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1 (1) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Trans- 



2 portation; 



3 (2) "ballast water" means water and sediments 



4 taken into or expelled out of a vessel's ballast sys- 



5 tern; 



6 (3) "Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force" 



7 means the task force established in section 1201 of 



8 the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and 



9 Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4721); and 



10 (4) "nonindigenous species" has the meaning 



11 given the term in section 1003(9) of the 



12 Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and 



13 Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4702(9)). 



14 SEC. 3. BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT STUDY. 



15 (a) In General. — The Secretary shall study ballast 



16 water technologies and practices that prevent aquatic 



17 nonindigenous species from being introduced and spread 



18 through ballast water in the Great Lakes and other United 



19 States waters. 



20 (b) Identification of Technologies and Prac- 



21 tices for Demonstration. — Based on the study under 



22 subsection (a), the Secretary shall identify for demonstra- 



23 tion under section 4 technologies and practices that — 



24 (1) may be retrofitted on existing vessels or in- 



25 corporated in new vessel designs; 



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