Dolphin Death Bills The two new bills are H.R.408 and S.39. They are virtually identical to the Dolphin Death Acts of last year (H.R.2823 and S.1420). House Report 105-74, The International Dolphin Conservation Program Act, accompanies H.R. 408 and includes dissenting viewpoints, highlighted below. A word of warning: These bills are not obvious from the way they are written. For example, these bills repeal the embargo against dolphin-deadly tuna, allowing such tuna to be imported and sold again on the American market. But the way the bills do so is to refer to specific sections in existing law by number and repeal them; so someone who reads the bill may not understand what is going on. The bill summaries have been prepared by sympathetic (and pathetic) Republican staff members, so the summaries, while more revealing to most human beings (except lawyers) than the actual text of the bills, are biased and misleading, too. Text of Bills Links to the Thomas Website, maintained by the Library of Congress HR408 Bill Summary and Status Text of Bill Digest Cosponsors S.39 Bill Summary and Status Text of Bill Digest Cosponsors Dissenting Viewpoint from House Report 105-74 Full text of House Report 105-74 Part 1 ; Part 2

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