Lake Champlain Zebra Mussel Control Act of 1995

Summary: Lake Champlain Zebra Mussel Control Act of 1995 - Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to: (1) require the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force to study whether aquatic nuisance species threaten the ecological characteristics and economic uses of Lake Champlain; (2) require the designated chairpersons to invite representatives of the Lake Champlain Basin Program to participate as ex officio members of the Task Force; and (3) include Lake Champlain among the waters with respect to which the aquatic nuisance species and zebra mussel demonstration programs apply. 
Requires, within one year:  (1) the Task Force to develop and submit to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating voluntary guidelines for controlling the spread of the zebra mussel through recreational activities, including boating and fishing; and (2) the Secretary to issue voluntary guidelines that incorporate the guidelines developed by the Task Force. 
Revises the Act to provide for the preparation and submission of a comprehensive management plan and a public facility management plan by the Governor of each State (as under current law) or the appropriate official of a watershed organization.  Defines "watershed organization" to mean an entity with jurisdiction over the management of a watershed pursuant to applicable Federal and State law. 
Amends the National Sea Grant College Program Act to direct the Secretary to designate the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont, as a sea grant college under the Act. 
Authorizes appropriations.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Lake Champlain 
Zebra Mussel Control Act of 1995''.
    (b) References.--Whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is 
expressed in terms of an amendment to or repeal of a section or other 
provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or 
other provision of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and 
Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.).

SEC. 2. PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF ZEBRA MUSSEL INFESTATION OF LAKE 
              CHAMPLAIN.

    (a) Findings.--Section 1002(a) (16 U.S.C. 4701(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following 
        new paragraph:
            ``(3) the zebra mussel was unintentionally introduced into 
        the Great Lakes and has infested waters east of the Great 
        Lakes, into the Hudson River and Lake Champlain;''
            (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) because the zebra mussel was discovered in Lake 
        Champlain in 1993, the Congress should endeavor to act quickly 
        to establish zebra mussel controls for Lake Champlain.''.
    (b) National Ballast Water Control Program.--Section 1102(a)(2) (16 
U.S.C. 4712(a)(2)) is amended by inserting ``Lake Champlain and other'' 
after ``economic uses of''.
    (c) Ex Officio Members of Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force.--
Section 1201(c) (16 U.S.C. 4721(c)) is amended by inserting ``, the 
Lake Champlain Basin Program,'' before ``and State agencies''.
    (d) Aquatic Nuisance Species Program.--Subsections (b)(6) and 
(i)(1) of section 1202 (16 U.S.C. 4722) are each amended by inserting 
``, Lake Champlain,'' after ``Great Lakes'' each place it appears.

SEC. 3. VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES.

    Section 1202(c) (16 U.S.C. 4722(c)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Voluntary guidelines.--Not later than 1 year after 
        the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Task Force shall 
        develop and submit to the Secretary for issuance by the 
        Secretary, voluntary guidelines for controlling the spread of 
        the zebra mussel through recreational activities, including 
        boating and fishing. Not later than the date specified in the 
        preceding sentence, the Secretary shall issue voluntary 
        guidelines that incorporate the guidelines developed by the 
        Task Force under this paragraph.''.

SEC. 4. STATE AND WATERSHED AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES MANAGEMENT PLANS.

    Section 1204(a) (16 U.S.C. 4724(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(a) State Plan.--'' and inserting the 
        following: ``(a) State or Watershed Plan.--'';
            (2) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                inserting ``or the appropriate official of a watershed 
                organization'' after ``the Governor of each State''; 
                and
                    (B) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by inserting ``or 
                the watershed'' after ``within the State'' each place 
                it appears;
            (3) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``or 
                watershed organization'' after ``the State''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``or the 
                appropriate official of a watershed organization'' 
                after ``a State'';
            (4) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``or the appropriate 
        official of the watershed organization'' after ``the 
        Governor''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) Watershed organization defined.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, the term `watershed organization' means an entity 
        with jurisdiction over the management of a watershed pursuant 
        to applicable Federal and State law.''.

SEC. 5. SEA GRANT COLLEGE DESIGNATION.

    Section 207 of the National Sea Grant College Program Act (33 
U.S.C. 1126) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Designation of University of Vermont.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this Act--
            ``(1) the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont, is 
        deemed to meet the requirements for designation as a sea grant 
        college under this section; and
            ``(2) not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of 
        the Lake Champlain Zebra Mussel Control Act of 1995, the 
        Secretary shall designate the University of Vermont as a sea 
        grant college.''.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 1301 (16 U.S.C. 4741) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ``1993, 1994, and 
        1995'' and inserting ``1996 through 2000'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 
                1995'' and inserting ``1996 through 2000'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``, and the Lake 
                Champlain Research Consortium,'' after ``Laboratory'';
                    (C) in paragraph (4)(A)--
                            (i) by inserting after ``(33 U.S.C. 1121 et 
                        seq.)'' the following: ``and grants to colleges 
                        for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic 
                        arts referred to in the first section of the 
                        Act of August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 417, chapter 
                        841; 7 U.S.C. 322)''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``and the Lake Champlain 
                        basin'' after ``Great Lakes region''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (7), by striking ``$2,000,000'' 
                and inserting ``$4,000,000''; and
            (3) in subsection (c), by striking ``1991, 1992, 1993, 
        1994, and 1995'' and inserting ``1996 through 2000''.