[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2565 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2565

 To require the establishment of a research and grant program for the 
   eradication or control of Pfiesteria piscicida and other aquatic 
                                toxins.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 26, 1997

  Mr. Jones (for himself, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. 
Price of North Carolina, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Burr of North Carolina, Mr. 
  Coble, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Hefner, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Taylor of North 
  Carolina, and Mr. Watt of North Carolina) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition 
  to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Resources, 
 Commerce, and Agriculture, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the establishment of a research and grant program for the 
   eradication or control of Pfiesteria piscicida and other aquatic 
                                toxins.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pfiesteria Research Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. PFIESTERIA AND OTHER AQUATIC TOXINS RESEARCH AND GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, the Secretary of Commerce (acting through the Director of the 
National Marine Fisheries Service of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration), the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
(acting through the Director of the National Institute of Environmental 
Health Sciences and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention), and the Secretary of Agriculture shall--
            (1) establish a research program for the eradication or 
        control of Pfiesteria piscicida and other aquatic toxins; and
            (2) make grants to colleges, universities, and other 
        entities in affected States for the eradication or control of 
        Pfiesteria piscicida and other aquatic toxins.
    (b) Grants.--In carrying out subsection (a)(2), the heads of the 
agencies referred to in subsection (a) shall make grants to--
            (1) North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North 
        Carolina, for the establishment of an Applied Aquatic Ecology 
        Center and for research conducted by the Center relating to 
        aquatic toxins;
            (2) the University System of Maryland and the Agricultural 
        Research Center in Beltsville, Maryland, for the establishment 
        of a cooperative Agro-Ecosystem Center for research and 
        demonstration projects related to aquatic toxins, such as 
        Pfiesteria piscicida, including projects that relate to 
        dietary, waste management, and other alternative-use related 
        strategies that reduce the undesirable nutrient and other 
        chemical content from waste into waterways; and
            (3) the Virginia Institute of Marine Science of the College 
        of William and Mary in Gloucester Point, Virginia, for the 
        establishment of a Marine Pathology and Applied Ecology Center 
        and for research conducted by the Center relating to the effect 
        of algal toxins on marine fish and shellfish and to 
        understanding human influences on estuarine planktonic 
        communities with an emphasis on harmful algal species, except 
        that a portion of the grants made under this paragraph shall be 
        allocated to Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, for 
        research support.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section, 
including--
            (1) $1,883,619 for fiscal year 1998, and $655,890 for 
        fiscal year 1999, to carry out subsection (b)(1);
            (2) $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 and 1999, to 
        carry out subsection (b)(2); and
            (3) $1,750,000 for fiscal year 1998, and $545,000 for 
        fiscal year 1999, to carry out subsection (b)(3).
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