Bill Text: OH HCR51 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: To urge Congress to enact the Stop Invasive Species
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-06-13 - To Agriculture, Environment & Natural Resources [HCR51 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-HCR51-Enrolled.html
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Representative Baker
Cosponsors:
Representatives Adams, J., Boose, Brenner, Derickson, Gardner, Grossman, Milkovich, Newbold, Ramos, Ruhl, Sprague, Szollosi, Wachtmann, Hall, Fedor, Buchy, Cera, Damschroder, Amstutz, Antonio, Ashford, Barnes, Beck, Blair, Boyd, Bubp, Budish, Carney, Celebrezze, Celeste, Combs, DeVitis, Dovilla, Driehaus, Fende, Foley, Garland, Goodwin, Hackett, Hagan, R., Hayes, Heard, Johnson, Letson, Lundy, Maag, Mallory, Martin, McClain, O'Brien, Phillips, Scherer, Sears, Stautberg, Terhar, Williams, Yuko Speaker Batchelder
To urge Congress to enact the Stop Invasive Species | 1 |
Act, S. 2317 of the 112th Congress. | 2 |
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE SENATE CONCURRING):
WHEREAS, The waters of the Great Lakes are an important and | 3 |
vital asset of the United States. Further, the waters of Lake Erie | 4 |
are an important and vital asset of Ohio and are especially | 5 |
critical to sustaining life and the economy of northern Ohio; and | 6 |
WHEREAS, Over 180 aquatic invasive species have been | 7 |
introduced into the Great Lakes. One of the potential pathways for | 8 |
introduction and movement of those species into the Great Lakes is | 9 |
the Chicago Area Waterway System; and | 10 |
WHEREAS, The Water Resources Development Act of 2007 | 11 |
authorized the Secretary of the Army to conduct a study called the | 12 |
Great Lakes Mississippi River Interbasin Study to evaluate a range | 13 |
of options and technologies to prevent the spread of aquatic | 14 |
nuisance species between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River | 15 |
by aquatic pathways; and | 16 |
WHEREAS, The completion of the Great Lakes Mississippi River | 17 |
Interbasin Study is vital to determine if a project is necessary | 18 |
to prevent the spread of aquatic nuisance species between the | 19 |
Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins such as a permanent | 20 |
hydrological separation of the basins and the Chicago Area | 21 |
Waterway System; and | 22 |
WHEREAS, The Stop Invasive Species Act of 2012, S. 2317, was | 23 |
introduced in Congress in April 2012, and would compel the | 24 |
Secretary of the Army to complete the report from the Great Lakes | 25 |
Mississippi River Interbasin Study within eighteen months of its | 26 |
enactment. The Stop the Invasive Species Act of 2012 is now | 27 |
pending in Congress; now therefore be it | 28 |
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 129th General Assembly | 29 |
of the State of Ohio, acting on behalf of the citizens of Ohio, | 30 |
urge Congress to enact S. 2317 to compel the Secretary of the Army | 31 |
to complete the Great Lakes Mississippi River Interbasin Study in | 32 |
order to determine if a project is necessary to prevent the spread | 33 |
of aquatic nuisance species between the Great Lakes and | 34 |
Mississippi River basins; and be it further | 35 |
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives | 36 |
transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the | 37 |
Secretary of the Army, the Speaker and Clerk of the United States | 38 |
House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore and Secretary | 39 |
of the United States Senate, the members of the Ohio Congressional | 40 |
delegation, and the news media of Ohio. | 41 |