16 U.S.C. § 1421h
Definitions
United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective
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- 16 U.S.C. § 1421h, Definitions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/447053
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In this subchapter, the following definitions apply:
The term “entangle” or “entanglement” means an event in the wild in which a living or dead marine mammal has gear, rope, line, net, or other material wrapped around or attached to the marine mammal and is—
The term “stranding” means an event in the wild in which—
a marine mammal is dead and is—
a marine mammal is alive and is—
The term “unusual mortality event” means a stranding that—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Oceans Act of 1992House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Marine Mammal Protection Act Amendments of 1994House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Striped Bass Conservation, Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Management, and Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Act of 2000House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023