Asian Carp Prevention and Control Act - Amends the Lacey Act to add specified species of black, bighead, and silver carp to the list of injurious species that are prohibited from being shipped or imported into the United States.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1402 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1402
To amend section 42 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the
importation and shipment of certain species of carp.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 14, 2005
Mr. DeWine (for himself, Mr. Levin, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Voinovich, Mr.
Bayh, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Feingold, and Mr. Durbin) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Environment and Public Works
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A BILL
To amend section 42 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the
importation and shipment of certain species of carp.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Asian Carp Prevention and Control
Act''.
SEC. 2. ADDITION OF SPECIES OF CARP TO THE LIST OF INJURIOUS SPECIES
THAT ARE PROHIBITED FROM BEING IMPORTED OR SHIPPED.
Section 42(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after ``Dreissena polymorpha;'' the following: ``of the black
carp of the species Mylopharyngodon piceus; of the bighead carp of the
species Hypophthalmichthys nobilis; of the silver carp of the species
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix; of the largescale silver carp of the
species Hypophthalmichthys harmandi;''.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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