H. R. 8158 wants the Secretary of the Army to get special sound machines to keep sea lions away from a dam, and it gives them $400,000 to do this, but it doesn’t explain exactly how the money should be spent or check if the machines really work.

H.R. 8704 wants to help protect big whales, like the North Atlantic right whales, by giving money to projects that try to keep whales safe from boats and other things in the ocean. The plan is to use up to $10 million to support people and organizations who come up with ideas to make the ocean a safer place for these whales.