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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1 115-1030
STREAMLINING ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVALS ACT OF
2017
NOVEMBER 16, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 3133]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 3133) to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of
1972 to reduce unnecessary permitting delays by clarifying associ-
ated procedures to increase economic development and support
coastal restoration programs, and for other purposes, having con-
sidered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and
recommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 3133 is to amend the Marine Mammal Pro-
tection Act of 1972 to reduce unnecessary permitting delays by
clarifying associated procedures to increase economic development
and support coastal restoration programs.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA, 16 U.S.C.
1361 et seq.) established a moratorium on the taking of marine
mammals in U.S. waters, as well as on importing marine mammals
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