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Washington, D.C. --- Stating that the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) should be strengthened with reauthorization this year, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), ranking Democrat on the House Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, introduced legislation today that preserves the acts 1972 vision of both marine mammal protection and precaution, and incorporates the best ideas offered by the Bush administration and interested parties ranging from the sportfishing and public display industries to the animal welfare and environmental communities.