In CommitteeFiled Apr 22, 2026
Sponsor: Rep. Liccardo, Sam T. [D-CA-16] (D)
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Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Apr 22, 2026
Summary
The bill would set up a Cetacean Desk inside the San Francisco Vessel Traffic Service to monitor and share information about large cetaceans and to work with ship operators to reduce strikes and disturbances. It would be staffed with up to two full‑time positions and could use new technologies and data from federal, state and other sources. The program would run for four years and require annual reports to Congress.
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