[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2530 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2530

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the importation or 
   exportation of mussels of a certain genus, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 25, 2014

  Mr. Heller 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 title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the importation or 
   exportation of mussels of a certain genus, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Protecting Lakes Against Quaggas Act 
of 2014'' or as the ``PLAQ Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. IN GENERAL.

    Section 42 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``of the zebra mussel of the 
                species Dreissena polymorpha;''; and
                    (B) by inserting after ``Hypophthalmichthys 
                nobilis;'' the following: ``of the species of mussels 
                of the genus Dreissena;''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Nothing in this section applies to--
            ``(1) the importation or transportation of prohibited 
        species through the operation of a public water system or a 
        related water conveyance, storage, or distribution facility; or
            ``(2) the possession or conveyance of water supplies 
        containing prohibited species by a public water system 
        operator.''.
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