[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 961 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 961

              To prohibit aquaculture in the Great Lakes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 7, 2017

  Mr. Kildee introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 
Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
              To prohibit aquaculture in the Great Lakes.

    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 ``Ban Aquaculture in the Great Lakes 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON AQUACULTURE IN THE GREAT LAKES.

    (a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 
person shall not engage in aquaculture in the Great Lakes.
    (b) Administration.--The Secretary of the Interior shall administer 
this section.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Aquaculture.--The term ``aquaculture'' means the 
        propagation or rearing (or both) of aquatic species in a 
        controlled or selected environment. The term does not include 
        any fish hatchery operated by a Federal or State agency.
            (2) Great lakes.--The term ``Great Lakes'' means Lake 
        Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake St. Clair, Lake Michigan, 
        and Lake Superior, including the connecting waters thereof, to 
        the extent that those lakes or waters, respectively, are 
        subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
    (d) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect at the end of 
the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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