Introduced
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To prohibit any new state grants, loans, or awards administered by the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) from going to the owners, operators, or companies that contract with any ship not on a list to be compiled by the department of vessels complying with certain specified ballast water management practices devised by industry groups. The legislation is an attempt to address, within the constraints of international treaties and the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution, the problem of new aquatic nuisance species being introduced into the Great Lakes via ballast water discharged from cargo ships traveling from the oceans to the lakes.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
Substitute offered
To adopt a version of the bill recommended by the committee which reported it to the full Senate.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 36 to 0 (details)
To prohibit any new grants, loans, or awards administered by the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) from going to the owners, operators, or companies that contract with any ship not on a list to be compiled by the department of vessels complying with certain specified ballast water management practices devised by industry groups. The legislation is an attempt to address, within the constraints of international treaties and the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution, the problem of new aquatic nuisance species being introduced into the Great Lakes via ballast water discharged from cargo ships traveling from the oceans to the lakes.
Substitute offered
To adopt a version of the bill recommended by the committee which reported it to the full House.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 105 to 0 (details)
To prohibit any new state grants, loans, or awards administered by the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) from going to the owners, operators, or companies that contract with any ship not on a list to be compiled by the department of vessels complying with certain specified ballast water management practices devised by industry groups. The legislation is an attempt to address, within the constraints of international treaties and the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution, the problem of new aquatic nuisance species being introduced into the Great Lakes via ballast water discharged from cargo ships traveling from the oceans to the lakes.
Passed in the Senate 33 to 0 (details)
To concur with the House-passed version of the bill.
