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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2649 

To direct the Secretary of Commerce to provide emergency disaster assistance 

to mitigate the economic losses caused by the declining Klamath River 

salmon and to develop and implement a research and recovery plan 

for Klamath River salmon, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 25, 2006 

Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Mr. WYDEN, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Commerce to provide emergency 

disaster assistance to mitigate the economic losses caused 

by the declining Klamath River salmon and to develop 

and implement a research and recovery plan for Klamath 

River salmon, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Salmon Assistance and 

5 Recovery Act of 2006’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. IMPLEMENTATION OF KLAMATH RIVER SALMON 

2 PROTECTION MEASURES AND DISASTER RE3 LIEF. 

4 (a) KLAMATH RIVER FALL CHINOOK AND COHO

5 SALMON PROTECTION MEASURES.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce 

7 shall develop and implement a coordinated, com8 prehensive research and recovery program for Klam9 ath River Fall Chinook salmon and Klamath River 

10 Fall Coho salmon. 

11 (2) PROGRAM FEATURES.—The program shall 

12 be designed to study or implement— 

13 (A) in-river monitoring of Ceratomyxa 

14 Shasta and Parvicapsula minibicornus, and im15 plementation of any immediate protective meas16 ures against such pathogens; 

17 (B) additional ocean and in-river fisheries 

18 population monitoring; 

19 (C) completion of a recovery plan for Coho 

20 salmon on the Klamath River; 

21 (D) operation and maintenance of stream 

22 gauges for flow monitoring on the Klamath 

23 River and its tributaries, including the Shasta, 

24 Scott, Salmon, and Trinity Rivers; 

25 (E) fish passage in the Klamath National 

26 Forest and Six Rivers National Forest; and 


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1 (F) restoration of aquatic habitats in the 

2 Klamath River basin, with emphasis on the 

3 Klamath River and its tributaries below Iron 

4 Gate Dam. 

5 (3) DEADLINE FOR ISSUANCE OF RECOVER

6 PLAN.—Not later than 6 months after the date of 

7 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Com8 merce shall complete and make available to the pub9 lic the recovery plan described in paragraph (2)(C). 

10 (4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to 

12 be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce 

13 to implement the program developed under this 

14 subsection $45,000,000, which shall remain 

15 available until expended. 

16 (B) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.— 

17 None of the amounts appropriated pursuant to 

18 the authorization of appropriations in subpara19 graph (A) may be distributed prior to the date 

20 the Secretary of Commerce completes and 

21 makes available to the public the recovery plan 

22 described in paragraph (2)(C). 

23 (b) EMERGENCY DISASTER ASSISTANCE.— 

24 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF PAYMENTS.—The Sec25 retary of Commerce shall make a direct payment to 


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1 the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission to 

2 distribute to fishing communities, Indian tribes, 

3 businesses, holders of community development 

4 quotas issued under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

5 Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 

6 et seq.), individuals, and other entities as emergency 

7 disaster assistance to mitigate the economic losses 

8 caused by declining Klamath River Fall Chinook 

9 salmon. 

10 (2) PAYMENT RECIPIENT REPORTS.—The Sec11 retary of Commerce shall require that the Pacific 

12 States Marine Fisheries Commission shall, not later 

13 than 6 months after the date that the Commission 

14 receives a payment under this subsection, submit to 

15 the Secretary of Commerce and the Committee on 

16 Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on 

17 Appropriations of the House of Representatives a re18 port describing the persons to whom the payment 

19 was distributed and the rationale for such distribu20 tion. 

21 (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

22 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec23 retary of Commerce $81,000,000 to make payments 

24 under this subsection. Any amount appropriated 

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1 erwise obligated shall be returned to the general 

2 fund of the Treasury. 

3 (c) REPORTS.—Not later than one year after the date 

4 of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 

5 Secretary of Commerce shall submit to Congress a report 

6 on the progress made to implement subsection (a). Each 

7 report shall specifically described the manner in which 

8 projects carried out under subsection (a) have increased 

9 water quantity, improved water quality, increased salmon 

10 populations, and specifically benefitted salmon spawning 

11 habitat. 

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