PUBLIC LAW 104-332—OCT. 26, 1996 110 STAT. 4073 Public Law 104-332 104th Congress An Act To provide for ballast water management to prevent the introduction and spread of nonindigenous species into the waters of the United States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES. (a) IN GENERAL. —This Act may be cited as the "National Invasive Species Act of 1996". (b) REFERENCES.— Whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to or repeal of a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.). SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE NONINDIGENOUS AQUATIC NUISANCE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ACT OF 1990. (a) FINDINGS; DEFINITIONS.— (1) FINDINGS.— Section 1002(a) (16 U.S.C. 4701(a)) is amended— (A) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the following new paragraphs: "(2) when environmental conditions are favorable, nonindigenous species become established, may compete with or prey upon native species of plants, fish, and wildlife, may carry diseases or parasites that affect native species, and may disrupt the aquatic environment and economy of affected nearshore areas; "(3) the zebra mussel was unintentionally introduced into the Great Lakes and has infested— "(A) waters south of the Great Lakes, into a good portion of the Mississippi River drainage; "(B) waters west of the Great Lakes, into the Arkansas River in Oklahoma; and "(C) waters east of the Great Lakes, into the Hudson River and Lake Champlain;"; (B) in paragraph (4)— (i) by inserting "by the zebra mussel and ruffe, round goby, and other nonindigenous species" after "other species"; and (ii) by striking "and" at the end; (C) in paragraph (5), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and (D) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: Oct. 26, 1996 [H.R. 4283] National Invasive Species Act of 1996. Environmental protection. Maritime affairs. 16 USC 4701 note.
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