Prevention of Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5030
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2006-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Algal blooms
Animals
Aquatic animals
Aquatic ecology
Aquatic pests
Aquatic plants
Armed Forces and National Security
Authorization
Biological diversity
Boats and boating
Boundaries
Business records
Canada
Coast guard
Coastal zone
Commerce
Conferences
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Ecological surveys
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental assessment
Environmental education
Environmental health
Environmental law enforcement
Environmental monitoring
Environmental research
Environmental technology
Executive reorganization
Exotic animals
Exotic plants
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal preemption
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Fishes
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Great Lakes
Habitat conservation
Harbors
Health
Illinois
Import restrictions
Imports
Infrastructure
International Affairs
International environmental cooperation
Judicial review
Latin America
Law
Licenses
Local laws
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine parks and reserves
Marine pollution
Mexico
Minorities
National parks
Native Americans
Negotiations
Non-native species
Pest control
Planning
Pollution measurement
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Refuse and refuse disposal
Regional planning
Rivers
Science, Technology, Communications
Ships
Signs and signboards
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
Standards
State laws
Surveys
Technological innovations
Technology assessment
Transportation and Public Works
Treaties
Volunteer workers
Warships
Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc.
Waste disposal in the ocean
Waste disposal sites
Waste water treatment
Water Resources Development
Waterways
Weeds

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-28
text: 
Prevention of Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2006 - Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to revise certain aquatic invasive species prevention requirements to, among other things: (1) apply them to certain U.S. vessels and to certain foreign vessels (or a structure being towed by a vessel) that are en route to, or have departed from, a U.S. port; and (2) establish ballast water exchange and treatment and sediment management standards for vessels of the armed forces.
 
 
Prohibits an operator of a vessel from uptaking or discharging ballast water or sediment, except in specified circumstances, from a U.S. vessel operating in U.S. or non-U.S. waters. Requires a vessel to conduct all its ballast water management operations in accordance with an aquatic invasive species plan designed to minimize the discharge of aquatic invasive species.
 
 Requires a vessel, before discharging ballast water into U.S. waters, to conduct ballast water treatment so that the discharged ballast water will contain no more than a specified level of living organisms or microbes. Prohibits an operator of a vessel, until the vessel conducts such treatment, from discharging ballast water except after certain ballast water exchange and ballast water treatment requirements are met. 
 
 Sets forth civil penalties for violations of this Act.
 
Urges the Secretary to negotiate with foreign countries to develop and implement an international program for preventing the unintentional introduction and spread of aquatic invasive species.
 
Establishes a priority pathway management program that, among other things: (1) identifies pathways that pose the highest risk for the introduction of aquatic invasive species unless further managed; and (2) develops recommendations for management strategies for those high-risk pathways.
 
Implements a national system of ecological surveys for rapid early detection and monitoring of aquatic invasive species.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-19
text: Executive Comment Requested from Commerce.
action_date: 2006-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2006-03-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-03-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-03-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-28
text: Introduced in House