,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ace  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #c1         
#bjbe,mr4 ,buchanan 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,frost7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to designate the ,west ,indian 
manatee as an endangered species under  
the ,endangered ,species ,act of #aigc1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,manatee ,protection ,act of #bjbe4  #b4
 ,west ,indian manatee designated       
endangered species  7a7 ,in general     
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the species known as the ,west     
,indian manatee 7,trichechus manatus7   
shall be treated as an endangered       
species for purposes of the ,endangered 
,species ,act of #aigc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4   
#aeca et seq474  7b7 ,listing of ,west  
,indian manatee ,notwithstanding any    
other provision of law1 the ,secretary  
of the ,interior shall include the      

species known as the ,west ,indian      
manatee 7,trichechus manatus7 in the    
endangered species list published under 
section #d7;c7 of the ,endangered       
,species ,act of #aigc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4   
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