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Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2011

Introduced: May 5, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Nov 15, 2011
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 231.
Nov 15, 2011
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with an amendment. With written report No. 112-94.
Jul 13, 2011
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
May 5, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2739-2740)
May 5, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2738-2739)
May 5, 2011
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2011 - Amends the Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003 to revise the nutria eradication program by authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to  provide financial assistance to Delaware, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia, and Washington (currently, only to Maryland and Louisiana).

Establishes the goals of such Program as: (1) eradicating nutria in Maryland; (2) eradicating or controlling nutria in Louisiana, Delaware, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia, and Washington; and (3) restoring wetlands damaged by nutria.

Requires that the Maryland program consist of management, research, and public education activities carried out in accordance with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's document entitled "Eradication Strategies for Nutria in the Chesapeake and Delaware Bay Watersheds," dated March 2002 and updated in March 2009.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2012-FY2016.

Requires the Secretary and the National Invasive Species Council to develop long-term nutria control or eradication programs to: (1) significantly reduce and restore nutria damaged wetlands in Delaware, Oregon, North Carolina, Virginia, and Washington; and (2) promote voluntary, public-private partnerships to eradicate or control nutria and restore nutria-damaged wetlands in such states.

What's happening now November 15, 2011

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 231.

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