H.R. 6007 · 112th Congress
North Texas Zebra Mussel Barrier Act of 2012
- Stage
- Passed a chamber
- Sponsor
- Ralph Hall
- Introduced
- 2012-06-21
- Latest action
- 2012-09-11 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Summary
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.