A bill to improve the operation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, and for other purposes.
PL 97-58 (H.R.4084), enacted 10/09/1981

PUBLIC LAW 97-58—OCT. 9, 1981 
95 STAT. 979 
Public Law 97-58 
97th Congress 
An Act 
Oct. 9, 1981 
[H.R. 4084] 
Marine Mammal 
Protection Act of 
1972, 
amendment. 
"Depletion" or 
"depleted." 
To improve the operation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of 
America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. OPTIMUM SUSTAINABLE POPULATION. 
(a) BASIC AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (8) of section 3 of the Marine 
Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1362(8)) (which Act shall 
hereafter in this Act be referred to as the "Act of 1972") is repealed. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 2(6) of the Act of 1972 
(16 U.S.C. 1361(6)) is amended by striking out "optimum carrying 
capacity" and inserting in lieu thereof "carrying capacity". 
(2) Section 3 of the Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1362) is further amended— 
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: 
"(1) The term 'depletion' or 'depleted' means any case in which— 
"(A) the Secretary, after consultation with the Marine 
Mammal Commission and the Committee of Scientific Advisors 
on Marine Mammals established under title II of this Act, 1
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determines that a species or population stock is below its opti-
mum sustainable population; 
"(B) a State, to which authority for the conservation and 
management of a species or population stock is transferred under 
section 109, determines that such species or stock is below its Post, p. 982. 
optimum sustainable population; or 
"(C) a species or population stock is listed as an endangered 
species or a threatened species under the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973."; 
(B) by striking out "the optimum carrying capacity of their 
habitat" in paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof "their 
optimum sustainable population"; 
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through (15) as paragraphs 
(8) through (14), respectively; 
(D) by striking out "optimum carrying capacity" in paragraph 
(8) (as so redesignated) and inserting in lieu thereof "carrying 
capacity"; and 
(E) by amending paragraph (13) (as so redesignated) to read as 
follows: 
"(13) The term 'United States' includes the several States, the 
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, American Samoa, Guam, and Northern 
Mariana Islands.". 
SEC. 2. MORATORIUM ON TAKING AND IMPORTING MARINE MAMMALS. 
Section 101 of the Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1371) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking out the first four sentences of paragraph (2) 
and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(2) Marine 
mammals may be taken incidentally in the course of com-
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note. 
"United States." 
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note. 
mercial fishing operations and permits may be issued there-
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for under section 104 subject to regulations prescribed by the 
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Secretary in accordance with section 103. In any event it 
shall be the immediate goal that the incidental kill or 
incidental serious injuiy of marine mammals permitted in 
the course of commercial fishing operations be reduced to 
insignificant levels approaching a zero mortality and serious 
injury rate; provided that this goal shall be satisfied in the 
case of the incidental taking of marine mammals in the 
course of purse seine fishing for yellowfin tuna by a continu-
ation of the application of the best marine mammal safety 
techniques and equipment that are economically and tech-
nologically practicable.", 
(B) by striking out "is classified as belonging to an endan-
gered species or threatened species pursuant to the Endan-
gered Species Act of 1973 or" in paragraph (3)(B), and 
(C) by adding at the end thereof the following new 
para^aphs: 
"(4)(A) During any period of five consecutive years, the Secretary 
shall allow the incidental, but not the intentional, taking, by citizens 
of the United States while engaging in commercial fishing oper-
ations, of small numbers of marine mammals of a species or popula-
tion stock that is not depleted if the Secretary, after notice and 
opportunity for public comment— 
"(i) finds that the total of such taking during such five-year 
period will have a negligible impact on such species or stock; and 
"(ii) provides guidelines pertaining to the establishment of a 
cooperative system among the fishermen involved for the moni-
toring of such taking. 
"(B) The Secretary shall withdraw, or suspend for a time certain, 
the permission to take marine mammals under subparagraph (A) if 
the Secretary finds, after notice and opportunity for public comment, 
that— 
"(i) the taking allowed under subparagraph (A) is having more 
than a negligible impact on the species or stock concerned; or 
"(ii) the policies, purposes and goals of this Act would be better 
served through the application of this title without regard to this 
subsection. 
Sections 103 and 104 shall not apply to the taking of marine 
mammals under the authority of this paragraph. 
"(5)(A) Upon request therefor by citizens of the United States who 
engage in a specified activity (other than commercial fishing) within 
a specified geographical region, the Secretary shall allow, during 
periods of not more than five consecutive years each, the incidental, 
but not intentional, taking by citizens while engaging in that activity 
within that region of small numbers of marine mammals of a species 
or population stock that is not depleted if the Secretary, after notice 
(in the Federal Register and in newspapers of 
general circulation, and 
through appropriate electronic media, in the coastal areas that may 
be affected by such activity) and opportunity for public comment— 
"(i) finds that the total of such taking during each five-year (or 
less) period concerned will have a negligible impact on such 
species or stock and its habitat, and on the availability of such 
species or stock for taking for subsistence uses pursuant to 
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subsection (b) or section 109(f); and 
"(ii) prescribes regulations setting forth— 
(I) permissible methods of taking pursuant to such activ-
ity, and other means of effecting the least practicable 
Notice, 
publication in 
Federal 
Register. 
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95 STAT. 981 
adverse impact on such species or stock and its habitat, 
pa3ring particular attention to rookeries, mating grounds, 
and areas of similar significance; and 
"(ID requirements pertaining to the monitoring and 
reporting of 
such taking. 
"(B) The Secretary shall withdraw, or suspend for a time certain 
(either on an individual or class basis, as appropriate) the permission 
to take marine mammals under subparagraph (A) pursuant to a 
specified activity within a specified geographical region if the Secre-
tary finds, after notice and opportunity for public comment (as 
required under subparagraph (A) unless subparagraph (C)(i) applies), 
that— 
"(i) the regulations prescribed under subparagraph (A) regard-
ing methods of taking, monitoring, or reporting are not being 
substantially complied with by a person engaging in such activ-
ity; or 
"(ii) the taking allowed under subparagraph (A) pursuant to 
one or more activities within one or more regions is having, or 
may have, more than a negligible impact on the species or stock 
concerned. 
"(C)(i) The requirement for notice and opportunity for public Emergency 
comment in subparagraph (B) shall not apply in the case of a situation. 
suspension of permission to take if the Secretary determines that an 
emergency exists which poses a significant risk to the well-being of 
the species or stock concerned. 
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mammals under the authority of 
this paragraph."; and 
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(2) by amending subsection (b)— 
(A) by amending the matter preceding paragraph (1) to 
read as follows: Except as provided in section 109, the Post, p. 982. 
provisions of this Act shall not apply with respect to the 
taking of any marine mammal by any Indian, Aleut, or 
Eskimo who resides in Alaska and who dwells on the coast 
of the North Pacific Ocean or the Arctic Ocean if such 
taking—", and 
(B) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: 
"(1) is for subsistence purposes; or". 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITIONS AND PENALTIES. 
(a) PROHIBITIONS.—(1) Section 102(a) of the Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 
1372(a)) is amended— 
(A) by inserting "109," immediately after "104," in the matter 
preceding paragraph (1); 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and 
(C) by striking out paragraph (3) and inserting in lieu thereof 
the following: 
"(3) for any person, with respect to any marine mammal taken 
in violation of this title, to possess that mammal or any product 
from that mammal; 
"(4) for any person to transport, purchase, sell, or offer to 
purchase or sell any marine mammal or marine mammal prod-
uct; and". 
(2) Section 102(b)(3) of such Act is amended by striking out "or 
which has been listed as an endangered species or threatened species 
pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973". 
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(3) Section 102(d)(1) of such Act is amended by striking out "or "^^'^ 
endangered". 
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(b) PENALTIES.—Section 105(a) of the Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1375(a)) 
is amended by inserting "(1)" immediately after "(a)" and by insert-
ing at the end thereof the following new paragraph: 
'(2) In any case involving an alleged unlawful importation of a 
marine mammal or marine mammal product, if such importation is 
made by an individual for his own personal or family use (which does 
not include importation as an accommodation to others or for sale or 
other commercial use), the Secretary may, in lieu of instituting a 
proceeding under paragraph (1), allow the individual to abandon the 
mammal or product, under procedures to be prescribed by the 
Secretary, to the enforcement officer at the port of entry.". 
SEC. 4. STATE MANAGEMENT. 
(a) TRANSFER OF MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY.—Section 109 of the Act 
of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1379) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (k) 
and (1), respectively; and 
(2) by striking out subsections (a) and (b) and inserting in lieu 
thereof the following: 
"SEC. 109. (a) No State may enforce, or attempt to enforce, any 
State law or regulation relating to the taking of any species (which 
term for purposes of this section includes any population stock) of 
marine mammal within the State unless the Secretary has trans-
ferred authority for the conservation and management of that species 
(hereinafter referred to in this section as 'management authority') to 
the State under subsection (b)(1). 
State 
"(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and subsection (f), the Secretary 
conservation and shall transfer management authority for a species of marine 
wn^fm™^" 
mammal to a State if the Secretary finds, after notice and opportu-
nity for public comment, that the State has developed and will 
implement a program for the conservation and management of the 
species that— 
"(A) is consistent with the purposes, policies, and goals of this 
Act and with international treaty obligations; 
"(B) requires that all taking of the species be humane; 
"(C) does not permit the taking of the species unless and 
until— 
"(i) the State has determined, under a process consistent 
with the standards set forth in subsection (c)— 
"(I) that the species is at its optimum sustainable 
population (hereinafter in this section referred to as 
'OSP'), and 
"(II) the maximum number of animals of that species 
that may be taken without reducing the species below 
its OSP, and 
"(ii) the determination required under clause (i) is final 
and implemented under State law, and, if a cooperative 
allocation agreement for the species is required under sub-
section (d)(1), such an agreement is implemented; 
"(D) does not permit the taking of a number of animals of the 
species that exceeds the maximum number determined pursuant 
to subparagraph (C)(i)(II), and, in the case of taking for subsist-
ence uses (as defined in subsection (f)(2)), does not permit the 
taking of a number of animals that would be inconsistent with 
the maintenance of the species at its OSP; 
"(E) does not permit the taking of the species for scientific 
research and public display purposes, except for taking for such 
purposes that is undertaken by, or on behalf of, the State; 
programs. 
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95 STAT. 983 
"(F) provides procedures for acquiring data, and evaluating 
such data and other new evidence, relating to the OSP of the 
species, and the maximum take that would maintain the species 
at that level, and, if required on the basis of such evaluation, for 
amending determinations under subparagraph (C)(i); 
"(G) provides procedures for the resolution of differences 
between the State and the Secretary that might arise during the 
development of a cooperative allocation agreement under subsec-
tion (d)(1); and 
"(H) provides for the submission of an annual report to the 
Secretary regarding the administration of the program during 
the reporting period. 
"(2) During the period between the transfer of management author-
ity for a species to a State under paragraph (1) and the time at which 
the implementation requirements under paragraph (l)(C)(ii) are 
complied with— 
"(A) the State program shall not apply with respect to the 
taking of the species within the State for any purpose, or under 
any condition, provided for under section 101; and 
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(B) the Secretary shall continue to regulate, under this title, 
all takings of the species within the State. 
"(3) After the determination required under paragraph (l)(C)(i) 
regarding a species is final and implemented under State law and 
after a cooperative allocation agreement described in subsection 
(d)(1), if required, is implemented for such species— 
"(A) such determination shall be treated, for purposes of 
applying this title beyond the territory of the State, as a determi-
nation made in accordance with section 103 and as an applicable 16 USC 1373. 
waiver under section 101(a)(3); 
"(B) the Secretary shall regulate, without regard to this section 
other than the allocations specified under such an agreement, 
the taking of the species— 
"(i) incidentally in the course of commercial fishing oper-
ations (whether provided for under section 101(a) (2) or (4)), ^^te, pp. 979, 
or in the course of other specified activities provided for 
under section 101(a)(5), in the zone described in section 
3(14)(B), and 
^«<e, p. 979. 
"(ii) for scientific research or public display purposes 
(other than by, or on behalf of, the State), except that any 
taking authorized under a permit issued pursuant to section 
101(a)(1) after the date of the enactment of the 1981 amend-
ment to this subsection allowing the removal of live animals 
from habitat within the State shall not be effective if the 
State agency disapproves, on or before the date of issuance of 
the permit, such taking as being inconsistent with the State 
program; and 
"(C) section 101(b) shall not apply. 
"(c) The State process required under subsection (b)(1)(C) must Compliance 
comply with the following standards: 
standards. 
"(1) The State agency with management authority for the 
species (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 'State 
agency') must make an initial determination regarding the 
factors described in clause (i) of that subsection. The State agency 
must identify, and make available to the public under reasonable 
circumstances, the documentation supporting such initial deter-
mination. Unless request for a hearing under paragraph (2) 
regarding the initial determination is timely made, the initial 
determination shall be treated as final under State law. 
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Hearing. 
Public notice. 
Judicial review. 
Cooperative 
allocation 
agreement. 
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Ante, p. 979. 
Regulations. 
5 u s e 601 note. 
44 u s e 101 note. 
46 FR 13193. 
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Revocation of 
authority 
transfer. 
"(2) The State agency shall provide opportunity, at the request 
of any interested party, for a hearing with respect to the initial 
determination made by it under paragraph (1) at which inter-
ested parties may— 
"(A) present oral and written evidence in support of or 
against such determination; and 
"(B) cross-examine persons presenting evidence at the 
hearing. 
The State agency must give public notice of the hearing and 
make available to the public within a reasonable time before 
commencing the hearing a list of the witnesses for the State and 
a general description of the documentation and other evidence 
that will be relied upon by such witnesses. 
"(3) The State agency, solely on the basis of the record 
developed at a hearing held pursuant to paragraph (2), must 
make a decision regarding its initial determination under para-
graph (1) and shall include with the record a statement of the 
findings and conclusions, smd the reason or basis therefor, on all 
material issues. 
"(4) Opportunity for judicial review of the decision made by the 
State agency on the record under paragraph (3), under scope of 
review equivalent to that provided for in section 706(2) (A) 
through (E) of title 5, United States Code, must be available 
under State law. The Secretary may not initiate judicial review 
of any such decision. 
"(d)(1) If the range of a species with respect to which a determina-
tion under paragraph (l)(CXi) of subsection (b) is made extends 
beyond the territorial waters of the State, the State agency and the 
Secretary (who shall first coordinate with the Marine Mammal 
Commission and the appropriate Regional Fishery Management 
Council established under section 302 of the Act of April 13,1976 (16 
U.S.C. 1852)) shall enter into a cooperative allocation agreement 
providing procedures for allocating, on a timely basis, such of the 
number of animals, as determined under paragraph (l)(C)(i)(II) of 
subsection (b), as may be appropriate with priority of allocation being 
given firstly to taking for subsistence uses in the case of the State of 
Alaska, and secondly to taking for purposes provided for under 
section 101(a) within the zone described in section 3(14XB). 
"(2) If the State agency requests the Secretary to regulate the 
taking of a species to which paragraph (1) applies within the zone 
described in section 3(14)(B) for subsistence uses or for hunting, or 
both, in a manner consistent with the regulation by the State agency 
of such taking within the State, the Secretary shall adopt, and 
enforce within such zone, such of the State agency's regulatory 
provisions as the Secretary considers to be consistent with his 
administration of section 101(a) within such zone. The Secretary shall 
adopt such provisions through the issuance of regulations under 
section 553 of title 5, United States Code, and with respect to such 
issuance the Regulatory Flexibility Act, the Paperwork Reduction 
Act, Executive Order Numbered 12291, dated February 17,1981, and 
the thirty-day notice requirement in subsection (d) of such section 553 
shall not apply. For purposes of sections 105, 106, and 107, such 
regulations shall be treated as having been issued under this title. 
(e)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall revoke, after 
opportunity for a hearing, any transfer of management authority 
made to a State under subsection (b)(1) if the Secretary finds that the 
State program for the conservation and management of the species 
concerned is not being implemented, or is being implemented in a 
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Revocation 
conditions. 
manner inconsistent with the provisions of this section or the 
provisions of the program. The Secretary shall also establish a 
procedure for the voluntary return by a State to the Secretary of 
species management authority that was previously transferred to the 
State under subsection (b)(1). 
"(2)(A) The Secretary may not revoke a transfer of management 
authority under paragraph (1) unless— 
**(i) the Secretary provides to the State a written notice of 
intent to revoke together with a statement, in detail, of those 
actions, or failures to act, on which such intent is based; and 
"(ii) during the ninety-day period after the date of the notice of 
intent to revoke— 
"(I) the Secretary provides opportunity for consultation 
between him and the State concerning such State actions or 
failures to act and the remedial measures that should be 
taken by the State, and 
"(II) the State does not take such remedial measures as are 
necessary, in the judgment of the Secretary, to bring its 
conservation and management program, or the administra-
tion or enforcement of the program, into compliance with 
the provisions of this section. 
"(B) When a revocation by the Secretary of a transfer of manage-
ment authority to a State becomes final, or the State voluntarily 
returns management authority to the Secretary, the Secretary shall 
regulate the taking, and provide for the conservation and manage-
ment, of the species within the State in accordance with the provi-
sions of this Act (and in the case of Alaskan Natives, section 101(b) ^^te, p. 981. 
and subsection (i) of this section shall apply upon such revocation or 
return of management authority). 
"(f)(1) The Secretary may not transfer management authority to 
the State of Alaska under subsection (b)(1) for any species of marine 
mammal unless— 
"(A) the State has adopted and will implement a statute and 
regulations that insure that the taking of the species for subsist-
ence uses— 
"(i) is accomplished in a nonwasteful manner, 
"(ii) will be the priority consumptive use of the species, 
and 
"(iii) if required to be restricted, such restriction will be 
based upon— 
"(I) the customary and direct dependence upon the 
species as the mainstay of livelihood, 
"(II) local residency, and 
"(III) the availability of alternative resources; and 
"(B) the State has adopted a statute or regulation that requires 
that any consumptive use of marine mammal species, other than 
for subsistence uses, will be authorized during a regulatory year 
only if the appropriate agency first makes findings, based on an 
administrative record before it, that— 
"(i) such use will have no significant adverse impact upon 
subsistence uses of the species, and 
"(ii) the regulation of such use, including, but not limited 
to, licensing of marine mammal hunting guides and the 
assignment of guiding areas, will, to the maximum extent 
practicable, provide economic opportunities for the residents 
of the rural coastal villages of Alaska who engage in subsist-
ence uses of that species. 
Authority 
transfer to State 
of Alaska, 
restrictions. 
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Definitions. 
"(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term 'subsistence uses' 
means the customary and traditional uses by rural Alaska residents 
of marine mammals for direct personal or family consumption as 
food, shelter, fuel, clothing, tools, or transportation; for the making 
and selling of handicraft articles out of nonedible byproducts of 
marine mammals taken for personal or family consumption; and for 
barter, or sharing for personal or family consumption. As used in this 
paragraph— 
"(A) The term 'family' means all persons related by blood, 
marriage, or adoption, or any person living within a household 
on a permanent basis. 
"(B) The term 'barter' means the exchange of marine mam-
mals or their parts, taken for subsistence uses— 
"(i) for other wildlife or fish or their parts, or 
"(ii) for other food or for nonedible items other than money 
if the exchange is of a limited and noncommercial nature. 
"(g) Neither the transfer of management authority to a State under 
subsection (b)(1), nor the revocation or voluntary return of such 
authority under subsection (e), shall be deemed to be an action for 
which an environmental impact statement is required under section 
102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. 
"(h) Nothing in this title shall prevent a Federal, State, or local 
government official or employee or a person designated under section 
112(c) from taking, in the course of his duties as an official, employee, 
or designee, a marine mammal in a humane manner (including 
euthanasia) if such taking is for— 
"(1) the protection or welfare of the mammal, 
"(2) the protection of the public health and welfare, or 
"(3) the nonlethal removal of nuisance animals, 
and, in any case in which the return of the mammal to its natural 
habitat is feasible, includes steps designed to achieve that result, 
"(i) The Secretary may (after providing notice thereof in the 
Federal Register and in newspapers of general circulation, and 
through appropriate electronic media, in the affected area and 
providing opportunity for a hearing thereon in such area) prescribe 
regulations requiring the marking, tagging, and reporting of animals 
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taken pursuant to section 101(b). 
Grants. 
"(j) The Secretary may make grants to States to assist them— 
"(1) in developing programs, to be submitted for approval 
under subsection (b), for the conservation and management of 
species of marine mammals; and 
"(2) in administering such programs if management authority 
for such species is transferred to the State under such subsection. 
Grants made under this subsection may not exceed 50 per centum of 
the costs of developing a State program before Secretarial approval, 
or of administering the program thereafter.". 
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(b) No EFFECT ON CERTAIN COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Nothing in 
note. 
the amendments made by subsection (a) shall be construed as 
affecting in any manner, or to any extent, any cooperative agreement 
entered into by a State under section 6(c) of the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535(c)) before, on, or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. MARINE MAMMAL RESEARCH. 
Section 110(a) of the Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1380(a)) is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new sentences: "In carrying 
out this subsection, the Secretary shall undertake a program of, and 
shall provide financial assistance for, research into new methods of 
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95 STAT. 987 
locating and catching yellowfin tuna without the incidental taking of 
marine mammals. The Secretary shall include a description of the 
annual results of 
research carried out under this section in the report 
required under section 103(0.". 
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L COMMISSION. 
Title n of the Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1401-1407) is amended— 
(1) by striking out "furnish its reports and recommendations to 1
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him, before publication, for his comment." in section 202(b) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "provide each annual report required 
under section 204, before submission to Congress, to the Secre-
tarv for comment."; and 
(2) by inserting ", or provide such grants to," immediately after i^ use uoe. 
"agreements with" in section 206(3). 
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(a) DEPARTMENT OP COMMERCE.—There are authorized to be appro- I6 use i384. 
priated to the Department of Commerce, for purposes of carrying out 
such functions and responsibilities as it may have been given under 
title I of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, $7,223,000 for I6 use 1371. 
fiscal year 1982, $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1983, and $8,800,000 for 
fiscal year 1984. 
(b) DEPARTMENT OP THE INTERIOR.—There are authorized to be 1
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appropriated to the Department of the Interior, for purposes of 
carrying out such functions and responsibilities as it may have been 
given under such title I, $1,600,000 for fiscal year 1982, $1,760,000 for 
fiscal year 1983, and $2,000,000 for 
fiscal 
year 1984. 
(c) MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION.—There are authorized to be I6 use i407. 
appropriated to the Marine Mammal Commission, for purposes of 
carrying out title II of such Act of 1972, $672,000 for fiscal year 1982, I6 use i4oi. 
$1,000,000 for fiscal year 1983, and $1,100,000 for fiscal year 1984. 
Approved October 9, 1981. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4084: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 97-228 (eomm. on Merchant Marine and Fisheries). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 127 (1981): 
Sept. 21, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 29, considered and passed Senate.