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H.R. 1081: Aquatic Invasive Species Research Act

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H.R. 1081: Aquatic Invasive Species Research Act

108th Congress · introduced 2003-03-05 · Water Resources Development · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 263.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2003-03-05 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 263. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Aquatic Invasive Species Research Act

Plain summary

Aquatic Invasive Species Research Act - Requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, and the U.S. Geological Survey (Administering Agencies) to: (1) enter into a memorandum of understanding regarding the implementation of this Act; and (2) develop and conduct a marine and fresh-water research program to support efforts to assess rates and patterns of the introduction of invasive nonnative species into the Aquatic Ecosystem and efforts to detect, prevent, and eradicate them. Requires the Administering Agencies to: (1) develop standardized protocols for conducting ecological and pathway surveys of nonnative aquatic species; (2) document baseline ecological information of the aquatic ecosystem and pathways; (3) acting through NOAA, administer a program to award grants to academic institutions and other appropriate groups to develop standardized protocols and conduct marine and fresh-water research experiments; and (4) conduct laboratory and field-based marine and fresh-water research experiments on a range of taxonomic groups to identify the relationship between the introduction and establishment of nonnative aquatic species. Requires the United States Geological Survey to develop, maintain, and update a central, national database of the information and make the database widely available to the public. Requires the Administering Agencies to analyze the data collected. Makes the Invasive Species Council responsible for disseminating such information and develop a national strategy for how it will be shared with Federal, State, and local entities. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), acting through the Office of Research and Development, to develop a grant program to fund research, development, demonstration and verification of environmentally sound, cost-effective technologies and methods to control and eradicate aquatic invasive species. Reauthorizes the ship pathway technology demonstration program. Requires the Coast Guard and the EPA to develop a research program to support implementation of ship pathway standards to prevent the introduction and spread of invasive species by ships into the Aquatic Ecosystem. Requires the National Science Foundation to establish a grant program for researchers at institutions of higher education and museums to carry our research programs in systematics and taxonomy.

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Official text

Aquatic Invasive Species Research Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3] · 88 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1081, Aquatic Invasive Species Research Act (2003-06-18); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1081, Aquatic Invasive Species Research Act (2003-06-18)

Cosponsors on this site

Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Ed Case (D-HI), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and 28 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong108-hr1081 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108