,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #abe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #bd        
7legislative day1 ,january #c71 #bjac   
,mr4 ,brown 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,toomey1 
,mr4 ,franken1 ,mr4 ,casey1 and ,ms4    
,klobuchar7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,environment and   
,public ,works  ,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 that--  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 ,midwest2 and  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 ,asian carp  
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  7a7 ,in general ,the      
,director of the ,united ,states ,fish  
and ,wildlife ,service1 in coordination 
with the ,chief of ,engineers1 the      
,director of the ,national ,park        
,service1 and the ,director of 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 governments in carrying out       
activities designed to slow1 and        
eventually eliminate1 the threat posed  
by ,asian carp4  7b7 ,best practices ,to
 the maximum extent practicable1 the    
multiagency effort shall apply lessons  
learned and best practices such as those
 described in the document prepared by  
the ,asian ,carp ,working ,group        
entitled ,management and ,control ,plan 
for ,bighead1 ,black1 ,grass1 and       
,silver ,carps in the ,united ,states1  
and dated ,november #bjjg1 and the      
document prepared by the ,asian ,carp   
,regional ,coordinating ,committee      
entitled ,,fy #bjab ,asian ,carp        
,control ,strategy ,framework and dated 
,february #bjab4  #d4 ,report to        
,congress  7a7 ,in general ,not later   
than ,december #ca of each year1 the    
,director of the ,united ,states ,fish  
and ,wildlife ,service shall submit to  
the ,committee on ,appropriations and   

the ,committee on ,natural ,resources of
 the ,house of ,representatives and the 
,committee on ,appropriations and the   
,committee on ,environmental and ,public
 ,works of the ,senate a report         
describing the coordinated strategies   
established and progress made toward    
goals to control and eliminate ,asian   
carp in the ,upper ,mississippi and     
,ohio ,river basins and tributaries4    
7b7 ,contents ,each report submitted    
under subsection 7a7 shall include--    
7#a7 any observed changes in the range  
of ,asian carp in the ,upper            
,mississippi and ,ohio ,river basins and
 tributaries 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 the ,upper 
,mississippi and ,ohio ,river basins and
 tributaries2  7#c7 any research that   
the ,director determines could improve  
the ability to control the spread of    

,asian carp2  7#d7 any quantitative     
measures that ,director intends to use  
to document progress in controlling the 
spread of ,asian carp2 and  7#e7 a      
cross-cut accounting of ,federal and    
non-,federal expenditures to control the
 spread of ,asian carp4