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ID SJM101
JM
Status
2/18/2015
Primary Sponsor
State Affairs Committee
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AI Summary
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Requests Congress expedite appropriation of $20 million authorized by the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (signed June 2014) for Columbia River Basin dreissenid mussel prevention and monitoring efforts through the Secretary of the Army.
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Identifies dreissenid mussels as aquatic invasive species causing irreparable ecological damage to U.S. waters and notes they have not yet been detected in the Pacific Northwest.
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Estimates the cost to address established dreissenid populations in the Pacific Northwest Economic Region at almost $500 million annually.
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Directs the Idaho Senate Secretary to forward the memorial to the President of the United States, Secretary of the Interior, Congressional leadership, and Idaho's congressional delegation.
Legislative Description
Stating findings of the Legislature and requesting Congress to fund the Water Resources Reform and Development Act to significantly enhance monitoring and prevention efforts and to implement the intent of the act regarding dreissenid mussels.
INVASIVE SPECIES
Last Action
Reported delivered to the Secretary of State on 03/13/15
3/16/2015