and private researchers with responsibility over or interest 
in aquatic invasive species. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 3 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Invasive 
Species Council shall report actions and findings under 
section 6 to the Congress, and shall update this report 
once every 3 years thereafter, or more often as necessary. 
(c) RESPONSE STRATEGY.—The Invasive Species 
Council, in coordination with the Task Force, the admin-
istering agencies, and other appropriate Federal and State 
agencies, shall develop and implement a national strategy 
for how information collected under this Act will be shared 
with Federal, State, and local entities with responsibility 
for determining response to the introduction of potentially 
invasive aquatic species, to enable those entities to better 
and more rapidly respond to such introductions. 
(d) PATHWAY PRACTICES.—The Invasive Species 
Council, in coordination with the Task Force and the ad-
ministering agencies, shall disseminate information to, 
and develop an ongoing educational program for, pathway 
users (including vendors and customers) on how their 
practices could be modified to prevent the intentional or 
unintentional introduction of nonnative aquatic species 
into aquatic ecosystems. 
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(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the 
Interior for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012 
$500,000 for the Invasive Species Council for carrying out 
this section. 
SEC. 8. TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, 
AND VERIFICATION. 
(a) ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND TECHNOLOGY DE-
VELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND VERIFICATION.— 
(1) GRANT PROGRAM.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the En-
vironmental Protection Agency, acting through the 
Office of Research and Development, in consultation 
with the Army Corps of Engineers, the admin-
istering agencies, and the Task Force, shall develop 
and begin administering a grant program to fund re-
search, development, demonstration, and verification 
of environmentally sound cost-effective technologies 
and methods to control and eradicate aquatic 
invasive species. 
(2) PURPOSES.—Proposals funded under this 
subsection shall— 
(A) seek to support Federal, State, or local 
officials’ ongoing efforts to control and eradi-
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cate aquatic invasive species in an environ-
mentally sound manner; 
(B) increase the number of environ-
mentally sound technologies or methods Fed-
eral, State, or local officials may use to control 
or eradicate aquatic invasive species; 
(C) provide for demonstration or dissemi-
nation of the technology or method to potential 
end-users; and 
(D) verify that any technology or method 
meets any appropriate criteria developed for ef-
fectiveness and environmental soundness by the 
Environmental Protection Agency. 
(3) PREFERENCE.—The Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency shall give pref-
erence to proposals that will likely meet any appro-
priate criteria developed for environmental sound-
ness by the Environmental Protection Agency. 
(4) MERIT REVIEW.—Grants shall be awarded 
under this subsection through a competitive, peer-re-
viewed process. 
(5) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency shall pre-
pare and submit a report to Congress on the pro-
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gram conducted under this subsection. The report 
shall include findings and recommendations of the 
Administrator with regard to technologies and meth-
ods. 
(b) SHIP
PATHWAY
TECHNOLOGY
DEMONSTRA-
TION.— 
(1) REAUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM.—Section 
1301(e) of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance 
Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 
4741(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘$2,500,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$7,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2008 through 2012’’. 
(2) EXPANSION OF PROGRAM.—Section 1104(b) 
of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention 
and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4714(b)) is 
amended— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 
(5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL
PURPOSES.—The Secretary 
of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce may 
also demonstrate and verify technologies under this 
subsection to monitor and control pathways of orga-
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nism transport on ships other than through ballast 
water.’’. 
(3) CRITERIA AND WORKSHOP.—Section 1104 
of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention 
and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4714) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsections: 
‘‘(d) CRITERIA.—When issuing grants under this sec-
tion, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion shall give preference to those technologies that will 
likely meet the criteria laid out in any testing protocol de-
veloped by the Environmental Protection Agency Office of 
Research and Development’s Environmental Technology 
Verification Program. 
‘‘(e) WORKSHOP.—The National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration shall hold an annual workshop of 
principal investigators funded under this section and re-
searchers conducting research directly related to ship 
pathway technology development, for information ex-
change, and shall make the proceedings widely available 
to the public.’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated for each of the fiscal 
years 2008 through 2012 $2,500,000 for the Environ-
mental Protection Agency to carry out subsection (a). 
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