II 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1833 To prohibit the issuance of an interim or final rule that amends, updates, modifies, or replaces the North Atlantic Right Whale vessel strike reduc- tion rule until mitigation protocols are fully developed and deployed. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 6, 2023 Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Mr. BOOZMAN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To prohibit the issuance of an interim or final rule that amends, updates, modifies, or replaces the North Atlantic Right Whale vessel strike reduction rule until mitigation protocols are fully developed and deployed. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Whales, 4 Human Safety, and the Economy Act of 2023’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:26 Jun 26, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1833.IS S1833 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1833 IS SEC. 2. CONDITIONS FOR RULES RELATED TO THE NORTH 1 ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE VESSEL STRIKE RE- 2 DUCTION RULE. 3 The Administrator of the National Oceanic and At- 4 mospheric Administration shall not issue an interim or 5 final rule that amends, updates, modifies, or replaces the 6 North Atlantic Right Whale vessel strike reduction rule 7 under section 224.105 of title 50, Code of Federal Regula- 8 tions, as in effect on January 3, 2023, until the date— 9 (1) the mitigation protocols under section 10 11303(e) of the Don Young Coast Guard Authoriza- 11 tion Act of 2022 (16 U.S.C. 1391) are fully devel- 12 oped and deployed; and 13 (2) the Secretary provides a report to the Com- 14 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Com- 15 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 16 the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the 17 House of Representatives, and Committee on Nat- 18 ural Resources of the House of Representatives on 19 how the mitigation protocols will inform any pro- 20 posed changes to section 224.105 of title 50, Code 21 of Federal Regulations. 22 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:26 Jun 26, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1833.IS S1833 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS