16 U.S.C. § 4723
Not later than 30 days following November 29, 1990, the Task Force shall request that the Great Lakes Commission (established under Article IV of the Great Lakes Compact to which the Congress granted consent in the Act of July 24, 1968, P.L. 90-419) convene a panel of Great Lakes region representatives from Federal, State and local agencies and from private environmental and commercial interests to-
The Task Force shall request that the Great Lakes Fishery Commission provide information to the panel convened under this subsection on technical and policy matters related to the international fishery resources of the Great Lakes.
The panel convened under this subsection is encouraged to invite representatives from the Federal, provincial or territorial governments of Canada to participate as observers.
Not later than 30 days after October 26, 1996, the Task Force shall request a Western regional panel, comprised of Western region representatives from Federal, State, and local agencies and from private environmental and commercial interests, to-
The Task Force shall-
16 U.S.C. § 4723
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTAct of July 24, 1968, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is Pub. L. 90-419, July 24, 1968, 82 Stat. 414, which is not classified to the Code.This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1)(D) and (b)(3), was in the original "this Act", which, to reflect the probable intent of Congress, was translated as reading "this title" meaning title I of Pub. L. 101-646, 104 Stat. 4761, known as the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 4701 of this title and Tables.
AMENDMENTS2022-Subsec. (a)(1)(F). Pub. L. 117-263, §11327(e)(3)(A), inserted "and" after "research,".Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 117-263, §11327(e)(3)(B), substituted "encouraged" for "encourage". 1996- Pub. L. 104-332, §2(h)(1), made technical amendment to Pub. L. 101-646, §1203, which enacted this section. Pub. L. 104-332, §2(e)(5)(A), substituted "Regional" for "Great Lakes regional" in section catchline. Pub. L. 104-332, §2(e)(5)(B)-(F), designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and inserted subsec. heading, redesignated former subsec. (a) as par. (1), and former pars. (1) to (6) as subpars. (A) to (F), respectively, of par. (1), in par. (1) inserted "region" before "representatives" in introductory provisions and after "Great Lakes" in subpars. (A), (C), (D), and (F), redesignated subsecs. (b) and (c) as pars. (2) and (3), respectively, of subsec. (a), substituted "this subsection" for "this section" in those pars., and added subsecs. (b) and (c).
- Great Lakes region
- "Great Lakes region" means the 8 States that border on the Great Lakes;
- Great Lakes
- "Great Lakes" means Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Huron (including Lake St. Clair), Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, and the connecting channels (Saint Mary's River, Saint Clair River, Detroit River, Niagara River, and Saint Lawrence River to the Canadian Border), and includes all other bodies of water within the drainage basin of such lakes and connecting channels.1
- State
- "State" means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands of the United States;
- Task Force
- "Task Force" means the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force established under section 4721 of this title;
- aquatic nuisance species
- "aquatic nuisance species" means a nonindigenous species that threatens the diversity or abundance of native species or the ecological stability of infested waters, or commercial, agricultural, aquacultural or recreational activities dependent on such waters;