Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
The Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-16) is amended-- (1) in section 2-- (A) in subsection (a)-- (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Wetlands and tidal marshes of the Chesapeake Bay and in Louisiana'' and inserting ``Wetlands, tidal marshes, and agricultural lands''; (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ``in Maryland and Louisiana''; and (iii) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows: ``(3) Traditional harvest methods to control or eradicate nutria have failed. Consequently, marsh loss, loss of public and private wetlands, and loss of agricultural lands are accelerating.''; and (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``the State of Maryland and the State of Louisiana'' and inserting ``any State that has demonstrated the need''; and (2) in section 3-- (A) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
``(a) Grant Authority.--The Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this Act as the `Secretary'), may provide financial assistance to a State, in an amount that is in proportion to the total impacted area of such State affected by nutria, that has demonstrated to the Secretary sufficient need for a program to implement measures to eradicate or control nutria and restore marshland, public and private wetlands, and agricultural lands damaged by nutria.''; (B) by striking subsection (b); (C) in subsection (d)-- (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``the program may'' and inserting ``a State program referred to in subsection (a) may''; and (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ``the program may'' and inserting ``a State program referred to in subsection (a) may''; (D) in subsection (e), by inserting ``to a State'' after ``provided'';
(E) in subsection (f), by striking ``$4,000,000'' and all that follows and inserting ``$12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.''; and (F) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as subsections (b) through (e).
Approved October 30, 2020.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 3399 (S. 4403): ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 116-405 (Comm. on Natural Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 166 (2020): Feb. 26, considered and passed House. Sept. 30, considered and passed Senate.
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