[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6053 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6053

    To amend the Great Lakes Fishery Act of 1956 to provide for the 
development by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission of efforts to combat 
                      invasive species of mussels.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 17, 2025

  Mrs. Dingell (for herself and Mr. Walberg) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Great Lakes Fishery Act of 1956 to provide for the 
development by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission of efforts to combat 
                      invasive species of mussels.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Save Great Lakes Fish Act of 2025'' 
or the ``SGLF Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. DEVELOPMENT BY GREAT LAKES FISHERY COMMISSION OF EFFORTS TO 
              COMBAT INVASIVE SPECIES OF MUSSELS.

    The Great Lakes Fishery Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 931 et seq.) is 
amended by inserting after section 6 of that Act (16 U.S.C. 935) the 
following:

``SEC. 6A. INVASIVE SPECIES OF MUSSELS.

    ``(a) In General.--In carrying out the obligations of the United 
States under the Convention, the United States Section is authorized to 
develop, in coordination with Federal agencies, interstate compacts, 
and Tribal, State, and local governments, efforts to combat invasive 
species of mussels.
    ``(b) Assistance by Certain Federal Agencies.--The Secretary of the 
Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service and Director of the United States Geological Survey, 
and the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shall assist the 
United States Section with the development of efforts to combat 
invasive species of mussels under subsection (a).
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
        $500,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2026 through 2035 
        to carry out this section.
            ``(2) Availability.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to 
        paragraph (1)--
                    ``(A) are authorized to be made available to the 
                Commission; and
                    ``(B) shall be in addition to amounts otherwise 
                appropriated pursuant to section 13.''.
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