[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3173 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3173

 To amend section 42 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the 
          importation and shipment of certain species of carp.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 10, 2009

Mrs. Biggert (for herself, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Davis of Kentucky, Mrs. Bono 
 Mack, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Schock, Mr. Dent, Mr. Souder, Mr. Lance, Mr. 
Roskam, Mr. Shimkus, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Lee of New 
   York, and Mr. Culberson) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend section 42 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the 
          importation and shipment of certain species of carp.

    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 ``Asian Carp Prevention and Control 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITION OF SPECIES OF CARP TO THE LIST OF INJURIOUS SPECIES 
              THAT ARE PROHIBITED FROM BEING IMPORTED OR SHIPPED.

    Section 42(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``of the bighead carp of the species Hypophthalmichthys 
nobilis;'' after ``Dreissena polymorpha;''.
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