; and (B) the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives. (b) Mitigation protocols required (1) In general The Secretary of Commerce, in concurrence with the Secretary of the Interior and in consultation with the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Transportation, and affected stakeholders, shall develop mitigation protocols that make use of any monitoring system designed under section 11303 of the Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022 ( 16 U.S.C. 1391 ) to direct sector-specific mitigation measures that reduce the risk of serious injury and mortality to Rice’s whales in the Eastern Planning Area of the Gulf of Mexico. (2) Prohibitions The mitigation protocols developed under paragraph (1) may not include— (A) any prohibitions on transit at night; or (B) implementation of a vessel speed or vessel operational restriction. (c) National security The Secretary of Commerce shall, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, provide in any interim or final rule described in subsection (a) an exception for national security activities. (d) Definition of core habitat For purposes of this section, the term core habitat , with respect to Rice's whales, has the meaning given the term Bryde’s whale area in the Biological Opinion on the Federally Regulated Oil and Gas Program Activities in the Gulf of Mexico published by the Department of Commerce on March 13, 2020.