,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ceh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bc1 #bjac  
,ms4 ,mc,collum 7for herself1 ,mr4      
,kelly1 ,mr4 ,walz1 ,mr4 ,latta1 ,mr4   
,nolan1 ,mr4 ,higgins1 ,mrs4 ,bachmann1 
,mr4 ,conyers1 ,ms4 ,slaughter1 ,mr4    
,peterson1 and ,mr4 ,paulsen7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,natural ,resources
  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,united     
,states ,fish and ,wildlife ,service1 in
 coordination with the ,army ,corps of  
,engineers1 the ,national ,park         
,service1 and the ,united ,states       
,geological ,survey1 to lead a          
multiagency effort to slow the spread of
 ,asian ,carp in the ,upper ,mississippi
 and ,ohio ,river basins and            
tributaries1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,strategic ,response to ,asian  
,carp ,invasion ,act4  #b4 ,findings    
,congress finds the following3  7#a7    
,the rapid spread of several invasive   

species of ,asian ,carp in the ,upper   
,mississippi ,river and ,ohio ,river    
basins and tributaries threatens        
ecosystems and billions of dollars of   
economic activities connected to outdoor
 recreation in ,states throughout the   
,midwest4  7#b7 ,while ,federal efforts 
have focused on preventing the spread of
 ,asian ,carp into the ,great ,lakes1   
there is growing recognition of the     
threat these invasive species pose to   
other ecosystems in the ,upper          
,mississippi and ,ohio ,river basins4   
#c4 ,multiagency effort to slow the     
spread of ,asian ,carp in the ,upper    
,mississippi and ,ohio ,river basins and
 tributaries ,the ,director of the      
,united ,states ,fish and ,wildlife     
,service1 in coordination with the ,army
 ,corps of ,engineers1 the ,national    
,park ,service1 and the ,united ,states 
,geological ,survey1 shall lead a       
multiagency effort to slow the spread of
 ,asian ,carp in the ,upper ,mississippi
 and ,ohio ,river basins and tributaries

 by providing high-level technical      
assistance1 coordination1 best          
practices1 and support to ,state and    
local government strategies to slow1 and
 eventually eliminate1 the threat posed 
by ,asian ,carp4 ,to the maximum extent 
practicable1 the multiagency effort     
shall apply lessons learned and best    
practices such as those developed under 
the ,management and ,control ,plan for  
,bighead1 ,black1 ,grass1 and ,silver   
,carps in the ,united ,states1 ,november
 #bjjg and the ,asian ,carp ,control    
,strategic ,framework4  #d4 ,report to  
,congress  7a7 ,in general ,the         
,director of the ,united ,states ,fish  
and ,wildlife ,service shall by         
,december #ca of each year submit to the
 ,subcommittee on ,interior1            
,environment1 and ,related ,agencies of 
the ,committee on ,appropriations and   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources of
 the ,house of ,representatives a report
 on the coordinated strategies          
established and progress made toward    

goals to control and eliminate the      
,asian ,carp in the ,upper ,mississippi 
and ,ohio ,river basins and tributaries4
  7b7 ,contents ,the ,director shall    
include in each report--  7#a7 observed 
changes in the range of ,asian ,carp in 
such waters during the #b-year period   
preceding submission of the report2     
7#b7 a summary of ,federal agency       
efforts1 including cooperative efforts  
with non-,federal partners1 to control  
the spread of ,asian ,carp in such      
waters2  7#c7 research needed that could
 improve the ability to control such    
spread2  7#d7 quantitative measures that
 will be used to document progress in   
controlling such spread2 and  7#e7      
cross-cut accounting of ,federal and    
non-,federal expenditures to control    
such spread4