16 USC 4741 – Authorization of appropriations
(a) Prevention of unintentional introductions
There are authorized to be appropriated to develop and implement the provisions of subchapter II—
(1) $500,000 until the end of fiscal year 1992 to the Secretary to carry out sections 4711 1 and 4712(a)(3) of this title;
(2) $2,000,000 until the end of fiscal year 1992 to the Director and Under Secretary to carry out the studies under sections 4712(a)(1) and 4712(a)(2 2 of this title;
(3) to the Secretary to carry out section 4711 1 of this title—
(A) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1997 and 1998; and
(B) $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2002;
(4) for each of fiscal years 1997 through 2002, to carry out paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 4712(b) of this title—
(A) $1,000,000 to the Department of the Interior, to be used by the Director; and
(B) $1,000,000 to the Secretary; and
(5) for each of fiscal years 1997 through 2002—
(A) $3,000,000, which shall be made available from funds otherwise authorized to be appropriated if such funds are so authorized, to the Under Secretary to carry out section 4712(e) of this title; and
(B) $500,000 to the Secretary to carry out section 4712(f) of this title.
(b) Task Force and aquatic nuisance species program
Terms Used In 16 USC 4741
- aquatic nuisance species: means a nonindigenous species that threatens the diversity or abundance of native species or the ecological stability of infested waters, or commercial, agricultural, aquacultural or recreational activities dependent on such waters. See 16 USC 4702
- Assistant Secretary: means the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works). See 16 USC 4702
- Director: means the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. See 16 USC 4702
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Great Lakes: means Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Huron (including Lake St. See 16 USC 4702
- Secretary: means the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating. See 16 USC 4702
- State: means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands of the United States. See 16 USC 4702
- Task Force: means the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force established under section 4721 of this title. See 16 USC 4702
- Under Secretary: means the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. See 16 USC 4702
There are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 1997 through 2002 to develop and implement the provisions of subchapter III—
(1) $6,000,000 to the Department of the Interior, to be used by the Director to carry out sections 4722 and 4728 of this title;
(2) $1,000,000 to the Department of Commerce, to be used by the Under Secretary to carry out section 4722 of this title;
(3) $1,625,000, which shall be made available from funds otherwise authorized to be appropriated if such funds are so authorized, to fund aquatic nuisance species prevention and control research under section 4722(i) of this title at the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, of which $500,000 shall be made available for grants, to be competitively awarded and subject to peer review, for research relating to Lake Champlain;
(4) $5,000,000 for competitive grants for university research on aquatic nuisance species under section 4722(f)(3) of this title as follows:
(A) $2,800,000, which shall be made available from funds otherwise authorized to be appropriated if such funds are so authorized, to fund grants under section 1124 of title 33;
(B) $1,200,000 to fund grants to colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts referred to in section 322 of title 7; and
(C) $1,000,000 to fund grants through the Cooperative Fisheries and Wildlife Research Unit Program of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;
(5) $3,000,000 to the Department of the Army, to be used by the Assistant Secretary to carry out section 4722(i)(1)(B) of this title; and
(6) $300,000 to the Department of the Interior, to be used by the Director to fund regional panels and similar entities under section 4723 of this title, of which $100,000 shall be used to fund activities of the Great Lakes Commission.
(c) Grants for State management programs
There are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 1997 through 2002 $4,000,000 to the Department of the Interior, to be used by the Director for making grants under section 4724 of this title, of which $1,500,000 shall be used by the Director, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary, for management of aquatic nuisance vegetation species.
(d) Intentional introductions policy review
There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1991, $500,000 to the Director and the Under Secretary to conduct the intentional introduction policy review under section 4727 of this title.
(e) Ballast water management demonstration program
There are authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000 to carry out section 4714 of this title.
(f) Research
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Director $1,000,000 to carry out research on the prevention, monitoring, and control of aquatic nuisance species in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. The funds shall be made available for use by the Department of Environmental Management of the State of Rhode Island.