S 525 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

National Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2003

Introduced Mar 5, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor Carl Levin D-MI

Latest action · Jun 17, 2003 Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-354.

Progress

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IntroducedMar 5, 2003
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
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 vessels (including towed 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 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, and the U.S. Geological Survey (Administering Agencies) to develop and conduct a marine and freshwater research program to assess rates of, patterns of, and conditions surrounding introductions of nonnative aquatic species in aquatic ecosystems and efforts to prevent the introduction of, and detect and eradicate, such species.

Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop 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.

Requires the Coast Guard and the EPA to develop a research program to support implementation of vessel pathway standards to prevent the introduction and spread of aquatic invasive species by vessels.

Requires the National Science Foundation to establish a grant program for researchers at institutions of higher education and museums to carry out research in systematic and taxonomy.

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 ensure that international efforts to prevent, detect, monitor, assess, and control aquatic invasive species are coordinated with U.S. policies.

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 5, 2003 to Mar 25, 2004; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-HI	Daniel K. Akaka	Original	Mar 5, 2003
D-HI	Daniel K. Inouye	Original	Mar 5, 2003
D-MI	Debbie Stabenow	Original	Mar 5, 2003
D-MA	Edward M. Kennedy	Original	Mar 5, 2003
D-IN	Evan Bayh	Original	Mar 5, 2003
R-OH	George V. Voinovich	Original	Mar 5, 2003
D-RI	Jack Reed	Original	Mar 5, 2003
R-VT	James M. Jeffords	Original	Mar 5, 2003
R-VA	John Warner	Original	Mar 5, 2003
D-WA	Maria Cantwell	Original	Mar 5, 2003
R-OH	Mike DeWine	Original	Mar 5, 2003
D-VT	Patrick J. Leahy	Original	Mar 5, 2003
R-IL	Peter Fitzgerald	Original	Mar 5, 2003
D-IL	Richard J. Durbin	Original	Mar 5, 2003
R-ME	Susan M. Collins	Original	Mar 5, 2003

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Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Environment and Public Works Committee	Referred Mar 5, 2003
	Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water Subcommittee	Hearings Jun 17, 2003

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 17, 2003Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-354.
Mar 5, 2003Introduced in Senate
Mar 5, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3178-3179)
Mar 5, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

In the Congressional Record 2

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.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S3495	Mike DeWine R-OH	Mar 11, 2003
Senate	Debate and remarks S3178–S3181	Carl Levin D-MI, Debbie Stabenow D-MI, James M. Jeffords R-VT, Susan M. Collins R-ME	Mar 5, 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.

Printed hearings 3

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

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
S. Hrg. 108-360	GREAT LAKES RESTORATION92 pages	Environment and Public Works Committee	Aug 25, 2003
S. Hrg. 108-358	IMPORTATION OF EXOTIC SPECIES97 pages	Environment and Public Works Committee	Jul 17, 2003
S. Hrg. 108-354	NATIONAL AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES ACT OF 2003244 pages	Environment and Public Works Committee	Jun 17, 2003

CRS reports 1

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Cite it 1

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

Product	Title	Kind	Published
RL33157	Welfare Reauthorization: A Side-By-Side Comparison of Current Law and Pending Welfare Reauthorization Proposals Archived	Report	Dec 5, 2005

Related bills 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 1080	National Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2003	Related bill	Mar 17, 2003
HR 1081	Aquatic Invasive Species Research Act	Related bill	Apr 2, 2004

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: A bill 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 2003

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 5, 2003Introduced in Senate

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