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118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-716
REQUIRING INTEGRITY IN CONSERVATION EFFORTS ACT
OCTOBER 25, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 6008]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 6008) to prohibit the implementation of certain docu-
ments until the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the Na-
tional Marine Fisheries Service issues documents relating to the
Rice's whale, having considered the same, reports favorably there-
on with amendments and recommends that the bill as amended do
pass.
The amendments are as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Requiring Integrity in Conservation Efforts Act or
as the R.I.C.E.'s Whale Act.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN ACTIONS UNTIL ISSUANCE OF DOC-
UMENTS RELATING TO RICE'S WHALE.
(a) IN GENERAL.-
(1) COMPLIANCE WITH BIOLOGICAL OPINION.-Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, with respect to current and future federally regulated oil and gas
program activities in the Gulf of Mexico, compliance with the Biological Opinion
shall serve to fully satisfy the requirements of applicable Federal environmental
laws, including the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the
Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C.1371 et seq.).
(2) BOEM ACTIONS.-The Assistant Administrator and the Director may not
implement, administer, or enforce the BOEM Actions until the Assistant Ad-
ministrator issues a revised Biological Opinion as a result of reinitiated con-
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