Maryland and reducing the acres of nutria-impacted 
wetlands in the State of Louisiana should be applied 
to nutria eradication or control programs in other 
nutria-infested coastal States’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to au-
thorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial 
assistance to the States of Delaware, Louisiana, Mary-
land, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia, and Washington 
to carry out activities— 
‘‘(1) to eradicate or control nutria; and 
‘‘(2) to restore nutria damaged wetlands.’’. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
The Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003 
(Public Law 108–16; 117 Stat. 621) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 3 and 4 as sec-
tions 4 and 5, respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after section 2 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this Act: 
‘‘(1) COASTAL
STATE.—The term ‘coastal 
State’ means each of the States of Delaware, Or-
egon, North Carolina, Virginia, and Washington. 
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‘‘(2) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means 
the nutria eradication program established by sec-
tion 4(a). 
‘‘(3) 
PUBLIC-PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP.—The 
term ‘public-private partnership’ means a voluntary, 
cooperative project undertaken by governmental en-
tities or public officials and affected communities, 
local citizens, nongovernmental organizations, or 
other entities or persons in the private sector. 
‘‘(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior.’’. 
SEC. 4. NUTRIA ERADICATION PROGRAM. 
Section 4 of the Nutria Eradication and Control Act 
of 2003 (Public Law 108–16; 117 Stat. 621) (as redesig-
nated by section 3) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may, subject to 
the availability of appropriations, provide financial assist-
ance to the States of Maryland and Louisiana and the 
coastal States to implement measures— 
‘‘(1) to eradicate or control nutria; and 
‘‘(2) to restore wetlands damaged by nutria.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
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(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘the 
State of’’ before ‘‘Maryland’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘other 
States’’ and inserting ‘‘the coastal States’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘marsh-
land’’ and inserting ‘‘wetlands’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(c) ACTIVITIES’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(c) ACTIVITIES
IN
THE STATE
OF 
MARYLAND’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, and updated in March 
2009’’ before the period at the end; 
(4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘financial as-
sistance provided by the Secretary under this sec-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘the amounts made available 
under subsection (f) to carry out the program’’; and 
(5) by striking subsection (f) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Subject 
to subsection (e), for each of fiscal years 2012 through 
2016, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary to carry out the program such sums as are nec-
essary.’’. 
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SEC. 5. REPORT. 
Section 5 of the Nutria Eradication and Control Act 
of 2003 (Public Law 108–16; 117 Stat. 621) (as redesig-
nated by section 3) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2002 docu-
ment entitled ‘Eradication Strategies for Nutria in 
the Chesapeake and Delaware Bay Watersheds’; 
and’’ and inserting ‘‘March 2009 update of the doc-
ument entitled ‘Eradication Strategies for Nutria in 
the Chesapeake and Delaware Bay Watersheds’ and 
originally dated March 2002;’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘develop’’ and inserting 
‘‘continue’’; and 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding after paragraph (2) the following: 
‘‘(3) develop, in cooperation with the State of 
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and En-
vironmental Control, the State of Virginia Depart-
ment of Game and Inland Fisheries, the State of Or-
egon Department of Fish and Wildlife, the State of 
North Carolina Department of Environment and 
Natural Resources, and the State of Washington De-
partment of Fish and Wildlife, long-term nutria con-
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trol or eradication programs, as appropriate, with 
the objective of— 
‘‘(A) significantly reducing and restoring 
the damage nutria cause to coastal wetlands in 
the coastal States; and 
‘‘(B) promoting voluntary, public-private 
partnerships to eradicate or control nutria and 
restoring nutria-damaged wetlands in the coast-
al States.’’. 
Æ 
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