Golden Mussel Eradication and Control Act of 2025

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Introduced 2025-06-04Topic: environment · infrastructure utilities

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This bill amends a 1990 federal law on aquatic nuisance species to create a demonstration program on the golden mussel, an invasive species. A federal Task Force, working with state and local governments, ports, industry, colleges, and nonprofits, would research the mussel, track its spread, build an early warning system, and develop control and eradication methods. The program would operate in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and other U.S. waters the Task Force finds infested or likely to become infested. Within one year, the Task Force would issue guidelines that include watercraft inspection stations, and it would run a competitive grant program for control and research projects. The bill authorizes $15 million per year for fiscal years 2026 through 2030.

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Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-09-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.	refer
2025-06-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.	refer
2025-06-04	House	Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2025-06-04	House	Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2025-06-04		Introduced in House	introduce
2025-06-04		Introduced in House	introduce

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