3.0.0 4740 2022-12-29T19:03:36Z 2022-12-29T19:03:36Z Senate S 2022-08-02 117 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-08-02T21:30:47Z SWIMS Act of 2022 117 8514 HR 2022-08-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture. Identical bill CRS 2022-08-02 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3864) IntroReferral 2022-08-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA N B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2022-08-02 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2022-08-02 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2022-08-02 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2022-08-02 True P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2022-08-02 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2022-08-02 True Animals Animals 00 2022-08-02 Introduced in Senate 2022-09-19T15:02:46Z Strengthening Welfare in Marine Settings Act of 2022 or as the SWIMS Act of 2022

This bill establishes prohibitions on capturing, importing, exporting, or breeding of orcas, beluga whales, false killer whales, or pilot whales for the purpose of public display.

Specifically, the bill prohibits the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from issuing any permit under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 that authorizes the taking (e.g., capturing) or importation of such orcas or whales for the purpose of public display. The bill further revises the act to make it unlawful to export such orcas or whales, unless they are being transported to marine mammal sanctuaries or for release into the wild.

Further, the bill makes it unlawful under the Animal Welfare Act for any person to breed or artificially inseminate such marine mammals for purposes of using their progeny for public display.

]]> SWIMS Act of 2022 Display Title SWIMS Act of 2022 Short Title(s) as Introduced SWIMS Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Strengthening Welfare in Marine Settings Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 and the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit the taking, importation, exportation, and breeding of certain cetaceans for public display, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4740is/xml/BILLS-117s4740is.xml 2022-08-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3864) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.