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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2565
To require the establishment of a research and grant program for the
eradication or control of Pfiesteria piscicida and other aquatic toxins.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 26, 1997
Mr. JONES (for himself, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. HOYER, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr.
PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. BURR of North Carolina,
Mr. COBLE, Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. HEFNER, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. TAY-
LOR of North Carolina, and Mr. WATT of North Carolina) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, and in
addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Re-
sources, Commerce, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To require the establishment of a research and grant pro-
gram for the eradication or control of Pfiesteria piscicida
and other aquatic toxins.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pfiesteria Research
Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. PFIESTERIA AND OTHER AQUATIC TOXINS RE-
SEARCH AND GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Commerce
(acting through the Director of the National Marine Fish-
eries Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration), the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices (acting through the Director of the National Institute
of Environmental Health Sciences and the Director of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), and the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall—
(1) establish a research program for the eradi-
cation or control of Pfiesteria piscicida and other
aquatic toxins; and
(2) make grants to colleges, universities, and
other entities in affected States for the eradication
or control of Pfiesteria piscicida and other aquatic
toxins.
(b) GRANTS.—In carrying out subsection (a)(2), the
heads of the agencies referred to in subsection (a) shall
make grants to—
(1) North Carolina State University in Raleigh,
North Carolina, for the establishment of an Applied
Aquatic Ecology Center and for research conducted
by the Center relating to aquatic toxins;
(2) the University System of Maryland and the
Agricultural Research Center in Beltsville, Mary-
land, for the establishment of a cooperative Agro-
Ecosystem Center for research and demonstration
projects related to aquatic toxins, such as Pfiesteria
piscicida, including projects that relate to dietary,
waste management, and other alternative-use related
strategies that reduce the undesirable nutrient and
other chemical content from waste into waterways;
and
(3) the Virginia Institute of Marine Science of
the College of William and Mary in Gloucester
Point, Virginia, for the establishment of a Marine
Pathology and Applied Ecology Center and for re-
search conducted by the Center relating to the effect
of algal toxins on marine fish and shellfish and to
understanding 
human 
influences 
on 
estuarine
planktonic communities with an emphasis on harm-
ful algal species, except that a portion of the grants
made under this paragraph shall be allocated to Old
Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, for re-
search support.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary
to carry out this section, including—
(1) $1,883,619 for fiscal year 1998, and
$655,890 for fiscal year 1999, to carry out sub-
section (b)(1);
(2) $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1998
and 1999, to carry out subsection (b)(2); and
(3) $1,750,000 for fiscal year 1998, and
$545,000 for fiscal year 1999, to carry out sub-
section (b)(3).
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