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Union Calendar No. 327 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3399 

[Report No. 116–405] 

To amend the Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003 to include 

California in the program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 21, 2019 

Mr. HARDER of California (for himself, Mr. COSTA, Mr. COX of California, 

and Mr. GARAMENDI) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Natural Resources 

FEBRUARY 25, 2020 

Additional sponsors: Ms. LEE of California, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. GRAVES of 

Louisiana, and Mr. BERA

FEBRUARY 25, 2020 

Reported with an amendment; committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 21, 2019] 


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A BILL 

To amend the Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003 

to include California in the program, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. NUTRIA ERADICATION. 

4 The Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003 (Pub5 lic Law 108–16) is amended— 

6 (1) in section 2— 

7 (A) in subsection (a)— 

8 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Wet9 lands and tidal marshes of the Chesapeake 

10 Bay and in Louisiana’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘Wetlands, tidal marshes, and agricultural 

12 lands’’; 

13 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘in 

14 Maryland and Louisiana’’; and 

15 (iii) by amending paragraph (3) to 

16 read as follows: 

17 ‘‘(3) Traditional harvest methods to control or 

18 eradicate nutria have failed. Consequently, marsh 

19 loss, loss of public and private wetlands, and loss of 

20 agricultural lands are accelerating.’’; and 

21 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the State 

22 of Maryland and the State of Louisiana’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘any State that has demonstrated the 

24 need’’; and 

25 (2) in section 3— 


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1 (A) by amending subsection (a) to read as 

2 follows: 

3 ‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Inte4 rior (referred to in this Act as the ‘Secretary’), may provide 

5 financial assistance to a State, in an amount that is in 

6 proportion to the total impacted area of such State affected 

7 by nutria, that has demonstrated to the Secretary sufficient 

8 need for a program to implement measures to eradicate or 

9 control nutria and restore marshland, public and private 

10 wetlands, and agricultural lands damaged by nutria.’’; 

11 (B) by striking subsection (b); 

12 (C) in subsection (d)— 

13 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the 

14 program may’’ and inserting ‘‘a State pro15 gram referred to in subsection (a) may’’; 

16 and 

17 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the 

18 program may’’ and inserting ‘‘a State pro19 gram referred to in subsection (a) may’’; 

20 (D) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘to a 

21 State’’ after ‘‘provided’’; 

22 (E) in subsection (f), by striking 

23 ‘‘$4,000,000’’ and all that follows and inserting 

24 ‘‘$12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 

25 through 2025.’’; and 


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1 (F) by redesignating subsections (c) through 

2 (f) as subsections (b) through (e). 


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Union Calendar No. 327 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3399 

[Report No. 116–405] 

A BILL 

To amend the Nutria Eradication and Control Act 

for other purposes. of 2003 to include California in the program, and 

FEBRUARY 25, 2020 

Reported with an amendment; committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 


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