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Public Law 111–307
To amend section 42 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the importation and shipment of certain species of carp.
Approved December 14, 2010
Statutory text
An Act
To amend section 42 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the importation and shipment of certain species of carp.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asssembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Asian Carp Prevention and Control Act”.
SEC. 2. ADDITION OF SPECIES OF CARP TO THE LIST OF INJURIOUS SPECIES THAT ARE PROHIBITED FROM BEING IMPORTED OR SHIPPED.
Section 42(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting “of the bighead carp of the species Hypophthalmichthys nobilis;” after “Dreissena polymorpha;”.
Approved December 14, 2010.