Public Law 116-186 | Public Law 116–186: To amend the Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003 to include California in the program, and for other purposes.

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PUBLIC LAW 116–186—OCT. 30, 2020

134 STAT. 901

Public Law

116–186

116th Congress

An Act

To amend the Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003 to include California in the program, and for other purposes.

Oct. 30, 2020

[H.R. 3399]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1.

NUTRIA ERADICATION.

The Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–16)

is amended

—

(1)

16 USC 8101.

in section 2—

(A)

in subsection (a)—

(i)

in paragraph (1), by

striking

“Wetlands and tidal marshes of the Chesapeake Bay and in Louisiana” and

inserting

“Wetlands, tidal marshes, and agricultural lands”;

(ii)

in paragraph (2), by

striking

“in Maryland and Louisiana”; and

(iii)

amending

paragraph (3) to read as follows:

“(3)

Traditional harvest methods to control or eradicate nutria have failed. Consequently, marsh loss, loss of public and private wetlands, and loss of agricultural lands are accelerating.”

; and

(B)

in subsection (b), by

striking

“the State of Maryland and the State of Louisiana” and

inserting

“any State that has demonstrated the need”; and

(2)

16 USC 8102.

in section 3—

(A)

amending

subsection (a) to read as follows:

“(a)

Grant Authority.—

The Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this Act as the ‘Secretary’), may provide financial assistance to a State, in an amount that is in proportion to the total impacted area of such State affected by nutria, that has demonstrated to the Secretary sufficient need for a program to implement measures to eradicate or control nutria and restore marshland, public and private wetlands, and agricultural lands damaged by nutria.”

;

(B)

striking

subsection (b);

(C)

in subsection (d)—

(i)

in paragraph (1), by

striking

“the program may” and

inserting

“a State program referred to in subsection (a) may”; and

(ii)

in paragraph (2), by

striking

“the program may” and

inserting

“a State program referred to in subsection (a) may”;

(D)

in subsection (e), by

inserting

“to a State” after “provided”;134 STAT. 902

(E)

Time periods.

in subsection (f), by

striking

“$4,000,000” and all that follows and

inserting

“$12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.”; and

(F)

redesignating

subsections (c) through (f) as subsections (b) through (e).

Approved October 30, 2020.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3399 (S. 4403):

HOUSE REPORTS: ┐No. 116–405 (Comm. on Natural Resources).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 166 (2020):

Feb. 26, considered and passed House.

Sept. 30, considered and passed Senate.

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Public Law 116–186: To amend the Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003 to include California in the program, and for other purposes.

NUTRIA ERADICATION.

Grant Authority.—

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3399 (S. 4403):

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 166 (2020):

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