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years 2010 through 2014 $1,500,000 for the Coast Guard 
and $1,500,000 for the Environmental Protection Agency 
to carry out subsection (a). 
SEC. 149. RESEARCH IN SYSTEMATICS AND TAXONOMY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The National Science Foundation 
shall establish a program to award grants to researchers 
at institutions of higher education and museums to carry 
out research programs in systematics and taxonomy. 
(b) GOALS.—The goals of the program under this 
section are to— 
(1) encourage scientists to pursue careers in 
systematics and taxonomy to ensure a continuing 
knowledge base in these disciplines; 
(2) ensure that there will be adequate expertise 
in systematics and taxonomy to support Federal, 
State, and local needs to identify species; 
(3) develop this expertise throughout the United 
States with an emphasis on regional diversity; and 
(4) draw on existing expertise in systematics 
and taxonomy at institutions of higher education 
and museums to train the next generation of system-
atists and taxonomists. 
(c) CRITERIA.—Grants shall be awarded under this 
section on a merit-reviewed competitive basis. Emphasis 
shall be placed on funding proposals in a diverse set of 
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ecosystems and geographic locations, and, when applica-
ble, integrated with the United States Long Term Ecologi-
cal Research Network. Preference shall be given to pro-
posals that will include student participation, and to insti-
tutions and museums that actively train students to be-
come experts in taxonomy and systematics. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the National Science 
Foundation for carrying out this section $2,500,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014. 
SEC. 150. STATE PROGRAMS. 
(a) PLAN.—The administering agencies, in coopera-
tion with the appropriate State agencies, shall develop a 
plan to— 
(1) conduct a survey of methods States and 
Federal agencies are using to control or eradicate 
aquatic invasive species; 
(2) facilitate the exchange of information 
among States and Federal agencies on methods 
States or Federal agencies have found to be effective 
at controlling or eradicating aquatic invasive species 
and the costs of those methods; and 
(3) evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the various 
methods States and Federal agencies are using to 
control or eradicate aquatic invasive species. 
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(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the administering agencies shall 
jointly transmit to the Congress the plan described in sub-
section (a) and the expected costs of carrying out the plan. 
Subtitle C—Invasive Species 
Council 
SEC. 161. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘National Invasive 
Species Council Act’’. 
SEC. 162. STATEMENT OF POLICY REGARDING FEDERAL 
DUTIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No Federal agency may author-
ize, fund, or carry out any action that would likely cause 
or promote the introduction or spread of an invasive spe-
cies in the United States or any other location, unless the 
head of the Federal agency, at his or her sole discretion 
and pursuant to guidelines developed under subsection (b), 
determines that— 
(1) the benefits of the action under consider-
ation clearly outweigh the potential harm to the en-
vironment, economy, or human health caused by the 
introduction or spread of the invasive species; and 
(2) all feasible and prudent measures to mini-
mize risk of harm to the environment, economy, or 
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