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S 789 115th Congress Senate Environmental Protection Aquatic ecology Arkansas Crimes against animals and natural resources Louisiana Texas Trade restrictions Water use and supply Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Public Water Supply Invasive Species Compliance Act of 2017

Introduced: March 30, 2017 Introduced by: Cruz, Ted Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Mar 30, 2017
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Public Water Supply Invasive Species Compliance Act of 2017

This bill amends the Lacey Act and the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 by exempting certain water transfers between public water supplies located on, along, or across the boundaries of Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana from prohibitions on illegal trade of plants and wildlife. Specifically, the prohibitions do not apply to covered water transfers containing a prohibited species if: (1) the species are present in both public water supplies before the transfer and the water is transferred directly between them; or (2) the water is transferred in a closed conveyance system (a closed system that collects, contains, and transports the flow of water, such as pipe systems) and sent directly to treatment facilities where the species will be destroyed.

What's happening now March 30, 2017

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1807 Identical bill Public Water Supply Invasive Species Compliance Act of 2017
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Mar 30, 2017
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Cornyn, John
Texas · Mar 30, 2017
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Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · Mar 30, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 789: Public Water Supply Invasive Species Compliance Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-789/
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"S. 789: Public Water Supply Invasive Species Compliance Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-789/.
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S. 789, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-789/.
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