An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1978 to carry out the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972.
PL 95-136 (S.1522), enacted 10/18/1977

PUBLIC LAW 95-136—OCT. 18, 1977 
91 STAT. 1167 
Public Law 95-136 
95th Congress 
An Act 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1978 to carry out the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act of 1972. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatwes of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 110(c) 
of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1380(c)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
"(c) There are authorized to be appropriated, for the purposes of 
carrying out this section, not to exceed the following sums for the 
following fiscal years: 
" (1) $2,500,000 for each of the fiscal years ending June 30,1973, 
June 30, 1974, June 30, 1975, September 30, 1976, and Septem-
ber 30, 1977, of which one-third oi the sum appropriated for any 
such fiscal year shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior 
and two-thirds of any such sum shall be available to the Secretary 
of Commerce. 
"(2) $1,200,000, all of which shall be available to the Secretary 
of the Interior, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978. 
"(3) $200,000, all of which "shall be available to the Secretary 
of Commerce, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978.". 
SEC. 2. Section 114 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 
(16 U.S.C. 1384) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) by inserting ", and not to 
exceed $11,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30,1978," 
immediately after "fiscal years"; and 
(2) by amending subsection (b) — 
(A) by striking out "and" immediately after "June 30, 
1973,", and 
(B) by inserting ", and not to exceed $850,000 for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1978" immediat(;ly after 
"thereafter". 
SEC. 3. Section 207 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 
(16 U.S.C. 1407) is amended to read as follows: 
Oct. 18, 1977 
[S. 1522] 
Marine Mammal 
Protection Act of 
1972, 
amendment. 
Research grants. 
Appropriation 
authorizations. 
"AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS 
"SEC. 207. There are authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal 
year in which this title is enacted and for the next five fiscal years 
thereafter such sums as may be necessary to carry out this title, but 
the sums appropriated for any fiscal year other than the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1978, shall not exceed $1,000,000, and the sum 
appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, shall not 
exceed $2,000,000.". 
SEC. 4. Section 102 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 
(16 U.S.C. 1372) is amended by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
"(f) It is unlawful for any person or vessel or other conveyance 
to take any species of whale incident to commercial whaling in waters 
subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.". 
Prohibitions. 
Whales, taking. 
91 STAT. 1168 
PUBLIC LAW 95-136—OCT. 18, 1977 
33 use 476. 
SEC. 5. (a) The Congress finds that— 
(1) the navigable waters of Puget Sound in the State of Wash-
ington, and the natural resources therein, are a fragile and 
important national asset; 
(2) Puget Sound and the shore area immediately adjacent 
thereto is threatened by increased domestic and international 
traiSc of tankers carrying crude oil in bulk which increases the 
possibility of vessel collisions and oil spills; and 
(3) it is necessary to restrict such tanker traffic in Puget Sound 
in order to protect the navigable waters thereof, the natural 
resources therein, and the shore area immediately adjacent thereto, 
from environmental harm. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after the 
date of enactment of this section, no officer, employee, or other official 
of the Federal Government shall, or shall have authority to, issue, 
renew, grant, or otherwise approve any permit, license, or other 
authority for constructing, renovating, modifying, or otherwise alter-
ing a terminal, dock, or other facility in, on, or immediately adjacent 
to, or affecting the navigable waters of Puget Sound, or any other 
navigable waters in the State of Washington east of Port Angeles, 
which will or may result in any increase in the volume of crude oil 
capable of being handled at any such facility (measured as of the date 
of enactment of this section), other than oil to be refined for consump-
tion in the State of Washington. 
Approved October 18, 1977. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 95-336 accompanying H.R. 4740 (Comm. on Merchant Marine 
and Fisheries). 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-177 (Comm. on Commerce, Science, and Transportation). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, VoL 123 (1977): 
July 18, considered and passed Senate. 
Sept. 12, considered and passed House, amended, in heu of H.R. 4740. 
Oct. 4, Senate concurred in House amendment with amendments. 
Oct. 4, 5, House concurred in Senate amendments.