# 119-hr-8496: Marine Mammal Climate Change Protection Act of 2026

119-hr-8496, Marine Mammal Climate Change Protection Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-03).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8496
- Congress: 119
- Title: Marine Mammal Climate Change Protection Act of 2026
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-04-27
- Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 9
- Policy area: Animals
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-11-03

## Summary

**This bill would create a __climate-driven conservation framework for marine mammal species and population stocks in U.S. waters__.** It sets deadlines for listing at-risk stocks, requires climate impact management plans, and builds a NOAA monitoring program to track climate effects.

## Cosponsors (9)

- Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA), 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Min, Dave [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI), 2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA), 2026-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- List of climate-impacted mammals: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary to publish a list within 24 months of marine mammal species and stocks likely to decline because of climate change. The list would mark stocks likely affected within 20 years and ESA-listed stocks with possible impacts within 100 years. The bill woul…
- NOAA marine mammal monitoring: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would require NOAA to set up a program to monitor how climate change affects marine mammals. The program would track shifts in distribution and abundance and watch interactions with fisheries and other human activities. It would aim to detect a 20% population decline over 20 ye…
- Review international marine mammal agreements: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary to periodically review agreements with other countries about transboundary marine mammal stocks and their prey when climate change affects them. Through the Secretary of State, the Administration would be required to start amendments or new negotiati…
- Funding for marine mammal work: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would authorize annual amounts for FY2027 through FY2031: $10 million per year to NOAA, $5 million per year to the Department of the Interior, and $1 million per year to the Marine Mammal Commission. These are authorizations only; Congress would still have to appropriate the fu…
- Climate management plans and duties: mixed, low. If enacted, the Secretary would have to write Climate Impact Management Plans (CIMPs) for each listed species or stock. Drafts for stocks likely affected within 20 years would be published within 18 months after listing, and drafts for certain ESA-listed stocks within 30 months; drafts would have u…
- Climate in stock and take limits: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary to consider climate-change harms when setting the Potential Biological Removal (PBR) recovery factor in stock assessments. The Secretary would also reexamine stock definitions and geographic ranges to spot climate-driven distribution changes and asse…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-8496 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8496)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
- [119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5390)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8496 (as of 2026-11-03).