Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Protecting Lakes Against Quaggas Act of 2014 or as the PLAQ Act of 2014.
Section 2. In general
Section 42 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1)—
(A) by striking of the zebra mussel of the species Dreissena polymorpha;; and
(B) by inserting after Hypophthalmichthys nobilis; the following: of the species of mussels of the genus Dreissena;; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
(d) Nothing in this section applies to—
(1) the importation or transportation of prohibited species through the operation of a public water system or a related water conveyance, storage, or distribution facility; or
(2) the possession or conveyance of water supplies containing prohibited species by a public water system operator.