Protecting Lakes Against Quaggas Act of 2013

H.R. 1823 · 113th Congress · Apr 30, 2013 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the importation or exportation of mussels of a certain genus, and for other purposes.

This Act may be cited as the “Protecting Lakes Against Quaggas Act of 2013” or as the “PLAQ Act of 2013”.

Section 42(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—

(1)

by striking “of the zebra mussel of the species Dreissena polymorpha;”; and

(2)

by inserting after “Hypophthalmichthys nobilis;” the following: “of the species of mussels of the genus Dreissena”.