Congress 116 - HR 1568 - SAVE Right Whales Act

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Advanced technology and technological innovations Animal protection and human-animal relationships Animals Atlantic Ocean Canada Congressional oversight Endangered and threatened species International organizations and cooperation Mammals Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine and inland water transportation Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

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Scientific Assistance for Very Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales Act of 2019 or the SAVE Right Whales Act

This bill provides support for the conservation of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis).

Specifically, it requires the Department of Commerce to provide financial assistance for the conservation of such whales.

In addition, Commerce must conduct surveys of plankton on an ongoing basis using a continuous plankton recorder.

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Oct 18, 2019

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 194.
Oct 18, 2019

Committee on the Budget discharged.
Oct 18, 2019

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-244, Part I.
May 1, 2019

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 13.
May 1, 2019

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 1, 2019

Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
Mar 26, 2019

Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 22, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Mar 6, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 6, 2019

Introduced in House

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