US Congress Senate Bill 2930 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on November 21 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-11-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Pending: Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Addresses transfers between Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana of water that contains invasive species. The bill exempts certain water transfers between public water supplies in Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana from prohibitions on illegal trade of plants and wildlife. Specifically, the prohibitions do not apply to covered water transfers containing prohibited species if the species are present in both public water supplies before the transfer, the water is subject to effective mitigation measures, and the water is transferred directly between the supplies; or the water is transferred in a closed conveyance system, such as a pipe system, and sent directly to treatment facilities where the species will be destroyed. The costs of the mitigation measures must be borne by the entity that sells the water for financial gain. Finally, the bill establishes notification requirements for water transfers.

Public Water Supply Invasive Species Compliance Act of 2019

Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]	Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]
Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-11-21	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

HB29 (Related) 2019-02-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2930/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2930/BILLS-116s2930is.pdf