SAFE for Manatees Act

This bill would require the Secretary of the Interior, through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to study places that could serve as habitat for manatees now using areas near coastal industrial sites in Florida that are being shut down in ways that will change water temperatures. The study would look at natural warm water locations not currently used by manatees and places where artificial warm water refuges could be built. Working with the Army Corps of Engineers, the Secretary would develop possible methods and construction plans for such refuges. The study must be coordinated with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and a public report on the results would be due within 180 days of the bill becoming law.

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Sponsors

• Daniel Webster Republican sponsor
• 6 cosponsors