Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Safeguarding Aquatic Fisheries and Ecosystem Pathways Act” or the “SAFE Pathways Act”.
Safeguarding Aquatic Fisheries and Ecosystem Pathways Act
A BILL
To amend the Federal Power Act to require the consideration of invasive species when prescribing fishways, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Consideration of invasive species
Section 18 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 811) is amended by inserting after “the Secretary of Commerce.” the following: “In prescribing a fishway, the Secretary of Commerce or the Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate, shall consider the threat of invasive species, in consultation with the State in which the fishway is to be located.”.