THE BALLAST WATER 

 CONTROL ACT 



Y 4. M 53: 103-67 CARING 



BEFORE THE 



rhe Ballast Hater Control Act, Seri...) ON MERCHANT MAEINE 



flSMEKJES MANAGEMENT 



AND 



COAST GUAED AND NAVIGATION 



i OF THE 



I COMMITTBE ON 



MERCHANT MARINE 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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