HR 1080 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

National Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2003

Introduced Mar 5, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Wayne T. Gilchrest R-MD

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 17, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMar 5, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

National Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2003 - Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to establish aquatic invasive species prevention requirements for all vessels operating in U.S. waters. 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 Aquatic Invasive Species Task Force to establish a priority pathway management program that identifies those pathways that pose the highest risk for the introduction of aquatic invasive species unless further managed.

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 prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species in U.S. waterways.

Provides for expansion of the Brown Tree Snake Control Program and Aquatic Nuisance Species Program information, education, and outreach activities. Requires the Task Force to establish a national subcommittee on nutria for its control.

Requires the Invasive Species Council to coordinate with the 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.

Cosponsors 100

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 5, 2003 to Oct 6, 2004, with 67 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalMar 5, 2003
R-NYAmo HoughtonOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-MIBart StupakOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-MABill DelahuntOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-WABrian BairdOriginalMar 5, 2003
R-MICandice S. MillerOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-MIDale E. KildeeOriginalMar 5, 2003
R-MIDave CampOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-HIEd CaseOriginalMar 5, 2003
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Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 17, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
  2. Mar 6, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
  3. Mar 5, 2003Introduced in House
  4. Mar 5, 2003Referred 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.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 525National Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2003Related billJun 17, 2003
HR 1081Aquatic Invasive Species Research ActRelated billApr 2, 2004

Subjects

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