To amend the Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003 to include California in the program, and for other purposes.
PL 116-186 (H.R.3399), enacted 10/30/2020

[116th Congress Public Law 186]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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Public Law 116-186
116th Congress

                                 An Act


 
   To amend the Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003 to include 
  California in the program, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Oct. 30, 
                         2020 -  [H.R. 3399]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. NUTRIA ERADICATION.

    The Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-16) 
is amended--
            (1) <<NOTE: 16 USC 8101.>>  in section 2--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                          (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Wetlands 
                      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) <<NOTE: 16 USC 8102.>>  in section 3--
                    (A) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

    ``(a) Grant Authority.--The Secretary of the Interior (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 program 
                      referred to in subsection (a) may''; and
                          (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ``the 
                      program may'' and inserting ``a State program 
                      referred to in subsection (a) may'';
                    (D) in subsection (e), by inserting ``to a State'' 
                after ``provided'';

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                    (E) <<NOTE: Time periods.>>  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
                    (F) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as 
                subsections (b) through (e).

    Approved October 30, 2020.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 3399 (S. 4403):
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 116-405 (Comm. on Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 166 (2020):
            Feb. 26, considered and passed House.
            Sept. 30, considered and passed Senate.

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