THE BALLAST WATER 

 CONTROL ACT 



I M 53: 103-67 CARING 



BEFORE THE 



Ballast Uater Control Act, Seri...) ON MERCHANT MAEINE 



flSHEKlES MANAGEMENT 



AND 



COAST GUAED AND NAVIGATION 



OF THE 



COMMITTEE ON 



MERCHANT MAEINE AND FISHERIES 



HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 



ONE HUNDRED THIRD CONGRESS 



FIRST SESSION 



ON 



H.R. 3360 



A BILL TO DIRECT THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTA- 

 TION TO DEMONSTRATE ON VESSELS BALLAST WATER 

 MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICES, IN- 

 CLUDING VESSEL MODIFICATION AND DESIGN, THAT 

 WILL PREVENT AQUATIC NONINDIGENOUS SPECIES 

 FROM BEING INTRODUCED AND SPREAD IN UNITED 

 STATES WATERS 



OCTOBER 27, 1993 



Serial No. 103-67 



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