text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Nutria Eradication and Control Act 
  of 2009''.
  
  SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.
  
      (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
              (1) wetland and tidal marshes in the Chesapeake Bay, the 
          State of Louisiana, and other coastal States provide 
          significant cultural, economic, and ecological benefits to the 
          United States;
              (2) the South American nutria (Myocastor coypus) is 
          directly contributing to substantial marsh loss on Federal, 
          State, and private land in the States of Maryland and Louisiana 
          and other coastal States;
              (3) the Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003 (Public 
          Law 108-16; 117 Stat. 621) authorized the Maryland Nutria 
          Project, which has successfully eradicated nutria from more 
          than 130,000 acres of Chesapeake Bay wetland in the State of 
          Maryland;
              (4) the Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003 (Public 
          Law 108-16; 117 Stat. 621) and the Coastal Wetlands Planning, 
          Protection, and Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 3951 et seq.) 
          authorized the Coastwide Nutria Control Program, which has 
          reduced nutria-impacted wetland acres in the State of Louisiana 
          from 80,000 acres to 23,141 acres; and
              (5) proven techniques developed under the Nutria 
          Eradication and Control Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-16; 117 
          Stat. 621) that are eradicating nutria from the State of 
          Maryland and are reducing the acres of nutria-impacted wetland 
          in Louisiana, should be applied to nutria eradication or 
          control programs in other nutria-infested coastal States.
      (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to authorize the Secretary 
  of the Interior to provide financial assistance to the States of 
  Maryland, Louisiana, Delaware, Oregon, Virginia, and Washington to 
  carry out activities--
              (1) to eradicate or control nutria; and
              (2) to restore nutria damaged wetland.
  
  SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
  
      In this Act:
              (1) Coastal state.--The term ``coastal State'' means each 
          of the States of Delaware, Oregon, Virginia, and Washington.
              (2) Program.--The term ``program'' means the nutria 
          eradication program established by section 4(a).
              (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
          of the Interior.
  
  SEC. 4. NUTRIA ERADICATION PROGRAM.
  
      (a) In General.--There is established a nutria eradication program 
  under which the Secretary may, subject to the availability of 
  appropriations, provide financial assistance to the States of Maryland 
  and Louisiana and the coastal States to implement measures--
              (1) to eradicate or control nutria; and
              (2) to restore wetland damaged by nutria.
      (b) Goals.--The goals of the program shall be--
              (1) to eradicate nutria in the State of Maryland;
              (2) to eradicate or control nutria in the State of 
          Louisiana and the coastal States; and
              (3) to restore wetland damaged by nutria.
      (c) Activities in the State of Maryland.--The Secretary shall 
  require that the program carried out in the State of Maryland consist 
  of management, research, and public education activities carried out in 
  accordance with the document published by the United States Fish and 
  Wildlife Service entitled ``Eradication Strategies for Nutria in the 
  Chesapeake and Delaware Bay Watersheds'', dated March 2002, and updated 
  March 2009.
      (d) Cost-sharing Requirement.--
              (1) Federal share.--The Federal share of the total cost of 
          the program may not exceed 75 percent.
              (2) In-kind contributions.--The non-Federal share of the 
          total cost of the program may be provided in the form of in-
          kind contributions of materials or services.
      (e) Limitation on Administrative Expenses.--Not more that 5 percent 
  of the financial assistance provided by the Secretary under the program 
  may be used for administrative expenses.
  
  SEC. 5. REPORT.
  
      Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
  the Secretary and the National Invasive Species Council shall--
              (1) for purposes of the program, give consideration to--
                      (A) the 2002 report for the Louisiana Department of 
                  Wildlife and Fisheries entitled ``Nutria in 
                  Louisiana''; and
                      (B) the March 2009 update of the document entitled 
                  ``Eradication Strategies for the Nutria in the 
                  Chesapeake and Delaware Bay Watersheds'' and dated 
                  March 2002;
              (2) continue, in cooperation with the State of Louisiana 
          Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the State of Maryland 
          Department of Natural Resources, a long-term nutria control or 
          eradication program, as appropriate, with the objective to 
          significantly reduce and restore the damage nutria cause to 
          coastal wetland in the States of Louisiana and Maryland; and
              (3) develop, in cooperation with the State of Delaware 
          Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, the 
          State of Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, the 
          State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the State 
          of Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, long-term nutria 
          control or eradication programs, as appropriate, with the 
          objective to significantly reduce and restore the damage nutria 
          cause to coastal wetland in the coastal States.
  
  SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
  
      There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for each 
  of fiscal years 2010 through 2014--
              (1) $4,000,000 to provide financial assistance under the 
          program to each of the States of Maryland and Louisiana; and
              (2) $1,000,000 to provide financial assistance under the 
          program to each of the coastal States.
target: Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2009 - (Sec. 4) Establishes a nutria eradication program under which the Secretary of the Interior may provide financial assistance on a cost-sharing basis to Maryland, Louisiana, and the "coastal states" (Delaware, Oregon, Virginia, and Washington) to eradicate or control nutria and restore nutria-damaged wetland. (States that the program goal in Maryland is nutria eradication.)
  
  Requires the Maryland program to consist of management, research, and public education activities carried out in accordance with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's document "Eradication Strategies for Nutria in the Chesapeake and Delaware Bay Watersheds."
  
  (Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary and the National Invasive Species Council to: (1) give consideration to the report of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries entitled "Nutria in Louisiana," and the updated version of the "Eradication Strategies for the Nutria in the Chesapeake and Delaware Bay Watersheds" document; (2) continue, in cooperation with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, a long-term nutria control or eradication program; and (3) develop, in cooperation with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, long-term nutria control or eradication programs.
  
  (Sec. 6) Authorizes specified FY2010-FY2014 appropriations for: (1) Maryland and Louisiana; and (2) the coastal states.
feat_title: A bill to provide for the eradication and control of nutria in Maryland, Louisiana, and other coastal States.