Marine Mammal Protection Act Amendments of 2004

Summary

Marine Mammal Protection Act Amendments of 2003 - Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (the Act) to grant limited permission for a marine mammal product to be exported from the United States, including in cases where an Indian, Aleut, or Eskimo residing in Alaska exports the animal as part of a cultural exchange. Extends through FY 2008 authorizations of appropriations to: (1) the Departments of Commerce and the Interior, for specified marine mammal protection activities; and (2) the Secretaries of such Departments for cooperative agreements in Alaska. Requires take reduction plans to track the number of animals from strategic stocks being incidentally lethally taken or seriously injured each year through recreational fishing (in addition to commercial fishing), and to publish proposals for reducing such incidents within a stock under certain conditions. Requires research on the nonlethal removal and control of nuisance pinnipeds, including the development of new technologies to deter such creatures. Authorizes appropriations for the Marine Mammal Commission through FY 2008. Renews the scrimshaw exemption for the eight-year period beginning October 31, 1999. Requires issuance of a permit for importation of polar bear parts (other than internal organs) from bears taken in sport hunts in Canada before February 18, 1997 (the previous date was April 30, 1994). Makes it unlawful for anyone under U.S. jurisdiction to release any captive marine mammal unless authorized under the Act. Establishes stranding response requirements relating to entanglement. Extends through FY 2008 the authorization of appropriations for a grant program and a fund for stranding or entanglement response. Requires issuance of a general authorization and implementing regulations allowing the incidental, but not the intentional, taking of marine mammals of a species or population stock in the course of an activity, that will have a negligible impact on such species or stock.

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• Reported in House (text)

  Reported in House · EN · 20 April 2004

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• Reported in House (PDF)

  Reported in House · EN · 20 April 2004

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• Reported to House with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 20 April 2004

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 10 July 2003

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 10 July 2003

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 10 July 2003

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