HR 5396 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

National Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2002

Introduced Sep 18, 2002 Originated House Sponsor Wayne T. Gilchrest R-MD

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Latest action · Nov 14, 2002 Joint Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans and by the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology and Standards of the House Science Committee.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedSep 18, 2002
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

National Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2002 - Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to require the Invasive Species Council (Council) to coordinate with the Aquatic Invasive Species Task Force (Task Force) to combat aquatic invasive species.

Requires the Task Force to recommend to appropriate Federal agencies additions to the list of aquatic invasive species.

Requires the Task Force, the Council, and the Secretary of State to coordinate activities to ensure that international efforts to prevent and manage aquatic invasive species are coordinated with U.S. policies.

Establishes minimum invasive species prevention requirements for all vessels entering U.S. ports. Requires the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to promulgate regulations for ballast water management standards and certification procedures.

Directs the Task Force to publish a priority pathway management program.

Prohibits the importation of live aquatic organisms not in trade without specified screening and approval.

Requires the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, with the concurrence of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to construct and maintain a national dispersal barrier program to contain and control aquatic nuisances.

Declares that a State with a rapid response contingency strategy shall be eligible to receive emergency funding to implement rapid response measures for aquatic invasive species under specified circumstances.

Requires the Task Force, with concurrence of the Council, to encourage the development of regional rapid response contingency strategies and develop a State model for such.

Requires the Council, in coordination with the Task Force and the heads of the appropriate Federal agencies, to establish a Federal rapid response team for the ten regions of the Standard Federal Regional Boundary System.

Requires the Task Force to establish a national subcommittee on nutria.

Provides for expansion of the Brown Tree Snake Control Program and Aquatic Nuisance Species Program information, education and outreach activities.

Cosponsors 51

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 18, 2002 to Nov 14, 2002; 41 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MIBart StupakOriginalSep 18, 2002
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalSep 18, 2002
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalSep 18, 2002
D-WABrian BairdOriginalSep 18, 2002
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalSep 18, 2002
D-MICarolyn C. KilpatrickOriginalSep 18, 2002
R-MDConstance A. MorellaOriginalSep 18, 2002
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalSep 18, 2002
D-MIDale E. KildeeOriginalSep 18, 2002
R-MIDave CampOriginalSep 18, 2002
D-MIDavid E. BoniorOriginalSep 18, 2002
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalSep 18, 2002
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalSep 18, 2002
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalSep 18, 2002
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalSep 18, 2002
R-MIFred UptonOriginalSep 18, 2002
D-MIJames A. BarciaOriginalSep 18, 2002
R-PAJames C. GreenwoodOriginalSep 18, 2002
D-MEJohn Elias BaldacciOriginalSep 18, 2002
R-NYJohn M. McHughOriginalSep 18, 2002
R-ILJudy BiggertOriginalSep 18, 2002
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalSep 18, 2002
D-MILynn N. RiversOriginalSep 18, 2002
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalSep 18, 2002
R-ILMark KirkOriginalSep 18, 2002
R-MIMike RogersOriginalSep 18, 2002
D-WANorman D. DicksOriginalSep 18, 2002
R-MIPeter HoekstraOriginalSep 18, 2002
R-PAPhil EnglishOriginalSep 18, 2002
D-GURobert A. UnderwoodOriginalSep 18, 2002
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalSep 18, 2002
R-MDRobert L. Ehrlich Jr.OriginalSep 18, 2002
D-WIRon KindOriginalSep 18, 2002
D-CASam FarrOriginalSep 18, 2002
D-MISander M. LevinOriginalSep 18, 2002
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalSep 18, 2002
D-TXSolomon P. OrtizOriginalSep 18, 2002
R-OHSteven C. LaTouretteOriginalSep 18, 2002
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalSep 18, 2002
D-METhomas H. AllenOriginalSep 18, 2002
R-MIVernon J. EhlersOriginalSep 18, 2002
D-CABarbara LeeOct 1, 2002
D-CAGeorge MillerOct 1, 2002
R-NYJack QuinnOct 1, 2002
D-MAJames P. McGovernOct 1, 2002
R-NJJim SaxtonOct 1, 2002
D-MIJohn D. DingellOct 1, 2002
D-MDAlbert Russell WynnOct 21, 2002
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOct 21, 2002
R-NYJames T. WalshOct 21, 2002
D-INPeter J. ViscloskyNov 14, 2002

Committees 3

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee
Referred Sep 18, 2002
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Sep 18, 2002
Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
Referred Sep 30, 2002Hearings Nov 14, 2002
HouseScience, Space, and Technology Committee
Hearings Nov 14, 2002
Technology Subcommittee
Hearings Nov 14, 2002

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 14, 2002Joint Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans and by the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology and Standards of the House Science Committee.
  2. Sep 30, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
  3. Sep 18, 2002Introduced in House
  4. Sep 18, 2002Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E2059Mark Kirk R-ILNov 15, 2002

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 107-81JOINT LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 5395, TO ESTABLISH MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO PREVENT, CONTROL, AND ERADICATE INVASIVE SPECIES, AND H.R. 5396, TO AMEND THE NONINDIGENOUS AQUATIC NUISANCE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ACT OF 199086 pagesNatural Resources CommitteeNov 14, 2002

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to reauthorize and improve that Act.
Short Titles as Introduced
National Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2002

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 18, 2002Introduced in House

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