[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1421 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1421

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                                 AN ACT


 
 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;''.

            Passed the Senate November 17, 2010.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
111th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1421

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

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