Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Secretary of the Interior to implement a monitoring system for species for which a meritorious petition to add them to the endangered or threatened lists has been evaluated but not yet acted upon.
Limits the Secretary's regulation of species not designated as threatened or endangered but similar in appearance to species which have been so designated, to the regulation of commerce or taking.
States that the permissable incidental taking of endangered or threatened species by a Federal agency includes marine mammals and does not violate the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972.
Extends the authorization of appropriations to carry out such Act through FY 1988.
Authorizes the Secretary to develop and implement a plan to relocate and manage an experimental population of California sea otters, subject to specified requirements with respect to location, number, age, and sex of members of the population and the manner of capture, transport, and release.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Executive Comment Requested from Commerce, Interior, EPA, State, Marine Mammal Comm.
Referred to Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Report No: 99-124.
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Report No: 99-124.
Placed on Union Calendar No: 78.
Executive Comment Received From State.
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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