Section was enacted as part of the Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022 and also as part of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, and not as part of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 which comprises this chapter.

For definitions of terms used in this section, see section 11301 of div. K of Puspan. L. 117–263, set out as a note under section 1390 of this title.