H.R. 4869: Prescott Marine Mammal Stranding Program Amendments of 2004

108th Congress · introduced 2004-07-20 · Animals · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.

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Where it came from: introduced 2004-07-20 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Prescott Marine Mammal Stranding Program Amendments of 2004

Plain summary

Prescott Marine Mammal Stranding Program Amendments of 2004 - Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to authorize appropriations for FY 2005 through 2010 for: (1) the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program to provide grants to eligible stranding network participants for the recovery or treatment of marine mammals, the collection of data from living or dead stranded marine mammals for scientific research regarding marine mammal health, and related facility operation costs; and (2) the Marine Mammal Unusual Mortality Event Fund to compensate persons for certain special costs associated with the contingency plan for responding to any unusual mortality event, for reimbursing any stranding network participant for costs incurred in preparing and transporting tissues collected with respect to such event for the Tissue Bank, and for care and maintenance of a marine mammal seized for lack of a permit.

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Prescott Marine Mammal Stranding Program Amendments of 2004

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1] · 0 cosponsors

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Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Fiscal year: The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108hr4869.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/hr>

Record fed-us-cong108-hr4869 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108