MARINE MAMMALS

Articles and editorials

In the Northwest—Sonar Tests' Effects on Wildlife Should Set Off Alarms, H4258 [20MY]

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of the Interior: authorize use of decommissioned offshore oil and gas platforms for culture of marine organisms, an artificial reef, or scientific research (see H.R. 2654), H6263 [26JN]

Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act: amend labeling requirements (see S. 130), S133 [9JA]

Marine Mammal Protection Act: modify goals relative to incidental mortality and serious injury of marine mammals in commercial fishing operations (see H.R. 2142), H4204 [15MY]

———reauthorize (see H.R. 2693), H6602 [10JY]

———reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 3316), H9613 [16OC]

Science: establish a research program to provide for the recovery of the southern sea otter (see H.R. 3545), H11700 [20NO]

Taxation: charitable deduction for reasonable and necessary expenses of Alaska Native subsistence whaling captains (see S. 293), S1871 [4FE] (see H.R. 952), H1395 [26FE]

Whales: reaffirm opposition to commercial and lethal scientific whaling and provide protection for, and conservation of, the world's whale populations to prevent trade in whale meat (see S. Con. Res. 55), S7832 [12JN] (see H. Con. Res. 216), H5366 [12JN]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Defense: exemption from certain environmental regulations, H4258, H4259, H4261 [20MY]

———exemption from certain environmental regulations relative to sonar use on submarines, H10985, H10988 [7NO]

Endangered species: modify requirements applicable to limitation on designation of critical habitat for protected species relative to military readiness and conservation of protected species, H11002 [7NO]

Marine Mammal Protection Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3316), E2062 [16OC]

Sarasota, FL: anniversary of partnership with Mote Marine Laboratory, E1836 [17SE]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Defense: exemption from certain environmental regulations, S14421, S14422, S14433, S14434 [11NO], S14484 [12NO]

Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act: amend labeling requirements (S. 130), S159 [9JA], S203 [10JA], S1648 [28JA]

Taxation: charitable deduction for reasonable and necessary expenses of Alaska Native subsistence whaling captains (S. 293), S1899 [4FE]

Whales: reaffirm opposition to commercial and lethal scientific whaling and provide protection for, and conservation of, the world's whale populations to prevent trade in whale meat (S. Con. Res. 55), S7846 [12JN]

Texts of

S. 293, Native Alaskan Subsistence Whaling Act, S1899 [4FE]

S. Con. Res. 55, reaffirm opposition to commercial and lethal scientific whaling and provide protection for, and conservation of, the world's whale populations to prevent trade in whale meat, S7845 [12JN]