33 U.S. Code § 610 - Control of aquatic plant growths

Amendments

2016—Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 114–322, § 1178(b)(1)(A), added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “In carrying out this section, the Secretary may establish watercraft inspection stations in the Columbia River Basin to be located in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington at locations, as determined by the Secretary, with the highest likelihood of preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species at reservoirs operated and maintained by the Secretary.”

Subsec. (d)(3)(A). Pub. L. 114–322, § 1178(b)(1)(B), inserted “Governors of the” before “States”.

Subsec. (e)(3). Pub. L. 114–322, § 1178(b)(2), added par. (3) and struck out former par. (3) which read as follows: “establish watershed-wide plans for expedited response to an infestation of aquatic invasive species; and”.

2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–121, § 1039(d)(1)(A)–(C), designated first, second, and third sentences as pars. (1) to (3), respectively, and inserted headings.

Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 113–121, § 1039(d)(1)(D)(ii), inserted “and aquatic invasive species” after “noxious aquatic plant growths”.

Pub. L. 113–121, § 1039(d)(1)(D)(i), which directed substitution of “prevention, control, and progressive” for “control and progressive,”, was executed by making the substitution for “control and progressive” to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 113–121, § 1039(d)(2), substituted “$40,000,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be made available to implement subsection (d), annually” for “$15,000,000 annually”.

Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 113–121, § 1039(d)(3), added subsecs. (d) and (e).

1999—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–53, § 205(1), substituted “noxious aquatic plant growths from” for “water-hyacinth, alligatorweed, Eurasian water milfoil, melaleuca, and other obnoxious aquatic plant growths, from” in first sentence.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–53, § 205(2), substituted “$15,000,000” for “$12,000,000” in first sentence.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106–53, § 205(3), added subsec. (c).

1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–303 inserted “melaleuca,” after “milfoil,”.

1986—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–662 substituted “$12,000,000” for “$10,000,000”.

1983—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–63 substituted “$10,000,000” for “$5,000,000”.

1965—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89–298 designated part of existing provisions as subsec. (a), substituting “comprehensive program” and “other allied waters of the United States” for “comprehensive project” and “other allied waters in the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas”, respectively, providing for control and eradication of Eurasian water milfoil, and striking out “in accordance with the report of the Chief of Engineers, published as House Document Numbered 37, Eighty-fifth Congress” after “Federal and State agencies”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89–298 designated part of existing provisions as subsec. (b), substituting the appropriations authorization of $5,000,000 annually as first sentence for former provisions which authorized “an estimated additional cost for the expanded program over that now underway of $1,350,000 annually for five years, of which 70 per centum, presently estimated at $945,000, shall be borne by the United States and 30 per centum, presently estimated at $405,000, by local interests” and incorporating former second proviso in second sentence.