[116th Congress Public Law 186]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
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Public Law 116-186
116th Congress
An Act
To amend the Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003 to include
California in the program, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Oct. 30,
2020 - [H.R. 3399]>>
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. NUTRIA ERADICATION.
The Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-16)
is amended--
(1) <<NOTE: 16 USC 8101.>> in section 2--
(A) in subsection (a)--
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Wetlands
and tidal marshes of the Chesapeake Bay and in
Louisiana'' and inserting ``Wetlands, tidal
marshes, and agricultural lands'';
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ``in
Maryland and Louisiana''; and
(iii) by amending paragraph (3) to read as
follows:
``(3) Traditional harvest methods to control or eradicate
nutria have failed. Consequently, marsh loss, loss of public and
private wetlands, and loss of agricultural lands are
accelerating.''; and
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ``the State of
Maryland and the State of Louisiana'' and inserting
``any State that has demonstrated the need''; and
(2) <<NOTE: 16 USC 8102.>> in section 3--
(A) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
``(a) Grant Authority.--The Secretary of the Interior (referred to
in this Act as the `Secretary'), may provide financial assistance to a
State, in an amount that is in proportion to the total impacted area of
such State affected by nutria, that has demonstrated to the Secretary
sufficient need for a program to implement measures to eradicate or
control nutria and restore marshland, public and private wetlands, and
agricultural lands damaged by nutria.'';
(B) by striking subsection (b);
(C) in subsection (d)--
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``the
program may'' and inserting ``a State program
referred to in subsection (a) may''; and
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ``the
program may'' and inserting ``a State program
referred to in subsection (a) may'';
(D) in subsection (e), by inserting ``to a State''
after ``provided'';
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(E) <<NOTE: Time periods.>> in subsection (f), by
striking ``$4,000,000'' and all that follows and
inserting ``$12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021
through 2025.''; and
(F) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as
subsections (b) through (e).
Approved October 30, 2020.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 3399 (S. 4403):
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 116-405 (Comm. on Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 166 (2020):
Feb. 26, considered and passed House.
Sept. 30, considered and passed Senate.
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