113 HR 4032 IH: North Texas Invasive Species Barrier Act of 2014 U.S. House of Representatives 2014-02-11 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4032 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 11, 2014 Mr. Hall (for himself, Mr. Sessions, and Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To exempt from Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 certain water transfers by the North Texas Municipal Water District and the Greater Texoma Utility Authority, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the North Texas Invasive Species Barrier Act of 2014.

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Compliance with Lacey Act Amendment of 1981

The Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.) and section 42 of title 18, United States Code, shall not apply with respect to any water transfer by the North Texas Municipal Water District and the Greater Texoma Utility Authority using only closed conveyance systems from the Lake Texoma raw water intake structure to treatment facilities at which all genera and species prohibited in accordance with such Act or such section, respectively, are extirpated and removed from the water transferred.