US Congress Senate Bill 2530 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on June 25 2014 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-07-16 - Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Protecting Lakes Against Quaggas Act of 2014 or the PLAQ Act of 2014 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the importation into or shipment within the United States of the species of mussels of the genus Dreissena (thus covering quagga mussels). (Currently, the prohibition applies to only the zebra mussel of the species Dreissena polymorpha.) Makes this Act inapplicable to: (1) the importation or transportation of prohibited species through the operation of a public water system or a related facility, or (2) the possession or conveyance of water supplies containing such species by a public water system operator.

PLAQ Act of 2014

Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]

Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-07-16	Senate	Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held.
2014-06-25	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

HB1823 (Related) 2013-06-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2530/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s2530/BILLS-113s2530is.pdf