[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4683 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4683

    To amend the River and Harbor Act of 1958 to improve provisions 
    relating to invasive species management, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 28, 2022

Mr. Portman (for himself and Mr. Brown) 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 the River and Harbor Act of 1958 to improve provisions 
    relating to invasive species management, 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 ``Aquatic Invasive Species Control 
Act''.

SEC. 2. INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT.

    Section 104 of the River and Harbor Act of 1958 (33 U.S.C. 610) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(2)(A)(ii)--
                    (A) by striking ``$50,000,000'' and inserting 
                ``$75,000,000''; and
                    (B) by striking ``2024'' and inserting ``2028''; 
                and
            (2) in subsection (g)(2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking ``water quantity or water 
                        quality'' and inserting ``water quantity, water 
                        quality, or ecosystems''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``the Lake Erie Basin, 
                        the Ohio River Basin,'' after ``the Upper Snake 
                        River Basin,''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``, hydrilla 
                (Hydrilla verticillata),'' after ``angustifolia)''.
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