S. 1421 (111th): Asian Carp Prevention and Control Act

111th Congress, 2009–2010. Text as of Jan 01, 2010 (Passed Congress/Enrolled Bill).

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S.1421

One Hundred Eleventh Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE SECOND SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,

the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten

An Act

To amend section 42 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the importation and shipment of certain species of carp.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ‘Asian Carp Prevention and Control Act’.

SEC. 2. ADDITION OF SPECIES OF CARP TO THE LIST OF INJURIOUS SPECIES THAT ARE PROHIBITED FROM BEING IMPORTED OR SHIPPED.

    Section 42(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘of the bighead carp of the species Hypophthalmichthys nobilis;’ after ‘Dreissena polymorpha;’.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.