,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djcb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #aa1 #bjad 
,mr4 ,hall 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,sessions1
 and ,mr4 ,sam ,johnson of ,texas7      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,natural 
,resources1 and in addition to the      
,committee on the ,judiciary1 for a     
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
exempt from ,lacey ,act ,amendments of  
#aiha certain water transfers by the    
,north ,texas ,municipal ,water         
,district and the ,greater ,texoma      
,utility ,authority1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,north ,texas       
,invasive ,species ,barrier ,act of     
#bjad4  #b4 ,compliance with ,lacey ,act
 ,amendment of #aiha ,the ,lacey ,act   
,amendments of #aiha 7#af ,u4,s4,c4     

#ccga et seq47 and section #db of title 
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 shall not   
apply with respect to any water transfer
 by the ,north ,texas ,municipal ,water 
,district and the ,greater ,texoma      
,utility ,authority using only closed   
conveyance systems from the ,lake       
,texoma raw water intake structure to   
treatment facilities at which all genera
 and species prohibited in accordance   
with such ,act or such section1         
respectively1 are extirpated and removed
 from the water transferred4