Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows: S. 1421 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 ``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;''. ____________________
On the recordNovember 17, 2010
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