,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ddjc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #c1    
#bjbj,mr4 ,kennedy 7for himself and     
,mrs4 ,feinstein7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,environment and ,public ,works  ,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 ,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