108th Congress > House > Vote 112

Date: 2003-04-08

Result: 385-30 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 113

Vote Subject Matter: Government Management / Budget Special Interest

Bill number: HR273

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

Description: Nutria Eradication and Control Act

Bill summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on April 8, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance to the States of Maryland and Louisiana for a program to implement measures to: (1) eradicate nutria in Maryland; (2) eradicate or control nutria in Louisiana and other States; and (3) restore marshland damaged by nutria. Directs the Secretary to (...show more) require that the program in Maryland consist of management, research, and public education activities carried out in accordance with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service document entitled "Eradication Strategies for Nutria in the Chesapeake and Delaware Bay Watersheds." Limits the Federal share of program costs to 75 percent. Prohibits use of more than five percent of such Federal assistance for administrative expenses. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 through 2008. Directs the Secretary and the National Invasive Species Council to: (1) give consideration to the 2002 report for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries titled "Nutria in Louisiana" and the 2002 document entitled "Eradication Strategies for Nutria in the Chesapeake and Delaware Bay Watersheds"; and (2) develop, in cooperation with such Department and the State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources, a long-term nutria control or eradication program, as appropriate, with the objective to significantly reduce and restore the damage nutria cause to coastal wetlands in Louisiana and Maryland.

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Bill titles: To provide for the eradication and control of nutria in Maryland and Louisiana.

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