[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4337 Received in Senate (RDS)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 4337


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            October 1 (legislative day, September 29), 1998

                                Received

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                                 AN ACT


 
    To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial 
  assistance to the State of Maryland for a pilot program to develop 
 measures to eradicate or control nutria and restore marshland damaged 
                               by nutria.

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

SECTION 1. NUTRIA ERADICATION AND CONTROL PILOT PROGRAM.

    (a) Grant Authority.--The Secretary of the Interior (in this 
section referred to as the ``Secretary''), subject to the availability 
of appropriations, may provide financial assistance to the State of 
Maryland for a pilot program to develop measures to eradicate or 
control nutria and restore marshland damaged by nutria.
    (b) Goals.--The pilot program shall develop methods to--
            (1) eradicate nutria in Maryland;
            (2) eradicate or control nutria in other States; and
            (3) develop methods to restore marshland damaged by nutria.
    (c) Activities.--The Secretary shall require that the pilot program 
consist of management, research, and public education activities 
carried out in accordance with the document entitled ``Marsh 
Restoration: Nutria Control in Maryland Pilot Program Proposal'', dated 
July 10, 1998.
    (d) Cost Sharing.--
            (1) Federal share.--The Federal share of the costs of the 
        pilot program may not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of 
        the pilot program.
            (2) In-kind contributions.--The non-Federal share of the 
        costs of the pilot program may be provided in the form of in-
        kind contributions of materials or services.
    (e) Limitation on Administrative Expenses.--Not more than 10 
percent of financial assistance provided by the Secretary under this 
section may be used for administrative expenses.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--For financial assistance 
under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary $2,900,000 for fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 1998.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.