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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Stop Westward Aquatic Threats Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF NONINDIGENOUS AQUATIC NUISANCE PREVENTION AND
CONTROL ACT OF 1990.

Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal
of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to
be made to a section or other provision of Nonindigenous Aquatic
Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.).

SEC. 3. 100TH MERIDIAN AND WESTWARD PROGRAM.

Subtitle C (16 U.S.C. 4721 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following:

''SEC. 1210. 100TH MERIDIAN AND WESTWARD PROGRAM.

''(a) Public Information and Education.--The Secretary shall
coordinate with the States to provide the public with information and
education on the threat of zebra mussels and other aquatic nuisance
species and how to prevent their westward advance.
''(b) Source States Action Plan.--The Secretary, in consultation
with the Task Force, shall work with States that contain aquatic
nuisance species, including zebra mussels, that threaten western States
to develop and implement a prevention action plan that includes
inspections of vessels at boat launches and elsewhere.
''(c) Movement Across the 100th Meridian.--
''(1) Early detection and rapid response.--The Secretary,
in consultation with the Task Force, shall seek to prevent
westward movement of aquatic nuisance species by monitoring and
preventing westward movement of zebra mussels and other aquatic
nuisance species across and beyond the 100th meridian,
monitoring water bodies, educating boaters leaving waters
infected by aquatic nuisance species, and providing rapid
response capacity in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska,
Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
''(2) Check stations.--Under this subsection, the
Secretary, in collaboration with the Secretary of
Transportation and the States, shall--
''(A) work with States to establish check stations
on highways and waterways that cross the 100th
meridian, and require that all commercial vessels
moving westward across the meridian stop and be checked
for zebra mussels and aquatic weeds at such check
stations;
''(B) require that contaminated vessels identified
at such check stations be cleaned in accordance with
protocols developed by the Task Force before being
moved across the 100th meridian;
''(C) assess and collect from persons who violate
such requirement more than one time a civil penalty of
$150 for each violation after the first violation;
''(D) identify and record all vessels that stop at
such check stations and the water body most recently
visited by each such vessel;
''(E) focus prevention resources on States having
the greatest number of contaminated vessels; and
''(F) coordinate implementation of this subsection
with appropriate Canadian authorities.
''(d) Vector Action Plans.--The Secretary and the Task Force, in
collaboration with the States and within 18 months after the date of
the enactment of this subsection, shall--
''(1) assess the relative risk of vectors and pathways of
westward movement of zebra mussels and other aquatic nuisance
species across the 100th meridian and throughout the western
States and develop adequate action plans to control each
pathway, ranked by priority; and
''(2) provide to the Task Force, for distribution to the
States, data developed through such assessment.
''(e) Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Expedition.--
''(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior shall
ensure that the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the
National Park Service coordinate efforts to implement an action
plan to prevent the spread of aquatic nuisance species by
vessels and other potential vectors involved in the Lewis and
Clark Bicentennial Expedition, including efforts to educate
participants in such Expedition by no later than January 1,
2003.
''(2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior
to carry out this subsection $100,000 for each of fiscal years
2002 through 2005.
''(f) Application in Other States.--If the Secretary determines
that any State (other than those listed in subsection (c)) that is
located west of the 100th meridian needs to be involved in
implementation of this section for this section to be effective, the
Secretary may apply this section in such State.
''(g) Evaluation of Effectiveness.--The Secretary shall enter into
an arrangement with an independent entity under which the entity shall,
by January 1, 2005, evaluate the effectiveness of the 100th meridian
and westward program under this section in stopping the westward
movement of zebra mussels and other aquatic nuisance species across and
beyond the 100th meridian.
''(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $5,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2003 through 2007.''.

SEC. 4. STATE MANAGEMENT PLANS.

(a) Grants to States for Development of Management Plans.--Section
1204(b) (16 U.S.C. 4724(b)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ''make grants to States
to develop management plans under this section, including for
hiring personnel for such development, and'' after ''at the
recommendation of the Task Force,'';
(2) in paragraph (3)(A) by striking ''each comprehensive
management plan implemented with Federal assistance'' and
inserting ''implementation of each comprehensive management
plan''; and
(3) in paragraph (3)(B) by striking ''each public facility
management plan implemented with Federal assistance'' and
inserting ''implementation of each public facility management
plan''.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 1301 (16 U.S.C. 4724)
is amended--
(1) in subsection (c) by striking ''There are authorized''
and all that follows through ''of which'' and inserting ''For
grants to States under section 1204(b) there are authorized to
be appropriated to the Director $10,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2003 through 2007, of which up to 20 percent may be
available for plan development and of which''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
''(f) Funding for Capacity Building by Western Regional Panel.--To
build capacity and foster the development and implementation of
comprehensive management plans under section 1204 for States located on
or west of the 100th meridian there are authorized to be appropriated
to the Western Regional panel established under section 1203(b)
$600,000 for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2007.''.
A:
Stop Westward Aquatic Threats Act - Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) provide the public with information and education on the threat of zebra mussels and other aquatic nuisance species and how to prevent their westward advance; (2) work with States that contain aquatic nuisance species (including zebra mussels) that threaten western States to develop and implement a prevention action plan that includes inspections of vessels at boat launches and elsewhere (including vessels involved in the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Expedition); and (3) prevent westward movement of aquatic nuisance species by monitoring and preventing westward movement of zebra mussels and other aquatic nuisance species beyond the 100th meridian, monitoring water bodies, educating boaters leaving waters infected by aquatic nuisance species, and providing rapid response capacity in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.Authorizes the Director of the of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force to make grants to States to develop management plans which identify those areas or activities within the State for which assistance is needed to eliminate or reduce the environmental, public health, and safety risks associated with aquatic nuisance species, particularly the zebra mussel.