# 116-hr-8795: Marine Mammal Climate Change Protection Act

116-hr-8795, Marine Mammal Climate Change Protection Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA); status Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-8795
- Congress: 116
- Title: Marine Mammal Climate Change Protection Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Introduced: 2020-11-20
- Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Animals
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Marine Mammal Climate Change Protection Act This bill updates the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to address the effects of climate change, including by establishing a program to monitor the adverse impacts of climate change on marine animals and requiring the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to create a process to list and promote the conservation marine mammal species and population stocks in waters under U.S. jurisdiction for which climate change has more than a remote possibility of resulting in a decline in population, impeding population recovery, or reducing carrying capacity.

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- 116-hr-8769: Sustainable Aviation Fuel Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-8795 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8795)

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- [116-hr-8909: Climate Agricultural Conservation Practices Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8909)
- [116-hr-8820: PASS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8820)
- [116-hr-8801: Air America Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8801)
- [116-hr-8769: Sustainable Aviation Fuel Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8769)
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