Aquatic Invasive Species Research Act
Latest action · Nov 14, 2002 Joint Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology and Standards and by the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 18, 2002
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires the program to: (1) develop standardized protocols for conducting ecological and pathway surveys of nonnative aquatic species; (2) create baseline ecological information of the aquatic ecosystem and pathways; (3) designate the number and location of survey sites required; (4) conduct laboratory and field-based marine and fresh-water research experiments on a range of taxonomic groups to identify the relationship between the introduction and establishment of nonnative aquatic species; and (5) analyze the data collected. Directs the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force to convene a workshop with appropriate researchers.
Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to: (1) require that ecological and ballast water discharge surveys examine other potential modes of introducing nonnative aquatic species by ship into the Aquatic Ecosystem, including hull fouling; (2) rename the National Ballast Information Clearinghouse as the National Pathway and Ecological Surveys Database; (3) expand the purview of the database to include ballast water management, delivery practices of ships entering United States ports and their compliance with existing regulations; and (3) make the database widely available to the public.
Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) establish marine and fresh-water research, development, and demonstration programs with respect to environmental soundness screening and dispersal barrier research.
Reauthorizes the ship pathway technology demonstration program.
Requires the Coast Guard and the EPA to develop a research program to support implementation of standards to prevent the introduction and spread of invasive species by ships into the Aquatic Ecosystem.
Requires the National Science Foundation to establish a grant program for institutions of higher education to carry our research programs in systematics and taxonomy.
Cosponsors 51
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 18, 2002 to Nov 14, 2002, with 41 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Bart Stupak | Original | Sep 18, 2002 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Sep 18, 2002 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Sep 18, 2002 |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Original | Sep 18, 2002 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Sep 18, 2002 |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Original | Sep 18, 2002 |
| R-MD | Constance A. Morella | Original | Sep 18, 2002 |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Original | Sep 18, 2002 |
| R-PA | Curt Weldon | Original | Sep 18, 2002 |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Original | Sep 18, 2002 |
| R-MI | Dave Camp | Original | Sep 18, 2002 |
| D-MI | David E. Bonior | Original | Sep 18, 2002 |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Original | Sep 18, 2002 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Sep 18, 2002 |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Sep 18, 2002 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 14, 2002Joint Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology and Standards and by the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
- Nov 14, 2002Joint Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans and by the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology and Standards.
- Sep 24, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards.
- Sep 24, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
- Sep 18, 2002Introduced in House
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.
- Administrative procedure
- Animals
- Aquatic biology
- Aquatic ecology
- Aquatic pests
- Authorization
- Coast guard
- Communication in science
- Conferences
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Data banks
- Department of Commerce
- Department of the Interior
- Department of Transportation
- Ecological research
- Ecological surveys
- Economics and Public Finance
- Ecosystem management
- Education
- Environmental assessment
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental research
- Environmental technology
- Exotic animals
- Exotic plants
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to higher education
- Federal aid to research
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Graduate education
- Higher education
- Law
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine fouling organisms
- Pest control
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Research and development
- Research grants
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Ships
- Technological innovations
- Technology assessment
- Transportation and Public Works
- Waste water treatment
- Water pollution control
- Water Resources Development
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