S2105-118

Introduced

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out activities to control the movement of aquatic invasive species into, across, and out of Federal land and waters, to provide for financial assistance from the Commissioner of Reclamation to Reclamation States for watercraft inspection and decontamination stations, to amend the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to make certain technical corrections, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jun 22, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out activities to control the movement of aquatic invasive species into, across, and out of Federal land and waters, to provide for financial assistance from the Commissioner of Reclamation to Reclamation States for watercraft inspection and decontamination stations, to amend the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to make certain technical corrections, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Education, Finance.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop the Spread of Invasive Mussels Act of 2023.
  • Section id6775178fbd324dc0be860d618b148c15: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force means the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force established by section 1201(a) of the...
  • Section id05807bccf6f64c1db4c5df8c6285e9b0: 3. Federal land and aquatic resource activities assistance The Secretaries may inspect and decontaminate watercraft entering and leaving Federal land and water...
  • Section id473e8705df2446daaf44ab94ff70cd30: 4. Technical corrections to the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 Section 1002(b) of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out activities to control the movement of aquatic invasive species into, across, and out of Federal land and waters, to provide for financial assistance from the Commissioner of Reclamation to Reclamation States for watercraft inspection and decontamination stations, to amend the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to make certain technical corrections, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Education, Finance

Primary Purpose

This bill, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out activities to control the movement of aquatic invasive species into, across, and out of Federal land and waters, to provide for financial assistance from the Commissioner of Reclamation to Reclamation States for watercraft inspection and decontamination stations, to amend the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to make certain technical corrections, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Education Finance

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jun 22, 2023

Mr. Bennet (for himself and Mr. Daines) introduced the following …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Education Finance
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"Reclamation State" §id6775178fbd324dc0be860d618b148c15

any State in which a Bureau of Reclamation reservoir is located. The term Reclamation State includes any of the States of— Alaska

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