1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Marine Mammal Research and Response Act of 2019 . 2. Data collection and dissemination Section 402 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1421a ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting or entangled after stranded ; (B) in paragraph (3)— (i) by striking strandings, and inserting strandings and entanglements, including unusual mortality events, ; (ii) by inserting stranding before region ; and (iii) by striking marine mammals; and and inserting marine mammals and entangled marine mammals to allow comparison of the causes of illness and deaths in stranded marine mammals and entangled marine mammals with physical, chemical, and biological environmental parameters; and ; and (C) in paragraph (4), by striking analyses, that would allow comparison of the causes of illness and deaths in stranded marine mammals with physical, chemical, and biological environmental parameters. and inserting analyses. ; and (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: (c) Data availability (1) In general The Secretary shall develop a program to make information, including any data and metadata collected under subsection (b), available to researchers, stranding network participants, and the public— (A) to improve real-time coordination of response to stranding and entanglement events across geographic areas and between stranding coordinators; (B) to identify and quickly disseminate information on potential public health risks; (C) to facilitate integrated interdisciplinary research; (D) to facilitate peer-reviewed publications; (E) to archive regional data into 1 national database for future analyses