legislation: 115-hr-1584

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115-hr-1584 115 hr 1584 Orca Responsibility and Care Advancement Act of 2017 Animals 2017-03-16 2017-04-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture. House Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28] CA D S001150 29 Orca Responsibility and Care Advancement Act of 2017 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. 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. 2023-01-11T13:35:36Z  

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