Sec. 144. Multiagency effort to slow the spread of asian carp in the upper mississippi river and ohio river basins and tributaries

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The Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, in coordination with the Chief of Engineers, the Director of the National Park Service, and the Director of the United States Geological Survey, shall lead a multiagency effort to slow the spread of Asian carp in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River basins and tributaries by providing technical assistance, coordination, best practices, and support to State and local governments in carrying out activities designed to slow, and eventually eliminate, the threat posed by Asian carp.

To the maximum extent practicable, the multiagency effort shall apply lessons learned and best practices such as those described in the document prepared by the Asian Carp Working Group entitled Management and Control Plan for Bighead, Black, Grass, and Silver Carps in the United States and dated November 2007, and the document prepared by the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee entitled FY 2012 Asian Carp Control Strategy Framework and dated February 2012. Not later than December 31 of each year, the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, in coordination with the Chief of Engineers, shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Natural Resources, and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report describing the coordinated strategies established and progress made toward the goals of controlling and eliminating Asian carp in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River basins and tributaries.

Each report submitted under paragraph

(1)shall include— any observed changes in the range of Asian carp in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River basins and tributaries during the 2-year period preceding submission of the report; a summary of Federal agency efforts, including cooperative efforts with non-Federal partners, to control the spread of Asian carp in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River basins and tributaries; any research that the Director determines could improve the ability to control the spread of Asian carp; any quantitative measures that the Director intends to use to document progress in controlling the spread of Asian carp; and a cross-cut accounting of Federal and non-Federal expenditures to control the spread of Asian carp.