‘‘(1) may be retrofitted—
‘‘(A) on existing vessels or incorporated in
new vessel designs; and
‘‘(B) on existing land-based ballast water
treatment facilities;
‘‘(2) may be designed into new water treatment
facilities;
‘‘(3) are operationally practical;
‘‘(4) are safe for a vessel and crew;
‘‘(5) are environmentally sound;
‘‘(6) are cost-effective;
‘‘(7) a vessel operator is capable of monitoring;
and
‘‘(8) are effective against a broad range of
aquatic nuisance species.
‘‘(b) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—During the 18-month pe-
riod beginning on the date that funds are made
available by appropriations pursuant to section
1301(e), the Secretary of the Interior and the Sec-
retary of Commerce, with the concurrence of and in
cooperation with the Secretary, shall conduct a bal-
last water management demonstration program to
demonstrate technologies and practices to prevent
aquatic nonindigenous species from being introduced
into and spread through ballast water in the Great
Lakes and other waters of the United States.
‘‘(2) LOCATION.—The installation and con-
struction of the technologies and practices used in
the demonstration program conducted under this
subsection shall be performed in the United States.
‘‘(3) VESSEL
SELECTION.—In demonstrating
technologies and practices on vessels under this sub-
section, the Secretary of the Interior and the Sec-
retary of Commerce, shall—
‘‘(A) use only vessels that—
‘‘(i) are approved by the Secretary;
‘‘(ii) have ballast water systems con-
ducive to testing aboard-vessel or land-
based technologies and practices applicable
to a significant number of merchant ves-
sels; and
‘‘(iii) are—
‘‘(I) publicly or privately owned;
and
‘‘(II) in active use for trade or
other cargo shipment purposes during
the demonstration;
‘‘(B) select vessels for participation in the
program by giving priority consideration—
‘‘(i) first, to vessels documented under
chapter 121 of title 46, United States
Code;
‘‘(ii) second, to vessels that are a ma-
jority owned by citizens of the United
States, as determined by the Secretary;
and
‘‘(iii) third, to any other vessels that
regularly call on ports in the United
States; and
‘‘(C) seek to use a variety of vessel types,
including vessels that—
‘‘(i) call on ports in the United States
and on the Great Lakes; and
‘‘(ii) are operated along major coasts
of the United States and inland waterways,
including the San Francisco Bay and
Chesapeake Bay.
‘‘(4) SELECTION OF TECHNOLOGIES AND PRAC-
TICES.—In selecting technologies and practices for
demonstration under this subsection, the Secretary
of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce shall
give priority consideration to technologies and prac-
tices identified as promising by the National Re-
search Council Marine Board of the National Acad-
emy of Sciences in its report on ships’ ballast water
operations issued in July 1996.
‘‘(5) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the
date of enactment of the National Invasive Species
Act of 1996, the Secretary of the Interior and the
Secretary of Commerce shall prepare and submit a
report to the Congress on the demonstration pro-
gram conducted pursuant to this section. The report
shall include findings and recommendations of the
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Com-
merce concerning technologies and practices.
‘‘(c) AUTHORITIES; CONSULTATION AND COOPERA-
TION WITH INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION
AND TASK FORCE.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORITIES.—In conducting the dem-
onstration program under subsection (b), the Sec-
retary of the Interior may—
‘‘(A) enter into cooperative agreements
with appropriate officials of other agencies of
the Federal Government, agencies of States and
political subdivisions thereof, and private enti-
ties;
‘‘(B) accept funds, facilities, equipment, or
personnel from other Federal agencies; and
‘‘(C) accept donations of property and
services.
‘‘(2) CONSULTATION AND COOPERATION.—The
Secretary of the Interior shall consult and cooperate
with the International Maritime Organization and
the Task Force in carrying out this section.’’.
(e) AMENDMENTS TO SUBTITLE C.—
(1) SUBTITLE HEADING.—The heading to sub-
title C (16 U.S.C. 4721 et seq.) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘Subtitle C—Prevention and Con-
trol of Aquatic Nuisance Species
Dispersal’’.
(2) TASK
FORCE.—Section 1201 (16 U.S.C.
4721) is amended—
(A) in subsection (b)—
(i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of
paragraph (5);
(ii) by redesignating paragraph (6) as
paragraph (7); and
(iii) by inserting after paragraph (5)
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(6) the Secretary of Agriculture; and’’; and
(B) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘the
Chesapeake Bay Program, the San Francisco
Bay-Delta Estuary Program,’’ before ‘‘and
State agencies’’.
(3) RESEARCH
PROGRAM.—Section 1202 (16
U.S.C. 4722) is amended—
(A) in subsection (f)(1)(A), by inserting
‘‘and impacts’’ after ‘‘economic risks’’; and
(B) in subsection (i)—
(i) in paragraph (1)—
(I) by striking ‘‘(1) IN
GEN-
ERAL.—The Task Force’’ and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘(1) ZEBRA MUSSEL.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Task Force’’;
(II) by striking ‘‘(A) research’’
and inserting the following:
‘‘(i) research’’;
(III) by striking ‘‘(B) tracking’’
and inserting the following:
‘‘(ii) tracking’’;
(IV) by striking ‘‘(C) develop-
ment’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(iii) development’’; and
(V) by striking ‘‘(D) provision’’
and inserting the following:
‘‘(iv) provision’’;