[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1402 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1402

   To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to increase the 
                maximum penalty for violating that Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 21, 2011

  Mr. Brown of Massachusetts introduced the following bill; which was 
  read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                             Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to increase the 
                maximum penalty for violating that Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Marine Mammal Protection Amendment 
Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. PENALTIES UNDER THE MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION ACT OF 1972.

    Section 105(b) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 
U.S.C. 1375(b)) is amended by striking ``$20,000'' and inserting 
``$50,000''.
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