AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES

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WHEREAS, the zebra mussel that has invaded the Great Lakes, arriving through the discharge of ballast water from ships originating in foreign ports, is causing billions of dollars of economic damage to that region by clogging water intake pipes, damaging property, and altering the ecology of the Great Lakes ecosystem; and

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RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That Congress be urged to implement programs and fund research to help prevent the introductions of nonindigenous species via ballast water into the Chesapeake Bay and other at-risk coastal regions; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the General Assembly formally recognize the national and international scope of ballast-mediated introductions and call for a concerted federal effort that addresses at-risk coastal regions, such as the Chesapeake Bay;

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the General Assembly request that

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be urged to

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the General Assembly strongly encourage

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be encouraged

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the General Assembly urge

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be urged

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prepare and

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Virginia Congressional Delegation, the U.S. Coast Guard, the National Research Council's Marine Board, the executive director of the Chesapeake Bay Commission