law)
• Marine mammals
• Marine resources conservation
• Protection of animals
• Public contracts
• Rescue work

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October 19, 2008 H.R. 1006

H.R. 1006. Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Amendments of 2008. As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,and Transportation. on May 15, 2008. SUMMARY. H.R. 1006 would reauthorize funding for programs to protect ...

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June 23, 2008 H.R. 1006

H.R. 1006. Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Amendments of 2008. As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,and Transportation. on May 15, 2008. SUMMARY. H.R. 1006 would reauthorize funding for programs to protect ...

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June 23, 2008 HR 1006, Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Amendments of 2008

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