,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #dah  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,june #c1 #bjai,mr4 
,heck submitted the following           
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,oversight and ,reform    
,,resolution  ,expressing support for   
recognition of ,june #bjai as ,national 
,orca ,protection ,month4  ,whereas     
orcas are an icon of the ,pacific       
,northwest2 ,whereas orcas are          
culturally and spiritually important to 
,indian ,tribes in the ,pacific         
,northwest2 ,whereas the ,puget ,sound  
is home to three pods of ,southern      
,resident orcas2 ,whereas the ,southern 
,resident orca population has declined  
dramatically over the past #ej years2   
,whereas the ,southern ,resident orcas  
are among the most contaminated marine  
mammals in the world2 ,whereas the      
,southern ,resident orcas are threatened
 by declining chinook salmon            
populations2 ,whereas the ,southern     
,resident orcas have been protected     

under the ,endangered ,species ,act of  
#aigc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #aeca et seq47     
since #bjje and are one of the most     
endangered marine mammal populations in 
the world2 ,whereas ,june #bjai has been
 recognized by the ,states of           
,washington and ,oregon as ,orca        
,awareness ,month2 and ,whereas the     
,federal ,government has an obligation  
to protect and restore the ,southern    
,resident orca population3 ,now1        
therefore1 be it  ,that the ,house of   
,representatives supports recognition of
 ,national ,orca ,protection ,month4