HR 1081 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Aquatic Invasive Species Research Act

Introduced Mar 5, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Vernon J. Ehlers R-MI

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Latest action · Apr 2, 2004 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 263.

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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

Aquatic Invasive Species Research Act - (Sec. 4) Requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Smithsonian Institution, acting through the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (the Administering Agencies) to: (1) coordinate with appropriate State agencies, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and other appropriate Federal agencies, and the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force (Task Force) and Invasive Species Council (Council); (2) enter into a memorandum of understanding regarding the implementation of this Act; (3) contract or otherwise cooperate with academic researchers; and (4) carry out this Act, to the extent practicable, working within the organizational structure of the Task Force and the Council.

(Sec. 5) Directs the Administering Agencies to: (1) develop and conduct a marine and freshwater research program to support efforts to assess rates and patterns of the introduction of invasive nonnative species into the Aquatic Ecosystem and efforts to detect, prevent, and eradicate them; (2) develop standardized protocols for conducting ecological and pathway surveys of nonnative aquatic species, with specified survey requirements including documenting baseline ecological information of the aquatic ecosystem and pathways; (3) designate the number and location of survey sites necessary for such research; (4) convene at least one workshop with appropriate researchers and representatives involved in the management of aquatic invasive species from Federal and State agencies and academic institutions to gather recommendations; and (5) conduct research to identify the relationship between the introduction and establishment of nonnative aquatic species.

Directs NOAA and USGS to jointly administer a program to award competitive grants to academic institutions, State agencies, and other appropriate groups and diverse institutions to assist in such marine and freshwater research program.

Requires the USGS to develop, maintain, and update a central, national database of the information and make the database widely available to the public.

Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (NANPCA) to require ship pathway surveys to examine other potential modes for the introduction of nonnative aquatic species by ship, including hull fouling.

(Sec. 6) Requires the Administering Agencies to: (1) analyze the marine and freshwater research data collected and other relevant research; and (2) develop a profile to predict whether a species planned for importation is likely to invade a particular aquatic ecosystem if introduced.

Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 through 2008 to carry out such research, earmarking specified amounts to SERC, USGS (including activities through the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Program), and NOAA for the competitive research grants.

(Sec. 7) Directs the Council, in coordination with the Task Force and the Administering Agencies, to: (1) disseminate and report on information collected under this Act; (2) with other appropriate Federal and State agencies, develop a national strategy for how information will be shared with Federal, State, and local entities; and (3) provide information and an ongoing educational program for pathway users on how their practices could be modified to prevent the intentional or unintentional introduction of nonnative aquatic species into aquatic ecosystems. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 through 2008.

(Sec. 8) Requires the EPA, acting through its Office of Research and Development (ORD), to develop and administer a grant program to fund research, development, demonstration and verification of environmentally sound, cost-effective technologies and methods to control and eradicate aquatic invasive species. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 through 2008.

Directs the Assistant Secretary of the Army for the Corps of Engineers, in conjunction with the FWS and other appropriate Federal agencies and academic researchers, to establish a research, development, and demonstration program to study environmentally sound methods and technologies to reduce dispersal of aquatic invasive species through interbasin waterways and assess the potential for using those methods and technologies in other waterways. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 through 2008.

Reauthorizes the ship pathway technology demonstration program under NANPCA. Authorizes appropriations in increased amounts for FY 2004 through 2008. Authorizes the Secretaries of the Interior and of Commerce also to demonstrate and verify technologies under such program to monitor and control pathways of organism transport on ships other than through ballast water. Requires NOAA to: (1) give preference, in issuing such grants, to technologies likely to meet criteria in any testing protocol developed by the EPA-ORD's Environmental Technology Verification Program; and (2) hold an annual workshop of principal investigators funded under such program and researchers conducting research directly related to ship pathway technology development, for information exchange, and make the proceedings widely available to the public.

(Sec. 9) Requires the Coast Guard and the EPA, in coordination with NOAA, the Task Force, and other appropriate Federal agencies and academic researchers, to develop a research program to support implementation of ship pathway standards to prevent the introduction and spread of invasive species by ships into the Aquatic Ecosystem.

Directs the Coast Guard, in conjunction with the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Maritime Administration, to design a performance test for ballast water exchange such as a dye study to measure the effectiveness of ballast water exchange.

Requires the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating to arrange with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to: (1) identify the relative risk of transfer of various taxonomic groups by different ship modes; (2) assess the extent to which a ballast water standard that virtually eliminates the risk of introduction of invasive species by ballast water may relate to the risk of introductions by all ship modes, and explain the degree of uncertainty in such assessment; and (3) recommend methods for reducing organism transfers by ships, and identify the research, development, and demonstration needed to improve the information base to support such methods, including economic information. Requires a report to Congress.

Directs the Task Force, in conjunction with the EPA, the Administering Agencies, and other appropriate Federal and State agencies and academic researchers, to report to the Coast Guard with recommendations for: (1) a ship pathway treatment standard that incorporates all potential modes of transfer by ships; and (2) methods for type approval and accurate monitoring of treatment performance that are simple and streamlined and follow established protocols.

Requires the Coast Guard, within two years after it issues any standard relating to the introduction by ships of invasive species, to convene a working group including the EPA, the Administering Agencies, and other appropriate Federal and State agencies and academic researchers to evaluate the effectiveness of that standard and accompanying implementation protocols.

Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 through 2008.

(Sec. 10) Requires the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a grant program for researchers at institutions of higher education and museums to carry our research programs in systematics and taxonomy. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 through 2008.

(Sec. 11) Directs the Administering Agencies to develop and report to Congress a plan to survey State and Federal agency methods of controlling or eradicating aquatic invasive species, help exchange information on such methods, and evaluate their cost-effectiveness.

Cosponsors 88

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 5, 2003 to Nov 6, 2003; 67 are original cosponsors, there from 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
D-NYEdolphus TownsOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-ASEni F. H. FaleomavaegaOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalMar 5, 2003
R-MIFred UptonOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-WIGerald D. KleczkaOriginalMar 5, 2003
R-NYJack QuinnOriginalMar 5, 2003
R-IAJames A. LeachOriginalMar 5, 2003
R-PAJames C. GreenwoodOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalMar 5, 2003
R-NYJames T. WalshOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-WAJay InsleeOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalMar 5, 2003
R-NJJim SaxtonOriginalMar 5, 2003
R-MIJoe KnollenbergOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-MIJohn D. DingellOriginalMar 5, 2003
R-NYJohn M. McHughOriginalMar 5, 2003
R-ILJudy BiggertOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-ILLane EvansOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalMar 5, 2003
R-ILMark KirkOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalMar 5, 2003
R-MIMike RogersOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-HINeil AbercrombieOriginalMar 5, 2003
R-MINick SmithOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-WANorman D. DicksOriginalMar 5, 2003
R-OHPaul E. GillmorOriginalMar 5, 2003
R-MIPeter HoekstraOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-INPeter J. ViscloskyOriginalMar 5, 2003
R-PAPhil EnglishOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-ILRahm EmanuelOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-MARichard E. NealOriginalMar 5, 2003
R-CTRob SimmonsOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-WIRon KindOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-CASam FarrOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-MISander M. LevinOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalMar 5, 2003
R-NYSherwood BoehlertOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-TXSolomon P. OrtizOriginalMar 5, 2003
R-OHSteven C. LaTouretteOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalMar 5, 2003
R-MIThaddeus G. McCotterOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-METhomas H. AllenOriginalMar 5, 2003
R-ILTimothy V. JohnsonOriginalMar 5, 2003
R-MDWayne T. GilchrestOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-ILWilliam O. LipinskiOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-CAAdam B. SchiffMar 13, 2003
D-MABarney FrankMar 13, 2003
D-NYEliot L. EngelMar 13, 2003
D-CAHoward L. BermanMar 13, 2003
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroMar 13, 2003
D-OHTim RyanMar 13, 2003
D-MDChris Van HollenApr 3, 2003
D-FLCorrine BrownApr 3, 2003
D-CAFortney Pete StarkApr 3, 2003
D-SCJohn M. Spratt, Jr.Apr 3, 2003
D-CALois CappsApr 3, 2003
R-WIMark GreenApr 3, 2003
D-CAAnna G. EshooMay 1, 2003
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyMay 1, 2003
R-ALJo BonnerMay 1, 2003
D-CTJohn B. LarsonMay 1, 2003
R-CAKen CalvertMay 1, 2003
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaMay 1, 2003
D-MEMichael H. MichaudOct 1, 2003
R-MDRoscoe G. BartlettOct 1, 2003
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoNov 6, 2003

Committees 4

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseScience, Space, and Technology Committee
Referred Mar 5, 2003Markup Jun 4, 2003Reported Oct 20, 2003
Technology Subcommittee
Referred Mar 6, 2003Markup Mar 13, 2003Reported Mar 13, 2003
HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee
Referred Mar 5, 2003Discharged Apr 2, 2004
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee
Referred Mar 6, 2003
Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee
Referred Mar 6, 2003
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Mar 5, 2003Discharged Apr 2, 2004
Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
Referred Mar 6, 2003
HouseCommittee on House Administration
Referred Mar 5, 2003Discharged Apr 2, 2004

Actions 32

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 2, 2004Committee on Transportation discharged.
  2. Apr 2, 2004Committee on Resources discharged.
  3. Apr 2, 2004Committee on House Administration discharged.
  4. Apr 2, 2004Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 263.
  5. Jan 31, 2004House Committee on House Administration Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than April 2, 2004.
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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 E380Vernon J. Ehlers R-MIMar 6, 2003

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.

Committee report

Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2

  1. Jun 18, 2003H.R. 1081, Aquatic Invasive Species Research Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science on June 4, 2003</p>
  2. Jun 18, 2003H.R. 1081, Aquatic Invasive Species Research ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science on June 4, 2003

Printed hearings 3

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

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 108-69H.Con.Res. 279, H.Res. 395, H.R. 766, H.R. 1081, H.R. 1085, H.R. 1297, H.R. 1578, H.R. 2450, H.R. 2692, H.R. 2734, H.R. 3245, H.R. 4546571 pagesScience, Space, and Technology CommitteeDec 31, 2004
S. Hrg. 108-360GREAT LAKES RESTORATION92 pagesEnvironment and Public Works CommitteeAug 25, 2003
Serial No. 108-17THE GROWING PROBLEM OF INVASIVE SPECIES139 pagesNatural Resources CommitteeApr 29, 2003

CRS reports 2

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Cite it 2

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Related bills 4

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 266National Invasive Species Council ActRelated billFeb 12, 2003
S 525National Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2003Related billJun 17, 2003
S 536National Invasive Species Council ActRelated billMar 11, 2003
HR 1080National Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2003Related billMar 17, 2003

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced
To establish marine and freshwater research, development, and demonstration programs to support efforts to prevent, control, and eradicate invasive species, as well as to educate citizens and stakeholders and restore ecosystems.
Short Titles as Introduced
Aquatic Invasive Species Research Act
Short Titles as Reported to House
Aquatic Invasive Species Research Act

Subjects

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Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 2, 2004Reported in House
  2. Mar 5, 2003Introduced in House

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