H.R. 4323 · 118th Congress

Protecting Whales, Human Safety and the Economy Act of 2023

Introduced on Jun 23, 2023 by Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1). 21 cosponsors, 1 of them from another party. Latest action (Jun 26, 2023): Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jun 23, 2023
Cosponsors
21
1 from the other party
Policy area
Animals
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To prohibit the issuance of an interim or final rule that amends, updates, modifies, or replaces the North Atlantic Right Whale vessel strike reduction rule until mitigation protocols are fully developed and deployed.

Subjects

  • Animal protection and human-animal relationships
  • Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Endangered and threatened species
  • Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
  • Mammals
  • Navigation, waterways, harbors
  • Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Earl L. "Buddy" CarterR-GA-1Sponsor

Democrats · 1

Republicans · 20

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Jun 23, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Jun 23, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Jun 23, 2023 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  4. Jun 26, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION11 reports
    $3.5M reported (all issues)
  2. AMERICAN SPORTFISHING ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $210K reported (all issues)
  3. GARMIN INTERNATIONAL5 reports
    $790K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: GARMIN INTERNATIONAL, INC.$291.1K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  4. OHIO FARM BUREAU FEDERATION5 reports
    $251K reported (all issues)
  5. SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER5 reports
    $950K reported (all issues)
  6. OCEANA, INC.4 reports
    $835K reported (all issues)
  7. Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA, Marine Group2 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  8. DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE1 report
    $39.9K reported (all issues)
  9. Earthjustice1 report
    $169.1K reported (all issues)
  10. International Fund for Animal Welfare1 report
    $20K reported (all issues)
  11. VOLVO GROUP NORTH AMERICA, LLC1 report
    $160K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.