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

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1421

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              July 9, 2009

Mr. Levin (for himself, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Feingold, Mrs. 
  Gillibrand, Mr. Durbin, and Ms. Stabenow) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment 
                            and Public Works

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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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