[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1833 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1833

   To prohibit the issuance of an interim or final rule that amends, 
 updates, modifies, or replaces the North Atlantic Right Whale vessel 
 strike reduction rule until mitigation protocols are fully developed 
                             and deployed.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 6, 2023

  Mr. Manchin (for himself and Mr. Boozman) 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 prohibit the issuance of an interim or final rule that amends, 
 updates, modifies, or replaces the North Atlantic Right Whale vessel 
 strike reduction rule until mitigation protocols are fully developed 
                             and deployed.

    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 ``Protecting Whales, Human Safety, and 
the Economy Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. CONDITIONS FOR RULES RELATED TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE 
              VESSEL STRIKE REDUCTION RULE.

    The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration shall not issue an interim or final rule that amends, 
updates, modifies, or replaces the North Atlantic Right Whale vessel 
strike reduction rule under section 224.105 of title 50, Code of 
Federal Regulations, as in effect on January 3, 2023, until the date--
            (1) the mitigation protocols under section 11303(e) of the 
        Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022 (16 U.S.C. 
        1391) are fully developed and deployed; and
            (2) the Secretary provides a report to the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on Commerce, 
        Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and Committee 
        on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives on how the 
        mitigation protocols will inform any proposed changes to 
        section 224.105 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations.
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