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Union Calendar No. 327 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3399 
[Report No. 116–405] 
To amend the Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003 to include 
California in the program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 21, 2019 
Mr. HARDER of California (for himself, Mr. COSTA, Mr. COX of California, 
and Mr. GARAMENDI) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Natural Resources 
FEBRUARY 25, 2020 
Additional sponsors: Ms. LEE of California, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. GRAVES of 
Louisiana, and Mr. BERA 
FEBRUARY 25, 2020 
Reported with an amendment; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 21, 2019] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. NUTRIA ERADICATION. 
The Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003 (Pub-
lic Law 108–16) is amended— 
(1) in section 2— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Wet-
lands and tidal marshes of the Chesapeake 
Bay and in Louisiana’’ and inserting 
‘‘Wetlands, tidal marshes, and agricultural 
lands’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘in 
Maryland and Louisiana’’; and 
(iii) by amending paragraph (3) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(3) Traditional harvest methods to control or 
eradicate nutria have failed. Consequently, marsh 
loss, loss of public and private wetlands, and loss of 
agricultural lands are accelerating.’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the State 
of Maryland and the State of Louisiana’’ and 
inserting ‘‘any State that has demonstrated the 
need’’; and 
(2) in section 3— 
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(A) by amending subsection (a) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior (referred to in this Act as the ‘Secretary’), may provide 
financial assistance to a State, in an amount that is in 
proportion to the total impacted area of such State affected 
by nutria, that has demonstrated to the Secretary sufficient 
need for a program to implement measures to eradicate or 
control nutria and restore marshland, public and private 
wetlands, and agricultural lands damaged by nutria.’’; 
(B) by striking subsection (b); 
(C) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the 
program may’’ and inserting ‘‘a State pro-
gram referred to in subsection (a) may’’; 
and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the 
program may’’ and inserting ‘‘a State pro-
gram referred to in subsection (a) may’’; 
(D) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘to a 
State’’ after ‘‘provided’’; 
(E) 
in 
subsection 
(f), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$4,000,000’’ and all that follows and inserting 
‘‘$12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 
through 2025.’’; and 
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(F) by redesignating subsections (c) through 
(f) as subsections (b) through (e). 
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