,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ccii  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ba1 #bjai,mr4 
,harder of ,california 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,costa1 ,mr4 ,cox of ,california1  
and ,mr4 ,garamendi7 introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,nutria        
,eradication and ,control ,act of #bjjc 
to include ,california in the program1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,nutria    
eradication in ,california ,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#b71 by striking
 ,maryland and ,louisiana and inserting 
,maryland1 ,louisiana1 and ,california2 
and  7ii7 in paragraph 7#c71 by striking
 ,louisiana4 ,consequently1 marsh loss  
is accelerating4 and inserting          
,louisiana and ,california4             
,consequently1 marsh loss1 loss of      
public and private wetlands1 and loss of

 agricultural lands are accelerating42  
and  7,b7 in subsection 7b71 by striking
 the ,state of ,maryland and the ,state 
of ,louisiana and inserting ,maryland1  
,louisiana1 and ,california2 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 subject to the         
availability of appropriations1 may     
provide financial assistance to         
,maryland1 ,louisiana1 and ,california  
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 amending subsection 
7b7 to read as follows3  7b7 ,goals ,the
 goals of the program shall be to--     
7#a7 eradicate nutria in ,maryland and  
,california2  7#b7 eradicate or control 
nutria in ,louisiana2 and  7#c7 restore 
marshland1 public and private wetlands1 
and agricultural lands damaged by       

nutria4  2 and  7,c7 in subsection 7f71 
by striking ,state of ,maryland and all 
that follows and inserting ,maryland    
program1 #b1jjj1jjj for the ,louisiana  
program1 and #g1jjj1jjj for the         
,california program for each of fiscal  
years #bjbj through #bjbe4