,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fjec  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ag1       
#bjbe,mrs4 ,dingell 7for herself and    
,mr4 ,walberg7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend the ,great ,lakes     
,fishery ,act of #aief to provide for   
the development by the ,great ,lakes    
,fishery ,commission of efforts to      
combat invasive species of mussels4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,save ,great ,lakes ,fish ,act of  
#bjbe or the ,,sglf ,act of #bjbe4  #b4 
,development by ,great ,lakes ,fishery  
,commission of efforts to combat        
invasive species of mussels ,the ,great 
,lakes ,fishery ,act of #aief 7#af      
,u4,s4,c4 #ica et seq47 is amended by   
inserting after section #f of that ,act 
7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #ice7 the following3     
#f;,a4 ,invasive species of mussels  7a7
 ,in general ,in carrying out the       
obligations of the ,united ,states under

 the ,convention1 the ,united ,states   
,section is authorized to develop1 in   
coordination with ,federal agencies1    
interstate compacts1 and ,tribal1       
,state1 and local governments1 efforts  
to combat invasive species of mussels4  
7b7 ,assistance by certain ,federal     
agencies ,the ,secretary of the         
,interior1 acting through the ,director 
of the ,united ,states ,fish and        
,wildlife ,service and ,director of the 
,united ,states ,geological ,survey1 and
 the ,secretary of ,commerce1 acting    
through the ,administrator of the       
,national ,oceanic and ,atmospheric     
,administration1 shall assist the       
,united ,states ,section with the       
development of efforts to combat        
invasive species of mussels under       
subsection 7a74  7c7 ,authorization of  
appropriations  7#a7 ,in general ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated        
#ejj1jjj1jjj for the period of fiscal   
years #bjbf through #bjce to carry out  
this section4  7#b7 ,availability       

,amounts appropriated pursuant to       
paragraph 7#a7--  7,a7 are authorized to
 be made available to the ,commission2  
and  7,b7 shall be in addition to       
amounts otherwise appropriated pursuant 
to section #ac4  4