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H.R. 358: Strategic Response to Asian Carp Invasion Act

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H.R. 358: Strategic Response to Asian Carp Invasion Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-01-23 · Water Resources Development · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-01-23 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Subcommittee Hearings Held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Strategic Response to Asian Carp Invasion Act

Plain summary

Strategic Response to Asian Carp Invasion Act - Requires the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), in coordination with the Army Corps of Engineers, the National Park Service (NPS), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), to lead a multiagency effort to slow the spread of Asian Carp in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River basins and tributaries by providing high-level technical assistance, coordination, best practices, and support to state and local government strategies, to slow, and eventually eliminate, the threat posed by such carp.

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Official text

Strategic Response to Asian Carp Invasion Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] · 26 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Mike Kelly (R-PA), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Gary C. Peters (D-MI)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] reported raising $1.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr358 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113