Sec. 2. Data collection and dissemination
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Section 402 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1421a ) is amended— in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting or entangled after stranded ; in paragraph (3)— by striking strandings, and inserting strandings and entanglements, including unusual mortality events, ; by inserting stranding before region ; and by striking marine mammals; and and inserting and entangled marine mammals to allow comparison of the causes of illness and deaths in stranded and entangled marine mammals with physical, chemical, and biological environmental parameters; and ; and in paragraph (4), by striking analyses, that would allow comparison of the causes of illness and deaths in stranded marine mammals with physical, chemical, and biological environmental parameters. and inserting analyses. ; and by striking subsection
(c)and inserting the following: The Secretary shall develop a program to make information, including any data and metadata, collected under subsection
(b)available to researchers, stranding networks, and the public— to improve real-time coordination of response to stranding and entanglement events across geographic areas and between stranding coordinators; to identify and quickly disseminate information on potential public health risks; to facilitate integrated interdisciplinary research; to facilitate peer-reviewed publications; to archive regional data into one national database for future analyses; and for education and outreach activities. The Secretary shall ensure that— all information, including data and metadata, collected under subsection
(b)is archived in a form that is readily accessible, understandable, and can be easily shared with, the public, as appropriate, through the Marine Mammal Health Map established under section 408A; and not later than 60 days after the date that any information, including any data and metadata, collected under paragraph (1), (2), or
(3)of subsection (b), is made readily available to stranding network participants, other qualified scientists, employees of the Federal Government, and the public through the Marine Mammal Health Map and the Integrated Ocean Observation System. The Secretary shall require each stranding network participant to submit to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, for inclusion in the Marine Mammal Health Map established under section 408A the following: NOAA Form 89–864 (OMB #0648–0178) and NOAA Form 89–878 (OMB #0648–0178), or similar successor form, not later than 30 days after the date of a response to a stranding or entanglement event. The information, including any data and metadata, described in paragraphs
(1)and
(2)of subsection (b), not later than 30 days after the date that the information is available or updated, as applicable. The information, including any data and metadata, described in paragraphs
(3)and
(4)of subsection (b), not later than 30 days after the date that the stranding network responds to a stranding or entanglement event. .
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