Orca Responsibility and Care Advancement Act of 2017

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29 cosponsors · 28 D, 1 R

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This bill amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to prohibit taking, importing, or exporting the killer whale (orcinus orca) species, or any product that contains that species, for public display purposes. However, the killer whale may be exported if it is being transported to a marine mammal sanctuary.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 16, 2017

Orca Responsibility and Care Advancement Act of 2017

The bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit any person from artificially inseminating or breeding that species in order to use their progeny for public display purposes.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Orca Responsibility and Care Advancement Act of 2017

Latest action (Apr 11, 2017): Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

Policy area: Animals · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 16, 2017

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.