I 
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 Michi-
gan, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. STUPAK, Mrs. MILLER of Michi-
gan, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. UPTON, Mr. EMANUEL, and Mr. MCHUGH) in-
troduced 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 main-
tain as a system the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal 
dispersal barriers. 
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 ‘‘Great Lakes Asian 
Carp Barrier Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONSOLIDATION OF BARRIER PROJECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Chicago Sanitary and Ship 
Canal Dispersal Barrier Project (referred to in this section 
as ‘‘Barrier I’’) (as in existence on the date of enactment 
of this Act), constructed as a demonstration project under 
section 1202(i)(3) of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance 
Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 
4722(i)(3)), and the project relating to the Chicago Sani-
tary and Ship Canal Dispersal Barrier, authorized by sec-
tion 345 of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 
2005 (Public Law 108–335; 118 Stat. 1352) (referred to 
in this section as ‘‘Barrier II’’), shall be considered to con-
stitute a single project. 
(b) ACTIVITIES RELATING TO BARRIER I AND BAR-
RIER II.— 
(1) DUTIES OF SECRETARY OF THE ARMY.— 
The Secretary of the Army, at Federal expense, 
shall— 
(A) upgrade and make permanent Barrier 
I; 
(B) construct Barrier II, notwithstanding 
the project cooperation agreement with the 
State of Illinois dated June 14, 2005; 
(C) operate and maintain Barrier I and 
Barrier II as a system to optimize effectiveness; 
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(D) conduct, in consultation with appro-
priate Federal, State, local, and nongovern-
mental entities, a study of a range of options 
and technologies for reducing impacts of haz-
ards that may reduce the efficacy of the Bar-
riers; and 
(E) provide to each State a credit in an 
amount equal to the amount of funds contrib-
uted by the State toward Barrier II. 
(2) APPLICATION
OF
CREDIT.—A State may 
apply a credit received under paragraph (1)(E) to 
any cost-sharing responsibility for an existing or fu-
ture Federal project with the Corps of Engineers in 
the State. 
(c) FEASIBILITY STUDY.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with appropriate Federal, State, local, and non-
governmental entities, shall conduct, at Federal expense, 
a feasibility study of the range of options and technologies 
available to prevent the spread of aquatic nuisance species 
between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins 
through the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and other 
aquatic pathways. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 345 of the 
District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public 
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Law 108–335; 118 Stat. 1352) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘SEC. 345. There are authorized to be appropriated 
such sums as may be necessary to carry out the Barrier 
II project of the project for the Chicago Sanitary and Ship 
Canal Dispersal Barrier, Illinois, initiated pursuant to sec-
tion 1135 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1986 (33 U.S.C. 2309a).’’. 
Æ 
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