#aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #ccii  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend the    
,nutria ,eradication and ,control ,act  
of #bjjc to include ,california in the  
program1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,nutria eradication ,the ,nutria        
,eradication and ,control ,act of #bjjc 
7,public ,law #ajh-af7 is amended-- 7#a7
 in section #b--  7,a7 in subsection    
7a7-- 7i7 in paragraph 7#a71 by striking
 ,wetlands and tidal marshes of the     
,chesapeake ,bay and in ,louisiana and  
inserting ,wetlands1 tidal marshes1 and 
agricultural lands2  7ii7 in paragraph  
7#b71 by striking in ,maryland and      
,louisiana2 and  7iii7 by amending      
paragraph 7#c7 to read as follows3  7#c7
 ,traditional harvest methods to control
 or eradicate nutria have failed4       
,consequently1 marsh loss1 loss of      
public and private wetlands1 and loss of
 agricultural lands are accelerating4  2
 and  7,b7 in subsection 7b71 by        
striking the ,state of ,maryland and the
 ,state of ,louisiana and inserting any 

,state that has demonstrated the need2  
and  7#b7 in section #c-- 7,a7 by       
amending subsection 7a7 to read as      
follows3  7a7 ,grant authority ,the     
,secretary of the ,interior 7referred to
 in this ,act as the ,secretary71 may   
provide financial assistance to a       
,state1 in an amount that is in         
proportion to the total impacted area of
 such ,state affected by nutria1 that   
has demonstrated to the ,secretary      
sufficient need for a program to        
implement measures to eradicate or      
control nutria and restore marshland1   
public and private wetlands1 and        
agricultural lands damaged by nutria4  2
  7,b7 by striking subsection 7b72  7,c7
 in subsection 7d7-- 7i7 in paragraph   
7#a71 by striking the program may and   
inserting a ,state program referred to  
in subsection 7a7 may2 and  7ii7 in     
paragraph 7#b71 by striking the program 
may and inserting a ,state program      
referred to in subsection 7a7 may2  7,d7
 in subsection 7e71 by inserting to a   

,state after provided2  7,e7 in         
subsection 7f71 by striking #d1jjj1jjj  
and all that follows and inserting      
#ab1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal years    
#bjba through #bjbe42 and  7,f7 by      
redesignating subsections 7c7 through   
7f7 as subsections 7b7 through 7e74     
,passed the ,house of ,representatives  
,february #bf1 #bjbj4;,clerk4