,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bicj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #ba1 
#bjai,mr4 ,cruz 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,cornyn1 ,mr4 ,barrasso1 ,mr4 ,cotton1  
and ,mr4 ,cassidy7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,environment and ,public ,works  ,a     
,,bill  ,to exempt from the ,lacey ,act 
and the ,lacey ,act ,amendments of #aiha
 certain water transfers between any of 
the ,states of ,texas1 ,arkansas1 and   
,louisiana1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,public ,water ,supply ,invasive   
,species ,compliance ,act of #bjai4  #b4
 ,exemption of certain water transfers  
from the ,lacey ,act and the ,lacey ,act
 ,amendments of #aiha  7a7 ,definitions 
,in this section3  7#a7 ,covered water  
transfer ,the term covered water        
transfer means a transfer of water      
containing a prohibited species between 
public water supplies located on1 along1

 or across the ,state boundaries between
 any of the ,states of ,texas1          
,arkansas1 and ,louisiana4  7#b7        
,prohibited species ,the term prohibited
 species means any species-- 7,a7 the   
shipment of which is otherwise          
prohibited by section #db of title #ah1 
,united ,states ,code 7commonly known as
 the ,lacey ,act72 or  7,b7 the transfer
 of which is otherwise prohibited by the
 ,lacey ,act ,amendments of #aiha 7#af  
,u4,s4,c4 #ccga et seq474  7#c7 ,public 
water supply ,the term public water     
supply means any body of water1         
including any river1 lake1 or stream1   
the water of which is available or made 
available to the public4  7b7 ,exemption
 ,section #db of title #ah1 ,united     
,states ,code 7commonly known as the    
,lacey ,act71 and the ,lacey ,act       
,amendments of #aiha 7#af ,u4,s4,c4     
#ccga et seq47 shall not apply with     
respect to any covered water transfer1  
if--  7#a7 7,a7 all prohibited species  
in the water transferred are located in 

both of the public water supplies       
between which the water is transferred2 
7,b7 the water is transferred directly  
between those public water supplies2 and
  7,c7 the water is subject to effective
 mitigation measures that are reviewed  
and approved by the appropriate ,state  
agency of the ,state to which the water 
is being transferred1 including--  7i7  
chemically treating the water for       
suspected or known prohibited species2  
7ii7 limiting transfers to certain      
times2  7iii7 withdrawing water only    
from certain depths2  7iv7 filtration2  
7v7 enhanced monitoring2 and  7vi7 other
 mitigation measures2 or  7#b7 the water
 is transferred in a closed conveyance  
system directly to treatment facilities 
where all prohibited species contained  
in the water transferred will be        
extirpated4  7c7 ,notification  7#a7 ,in
 general ,before the first covered water
 transfer described in subsection       
7b77#a7 occurs in a calendar year and   
subject to paragraph 7#b71 the          

controlling authority of the public     
water supply from which the water is to 
be transferred 7referred to in this     
subsection as the donor public water    
supply7 shall submit to the controlling 
authority of the public water supply to 
which the water is to be transferred    
7referred to in this subsection as the  
recipient public water supply7 a written
 notification that includes--  7,a7 the 
expected dates of the covered water     
transfer2  7,b7 the volume of water to  
be transferred1 which may include a     
range of possible volumes of water that 
may be transferred2  7,c7 a list of     
known prohibited species that are       
contained in the donor public water     
supply2  7,d7 a certification that the  
known prohibited species described in   
subparagraph 7,c7 are present in both   
the donor public water supply and the   
recipient public water supply2 and  7,e7
 a notice of other known species present
 in the donor public water supply that  
may be of concern to the controlling    

authority of the recipient public water 
supply1 including species that are not  
prohibited by the laws referred to in   
subsection 7b74  7#b7 ,additional       
notification ,in addition to the        
notification required under paragraph   
7#a71 the controlling authority of the  
donor public water supply shall provide 
to the controlling authority of the     
recipient public water supply a         
notification described in that paragraph
 if the controlling authority of the    
donor public water supply discovers a   
new prohibited species in the donor     
public water supply4  7d7 ,costs of     
mitigation measures ,the costs of the   
mitigation measures described in        
subparagraph 7,c7 of subsection 7b77#a7 
for water subject to a covered water    
transfer described in that subsection   
shall be borne by the entity that sells 
the water for financial gain4