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S.1578: Ballast Water Management Act of 2007
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 110th Congress
- This bill is primarily about congress
- Introduced June 7, 2007
- Latest Major Action March 3, 2008
- See the two similar bills introduced in other congresses.
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Ballast Water Management Act of 2007 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to replace provisions relating to preventing the introduction and spread of aquatic nuisance species in the Great Lakes through the exchange of ballast water with provisions relating to the introduction and spread of such species from ballast water and other ship-borne vectors. (Currently, the provisions focus only on...
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
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Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-269.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 589.
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| June 7, 2007 |
Introduced in the Senate by Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) |