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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 553 

To require the Secretary of the Army to operate and maintain as a system 

the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal dispersal barriers. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 18, 2007 

Mrs. BIGGERT (for herself, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. 

GUTIERREZ, Mr. LEVIN, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. PETRI, Mr. 

HOEKSTRA, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. KIRK, Mr. 

WALSH of New York, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. CAMP of Michigan, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. STUPAK, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. UPTON, Mr. EMANUEL, and Mr. MCHUGH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Army to operate and maintain as a system the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal 

dispersal barriers. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Great Lakes Asian 

5 Carp Barrier Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONSOLIDATION OF BARRIER PROJECTS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Chicago Sanitary and Ship 

3 Canal Dispersal Barrier Project (referred to in this section 

4 as ‘‘Barrier I’’) (as in existence on the date of enactment 

5 of this Act), constructed as a demonstration project under 

6 section 1202(i)(3) of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance 

7 Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 

8 4722(i)(3)), and the project relating to the Chicago Sani9 tary and Ship Canal Dispersal Barrier, authorized by sec10 tion 345 of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 

11 2005 (Public Law 108–335; 118 Stat. 1352) (referred to 

12 in this section as ‘‘Barrier II’’), shall be considered to con13 stitute a single project. 

14 (b) ACTIVITIES RELATING TO BARRIER I AND BAR15 RIER II.— 

16 (1) DUTIES OF SECRETARY OF THE ARMY.— 

17 The Secretary of the Army, at Federal expense, 

18 shall— 

19 (A) upgrade and make permanent Barrier 

20 I; 

21 (B) construct Barrier II, notwithstanding 

22 the project cooperation agreement with the 

23 State of Illinois dated June 14, 2005; 

24 (C) operate and maintain Barrier I and 

25 Barrier II as a system to optimize effectiveness; 


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1 (D) conduct, in consultation with appro2 priate Federal, State, local, and nongovern3 mental entities, a study of a range of options 

4 and technologies for reducing impacts of haz5 ards that may reduce the efficacy of the Bar6 riers; and 

7 (E) provide to each State a credit in an 

8 amount equal to the amount of funds contrib9 uted by the State toward Barrier II. 

10 (2) APPLICATION OF CREDIT.—A State may 

11 apply a credit received under paragraph (1)(E) to 

12 any cost-sharing responsibility for an existing or fu13 ture Federal project with the Corps of Engineers in 

14 the State. 

15 (c) FEASIBILITY STUDY.—The Secretary, in con16 sultation with appropriate Federal, State, local, and non17 governmental entities, shall conduct, at Federal expense, 

18 a feasibility study of the range of options and technologies 

19 available to prevent the spread of aquatic nuisance species 

20 between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins 

21 through the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and other 

22 aquatic pathways. 

23 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 345 of the 

24 District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public 


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1 Law 108–335; 118 Stat. 1352) is amended to read as fol2 lows: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 345. There are authorized to be appropriated 

4 such sums as may be necessary to carry out the Barrier 

5 II project of the project for the Chicago Sanitary and Ship 

6 Canal Dispersal Barrier, Illinois, initiated pursuant to sec7 tion 1135 of the Water Resources Development Act of 

8 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2309a).’’. 

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