PUBLIC LAW 100-711—NOV. 23, 1988
102 STAT. 4771
(e)(1) Section 101(a)(3)(B) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1371(a)(3)(B)) is amended by inserting, immediately after "scientific research purposes", the following: "or enhancing the survival or recovery of a species or stock". (2) Section 102(b) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1372(b)) is amended by striking "research" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "research, or for enhancing the survival or recovery dTa species or stock,". (3) Section 109(b) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1379(b)) is amended— (A) in paragraph (1)(E), by striking "research and public display purposes and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "research, public display, or enhancing the survival or recovery of a species or stock"; and (B) in paragraph (3)(B)(ii), by striking "research or public display purposes and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "research, public display, or enhEmcing the survival or recovery of a species or stock". (4) Section 202(a)(2) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1402(a)(2)) is amended by inserting, immediately after "scientific research", the following: ", public display, or enhancing the survival or recovery of a species or stock". AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
SBC. 6. Section 7 of the Act entitled "An Act to improve the operation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, and for other purposes", approved October 9, 1981 (16 U.S.C. 1384 and 1407) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following new sentence: "There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Commerce, for purposes of carrying out such functions and responsibilities as it may have been given under such title (other than section 114(e)(8)), $12,250,000 for fiscal year 1989, $12,740,000 for fiscal year 1990, $13,250,000 for fiscal year 1991, $13,780,000 for fiscal year 1992, and $14,331,000 for fiscal year 1993."; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking "and" immediately after "1985,"; and (B) by striking "and 1988" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "1988, and 1989, $3,120,000 for fiscal year 1990, $3,240,000 for fiscal year 1991, $3,370,000 for fiscal year 1992, and $3,500,000 for fiscal year 1993"; and (3) in subsection (c)— (A) by stri^ng "and" immediately after "1983,"; and (B) by striking "and 1988" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "1988, and 1989, $1,140,000 for fiscal year 1990, $1,190,000 for fiscal year 1991, $1,230,000 for fiscal year 1992, and $1,280,000 for fiscal year 1993". STUDY ON MORTALITY OF ATLANTIC DOLPHIN
SBC. 7. (a) The Secretary of Commerce shall conduct a study Diseases. r^arding the east coast epidemic during 1987 and 1988 which has 16 USC 1361 caused substantial mortality within the North Atlantic coastal note. population of Atlantic bottle-nosed dolphin. The study shall examine—
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