EXOTIC AQUATIC ORGANISMS.

SEC. 4002. EXOTIC AQUATIC ORGANISMS. Section 1101(b) of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4711(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(3) In addition to issuing regulations under paragraph (1), the Secretary, in consultation with the Task Force shall, not later than 24 months after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, issue regulations to prevent the introduction and spread of aquatic nuisance species into the Great Lakes through ballast water carried on vessels that, after operating on the waters beyond the exclusive economic zone, enter a United States port on the Hudson River north of the George Washington Bridge.”.