H.R. 10776, Marine Mammal Protection Rollback. Quorum's AI analysis reads it as a net cost — and names who bears it.
H.R. 10776 · Net cost
What it does
This bill weakens protections for marine mammals by removing language requiring the least harmful methods and replacing it with vague 'economically feasible' standards. It narrows the definition of harmful 'take' from potential injury to actual injury, eliminates five-year review cycles, and bars regulators from using precautionary science—forcing them to ignore uncertainty and act only on proven harm, even when species face extinction risk.
The analysis names offshore energy companies (oil, gas, wind) — and 4 more groups — among the beneficiaries.
The cost
Eliminates five-year review cycles, removing automatic checkpoints to reassess whether protections are working—industry gains permanent exemptions without periodic re-evaluation.
The analysis put a high warning level on this bill. Transparency scores 65%, and the analysis found no provisions unrelated to the bill's subject.
Who is behind it
Filed by Mike Ezell.
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