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North Texas Zebra Mussel Barrier Act of 2012

Introduced: September 13, 2012 Introduced by: Cornyn, John Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Sep 13, 2012
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Sep 13, 2012
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

North Texas Zebra Mussel Barrier Act of 2012 - Makes the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 and provisions of the federal criminal code prohibiting importation of injurious animals inapplicable to any water transfer by the North Texas Municipal Water District and the Greater Texoma Utility Authority using only closed conveyance systems from the Lake Texoma raw water intake structure to treatment facilities at which all zebra mussels are extirpated and removed from the transferred water.

What's happening now September 13, 2012

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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