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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 30 (Friday, February 15, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. LOWENTHAL:H.R. 1305.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article IV, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution``The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make allneedful rules and regulations respecting the territory orother property belonging to the United States; and nothing inthis Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice anyclaims of the United States, or of any particular state.''[Page H2039]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Albatross and Petrel Conservation Act</strong></p> <p>This bill authorizes the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to promulgate regulations to implement and enforce the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, done at Cape Town, South Africa, on February 2, 2001.</p> <p>Specifically, the FWS and the NMFS may take action to protect albatrosses and petrels and their habitats. The bill prohibits the taking of an albatross or petrel without a permit, authorization, or exemption.The FWS, in consultation with the NMFS, may authorize the taking of an albatross or petrel under exceptional circumstances or incidental to otherwise lawful activities. </p> <p>The bill gives the FWS, the NMFS, and the Coast Guard authority to enforce this bill. </p> <p>Finally, the bill authorizes cooperation with other countries to achieve and maintain a favorable conservation status of albatrosses and petrels. </p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Albatross and Petrel Conservation Act </b></p> <p>This bill authorizes the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to promulgate regulations to implement and enforce the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, done at Cape Town, South Africa, on February 2, 2001. </p> <p>Specifically, the FWS and the NMFS may take action to protect albatrosses and petrels and their habitats. The bill prohibits the taking of an albatross or petrel without a permit, authorization, or exemption.The FWS, in consultation with the NMFS, may authorize the taking of an albatross or petrel under exceptional circumstances or incidental to otherwise lawful activities. </p> <p>The bill gives the FWS, the NMFS, and the Coast Guard authority to enforce this bill. </p> <p>Finally, the bill authorizes cooperation with other countries to achieve and maintain a favorable conservation status of albatrosses and petrels. </p>]]></text>
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