H.R.6007 - North Texas Zebra Mussel Barrier Act of 2012

To exempt from the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 certain water transfers by the North Texas Municipal Water District and the Greater Texoma Utility Authority. view all titles (4)

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Short: North Texas Zebra Mussel Barrier Act of 2012 as passed house.
Short: North Texas Zebra Mussel Barrier Act of 2012 as reported to house.
Official: To exempt from the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 certain water transfers by the North Texas Municipal Water District and the Greater Texoma Utility Authority. as introduced.
Short: North Texas Zebra Mussel Barrier Act of 2012 as introduced.

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06/20/12

09/10/12

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Ralph Hall

R-TX

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Official Summary

9/10/2012--Passed House amended. North Texas Zebra Mussel Barrier Act of 2012 - Makes the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 and provisions of the federal criminal code prohibiting importation of injurious animals inapplicable to any water transfer by the North Texas Municipal Water District and the Greater Texoma Utility Authority using only closed conveyance systems from the Lake Texoma raw water intake structure to treatment facilities at which all zebra mussels are extirpated and removed from the transferred water.

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