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Union Calendar No. 304
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4032
[Report No. 113–413, Part I]
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 11, 2014
Mr. Hall (for himself, Mr. Sessions, and Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
April 10, 2014
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources
April 10, 2014The Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to
be printed
A BILL
To exempt from Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 certain water transfers by the North Texas Municipal
Water District and the Greater Texoma Utility Authority, and for other
purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the North Texas Invasive Species Barrier Act of 2014.
2.
Compliance with Lacey Act Amendment of 1981
The Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.) and section 42 of title 18, United States
Code, 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 section, respectively, are
extirpated and removed from the water transferred.
April 10, 2014
Reported from the Committee on Natural ResourcesApril 10, 2014The Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to
be printed