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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1401 

To conserve wild Pacific salmon, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 21, 2011 

Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. BEGICH, 

Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. MERKLEY, 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 conserve wild Pacific 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Pacific Salmon Stronghold Conservation Act of 2011’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Purposes. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

Sec. 4. Salmon Stronghold Partnership. 

Sec. 5. Information and assessment. 

Sec. 6. Salmon stronghold watershed grants and technical assistance program. 

Sec. 7. Interagency cooperation. 

Sec. 8. International cooperation. 


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Sec. 9. Acquisition and transfer of real property interests. 

Sec. 10. Administrative provisions. 

Sec. 11. Limitations. 

Sec. 12. Reports to Congress. 

1 SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 

2 The purposes of this Act are— 

3 (1) to expand Federal support and resources 

4 for the protection and restoration of the healthiest 

5 remaining salmon strongholds in North America to 

6 sustain core centers of salmon abundance, produc7 tivity, and diversity in order to ensure the long-term 

8 viability of salmon populations— 

9 (A) in the States of California, Idaho, Or10 egon, and Washington, by focusing resources on 

11 cooperative, incentive-based efforts to conserve 

12 the roughly 20 percent of salmon habitat that 

13 supports approximately two-thirds of salmon 

14 abundance; and 

15 (B) in the State of Alaska, a regional 

16 stronghold that produces more than one-third 

17 of all salmon, by increasing resources available 

18 to public and private organizations working co19 operatively to conserve regional core centers of 

20 salmon abundance and diversity; 

21 (2) to maintain billions of dollars in economic 

22 activity and tens of thousands of jobs from salmon 


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1 related activities that rely on healthy salmon popu2 lations and salmon stronghold habitats; 

3 (3) to maintain and enhance economic benefits 

4 related to fishing or associated with healthy salmon 

5 stronghold habitats, including flood protection, 

6 recreation, water quantity and quality, carbon se7 questration, climate change mitigation and adapta8 tion, and other ecosystem services; and 

9 (4) to complement and add to existing Federal, 

10 State, and local salmon recovery efforts by using 

11 sound science to identify and sustain core centers of 

12 salmon abundance, productivity, and diversity in the 

13 healthiest remaining salmon ecosystems throughout 

14 their range. 

15 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

16 In this Act: 

17 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis18 trator’’ means the Assistant Administrator for the 

19 National Marine Fisheries Service of the National 

20 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

21 (2) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the 

22 Salmon Stronghold Partnership Board established 

23 under section 4. 

24 (3) CHARTER.—The term ‘‘charter’’ means the 

25 charter of the Board developed under section 4(g). 


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1 (4) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

2 the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 

3 Service. 

4 (5) ECOSYSTEM SERVICES.—The term ‘‘eco5 system services’’ means an ecological benefit gen6 erated from a healthy, functioning ecosystem, includ7 ing clean water, pollutant filtration, regulation of 

8 river flow, prevention of soil erosion, regulation of 

9 climate, and fish production. 

10 (6) PROGRAM.—Except as otherwise provided, 

11 the term ‘‘program’’ means the salmon stronghold 

12 watershed grants and technical assistance program 

13 established under section 6(a). 

14 (7) SALMON.—The term ‘‘salmon’’ means any 

15 of the wild anadromous Oncorhynchus species that 

16 occur in the Western United States, including— 

17 (A) chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta); 

18 (B) pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha); 

19 (C) sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka); 

20 (D) chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus 

21 tshawytscha); 

22 (E) coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch); 

23 and 

24 (F) steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). 


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1 (8) SALMON STRONGHOLD.—The term ‘‘salmon 

2 stronghold’’ means status conferred to a defined 

3 geographical unit which meets biological criteria for 

4 abundance, productivity, diversity (genetic and life 

5 history), habitat quality, or other biological at6 tributes important to sustaining viable populations 

7 of salmon throughout their range, as defined by the 

8 Board under section 4(g)(3). 

9 (9) SALMON STRONGHOLD PARTNERSHIP.—The 

10 term ‘‘Salmon Stronghold Partnership’’ means the 

11 Salmon Stronghold Partnership established under 

12 section 4(a)(1). 

13 (10) SECRETARY.—Except as otherwise pro14 vided, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 

15 Commerce. 

16 SEC. 4. SALMON STRONGHOLD PARTNERSHIP. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

18 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es19 tablish a Salmon Stronghold Partnership that is a 

20 cooperative, incentive-based, public-private partner21 ship among appropriate Federal, State, tribal, and 

22 local governments, private landowners, and non23 governmental organizations working across political 

24 boundaries, government jurisdictions, and land own25 erships to identify and conserve salmon strongholds. 


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1 (2) MEMBERSHIP.—To the extent possible, the 

2 membership of the Salmon Stronghold Partnership 

3 shall include each entity described under subsection 

4 (b). 

5 (3) LEADERSHIP.—The Salmon Stronghold 

6 Partnership shall be managed by a Board estab7 lished by the Secretary to be known as the Salmon 

8 Stronghold Partnership Board. 

9 (b) SALMON STRONGHOLD PARTNERSHIP BOARD.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall consist of 

11 representatives with strong scientific or technical 

12 credentials and expertise as follows: 

13 (A) One representative from each of— 

14 (i) the National Marine Fisheries 

15 Service, as appointed by the Administrator; 

16 (ii) the United States Fish and Wild17 life Service, as appointed by the Director; 

18 (iii) the Forest Service, as appointed 

19 by the Chief of the Forest Service; 

20 (iv) the Environmental Protection 

21 Agency, as appointed by the Administrator 

22 of the Environmental Protection Agency; 

23 (v) the Bonneville Power Administra24 tion, as appointed by the Administrator of 

25 the Bonneville Power Administration; 


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1 (vi) the Bureau of Land Management, 

2 as appointed by the Director of the Bureau 

3 of Land Management; and 

4 (vii) the Northwest Power and Con5 servation Council, as appointed by the 

6 Northwest Power and Conservation Coun7 cil. 

8 (B) One representative from the natural 

9 resources staff of the office of the Governor or 

10 of an appropriate natural resource agency of a 

11 State, as appointed by the Governor, from each 

12 of the States of— 

13 (i) Alaska; 

14 (ii) California; 

15 (iii) Idaho; 

16 (iv) Oregon; and 

17 (v) Washington. 

18 (C) Not less than 3 and not more than 5 

19 representatives from Indian tribes or tribal 

20 commissions located within the range of a salm21 on species, as appointed by such Indian tribes 

22 or tribal commissions, in consultation with the 

23 Board. 

24 (D) One representative from each of 3 

25 non-governmental organizations with salmon 


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1 conservation and management expertise, as se2 lected by the Board. 

3 (E) One national or regional representative 

4 from an association of counties, as selected by 

5 the Board. 

6 (2) FAILURE TO APPOINT.—If a representative 

7 described in subparagraph (B), (C), (D), or (E) of 

8 paragraph (1) is not appointed to the Board or oth9 erwise fails to participate in the Board, the Board 

10 shall carry out its functions until such representative 

11 is appointed or joins in such participation. 

12 (c) MEETINGS.— 

13 (1) FREQUENCY.—Not less frequently than 3 

14 times each year, the Board shall meet to provide op15 portunities for input from a broader set of stake16 holders. 

17 (2) NOTICE.—Prior to each meeting, the Board 

18 shall give timely notice of the meeting to the public, 

19 the government of each county, and tribal govern20 ments in which a salmon stronghold is identified by 

21 the Board. 

22 (d) BOARD CONSULTATION.—The Board shall seek 

23 expertise from fisheries experts, as appropriate. 


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1 (e) CHAIRPERSON.—The Board shall nominate and 

2 select a Chairperson from among the members of the 

3 Board. 

4 (f) COMMITTEE.—The Board shall establish a stand5 ing science advisory committee to assist the Board in the 

6 development, collection, evaluation, and peer review of sta7 tistical, biological, economic, social, and other scientific in8 formation. 

9 (g) CHARTER.—The Board shall develop a written 

10 charter that— 

11 (1) provides for the members of the Board de12 scribed in subsection (b); 

13 (2) may be signed by a broad range of partners, 

14 to reflect a shared understanding of the purposes, 

15 intent, and governance framework of the Salmon 

16 Stronghold Partnership; and 

17 (3) includes— 

18 (A) the defining criteria for a salmon 

19 stronghold; 

20 (B) the process for identifying salmon 

21 strongholds; and 

22 (C) the process for reviewing and awarding 

23 grants under the program, including— 

24 (i) the number of years for which such 

25 a grant may be awarded; 


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1 (ii) the process for renewing such a 

2 grant; 

3 (iii) the eligibility requirements for 

4 such a grant; 

5 (iv) the reporting requirements for 

6 projects awarded such a grant; and 

7 (v) the criteria for evaluating the suc8 cess of a project carried out with such a 

9 grant. 

10 (h) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.—The 

11 Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not 

12 apply to the Board. 

13 SEC. 5. INFORMATION AND ASSESSMENT. 

14 The Administrator shall carry out specific informa15 tion and assessment functions associated with salmon 

16 strongholds, in coordination with other regional salmon ef17 forts, including— 

18 (1) triennial assessment of status and trends in 

19 salmon strongholds; 

20 (2) geographic information system and mapping 

21 support to facilitate conservation planning; 

22 (3) projections of climate change impacts on 

23 habitats and life history stages of salmon; 

24 (4) development and application of models and 

25 other tools to identify salmon conservation actions 


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1 projected to have the greatest positive impacts on 

2 salmon abundance, productivity, or diversity within 

3 salmon strongholds; and 

4 (5) measurement of the effectiveness of the 

5 Salmon Stronghold Partnership activities. 

6 SEC. 6. SALMON STRONGHOLD WATERSHED GRANTS AND 

7 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in consulta9 tion with the Director, shall establish a salmon stronghold 

10 watershed grants and technical assistance program, as de11 scribed in this section. 

12 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the program shall be 

13 to support salmon stronghold protection and restoration 

14 activities, including— 

15 (1) to fund the administration of the Salmon 

16 Stronghold Partnership in carrying out the charter; 

17 (2) to encourage cooperation among the entities 

18 represented on the Board, local authorities, and pri19 vate entities to establish a network of salmon strong20 holds, and assist locally in specific actions that sup21 port the Salmon Stronghold Partnership; 

22 (3) to support entities represented on the 

23 Board— 

24 (A) to develop strategies focusing on salm25 on conservation actions projected to have the 


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1 greatest positive impacts on abundance, produc2 tivity, or diversity in salmon strongholds; and 

3 (B) to provide financial assistance to the 

4 Salmon Stronghold Partnership to increase 

5 local economic opportunities and resources for 

6 actions or practices that provide long-term or 

7 permanent conservation and that maintain key 

8 ecosystem services in salmon strongholds; 

9 (4) to maintain a forum to share best practices 

10 and approaches, employ consistent and comparable 

11 metrics, forecast and address climate impacts, and 

12 monitor, evaluate, and report regional status and 

13 trends of salmon ecosystems in coordination with re14 lated regional and State efforts; 

15 (5) to carry out activities and existing conserva16 tion programs in, and across, salmon strongholds on 

17 a regional scale to achieve the goals of the Salmon 

18 Stronghold Partnership; 

19 (6) to accelerate the implementation of recovery 

20 plans in salmon strongholds that have salmon popu21 lations listed as threatened or endangered under the 

22 Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 

23 seq.); and 


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1 (7) to develop and make information available 

2 to the public pertaining to the Salmon Stronghold 

3 Partnership. 

4 (c) SELECTION.—Projects that will be carried out 

5 with assistance from the program shall be selected and 

6 administered as follows: 

7 (1) SITE-BASED PROJECTS.—A project that will 

8 be carried out with assistance from the program 

9 within 1 State shall be selected as follows: 

10 (A) STATE SELECTION.—If a State has a 

11 competitive grant process relating to salmon 

12 conservation in effect as of the date of enact13 ment of this Act and has a proven record of im14 plementing an efficient, cost-effective, and com15 petitive grant program for salmon conservation 

16 or has a viable plan to provide accountability 

17 under the program— 

18 (i) the National Fish and Wildlife 

19 Foundation, in consultation with the 

20 Board, shall provide program funds to the 

21 State; and 

22 (ii) the State shall select and admin23 ister projects to be carried out in such 

24 State, in accordance with subsection (d). 


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1 (B) NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUN2 DATION SELECTION.—If a State does not meet 

3 the criteria described in subparagraph (A)— 

4 (i) the Administrator, in consultation 

5 with the Director, shall provide funds to 

6 the National Fish and Wildlife Founda7 tion; and 

8 (ii) the National Fish and Wildlife 

9 Foundation, in consultation with the 

10 Board, shall select and administer projects 

11 to be carried out in such State, in accord12 ance with subsection (d). 

13 (2) MULTISITE AND PROGRAMMATIC INITIA14 TIVES.—For a project that will be carried out with 

15 assistance from the program in more than 1 State 

16 or that is a programmatic initiative that affects 

17 more than 1 State— 

18 (A) the Administrator, in consultation with 

19 the Director, shall provide funds to the Na20 tional Fish and Wildlife Foundation; and 

21 (B) the National Fish and Wildlife Foun22 dation, in consultation with the Board, shall se23 lect and administer such projects to be carried 

24 out, in accordance with subsection (d). 

25 (d) CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL.— 


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1 (1) CRITERIA DEVELOPED BY THE BOARD.— 

2 (A) REQUIREMENT TO DEVELOP.—The 

3 Board shall develop and provide criteria for the 

4 prioritization of projects funded under the pro5 gram in a manner that enables projects to be 

6 individually ranked in sequential order by the 

7 magnitude of the project’s positive impacts on 

8 salmon abundance, productivity, or diversity. 

9 (B) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—The cri10 teria required by subparagraph (A) shall re11 quire that a project that receives assistance 

12 under the program— 

13 (i) contributes to the conservation of 

14 salmon; 

15 (ii) meets the criteria for eligibility es16 tablished in the charter; 

17 (iii)(I) addresses a factor limiting or 

18 threatening to limit abundance, produc19 tivity, diversity, habitat quality, or other 

20 biological attributes important to sus21 taining viable salmon populations within a 

22 salmon stronghold; or 

23 (II) is a programmatic action that 

24 supports the Salmon Stronghold Partner25 ship; 


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1 (iv) addresses limiting factors to 

2 healthy ecosystem processes or sustainable 

3 fisheries management; 

4 (v) has the potential for conservation 

5 benefits and broadly applicable results; and 

6 (vi) meets the requirements for— 

7 (I) cost sharing described in sub8 section (e); and 

9 (II) the limitation on administra10 tive expenses described in subsection 

11 (f). 

12 (C) SCHEDULE FOR DEVELOPMENT.—The 

13 Board shall— 

14 (i) develop and provide the criteria re15 quired by subparagraph (A) prior to the 

16 initial solicitation of projects under the 

17 program; and 

18 (ii) revise such criteria not less often 

19 than once each year. 

20 (e) COST SHARING.— 

21 (1) FEDERAL SHARE.— 

22 (A) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—For any fiscal 

23 year, the Federal share of the cost of a project 

24 that receives assistance under the program and 

25 that is carried out on land that is not owned by 


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1 the United States shall not exceed 50 percent 

2 of the total cost of the project. 

3 (B) FEDERAL LAND.—For any fiscal year, 

4 the Federal share of the cost of a project that 

5 receives assistance under the program and that 

6 is carried out on land that is owned by the 

7 United States may be up to 100 percent of the 

8 total cost of the project. 

9 (2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara11 graph (B), the non-Federal share of the cost of 

12 a project that receives assistance under the pro13 gram may not be derived from Federal grant 

14 programs, but may include in-kind contribu15 tions. 

16 (B) BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRA17 TION.—Any amounts provided by the Bonneville 

18 Power Administration directly or through a 

19 grant to another entity used to carry out a 

20 project that receives assistance under the pro21 gram shall be credited toward the non-Federal 

22 share of the cost of the project. 

23 (f) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 

24 (1) LIMIT ON STATE AND NATIONAL FISH AND

25 WILDLIFE FOUNDATION EXPENDITURES.—Of the 


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1 amount available to a State or the National Fish 

2 and Wildlife Foundation under the program for each 

3 fiscal year, such State and the National Fish and 

4 Wildlife Foundation shall not expend more than 5 

5 percent of such amount for administrative and re6 porting expenses necessary to carry out this section. 

7 (2) LIMIT ON NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOS8 PHERIC ADMINISTRATION EXPENDITURES.—Of the 

9 amount available to the National Oceanic and At10 mospheric Administration under the program for 

11 each fiscal year, the National Oceanic and Atmos12 pheric Administration shall not expend more than 5 

13 percent of such amount for administrative and re14 porting expenses necessary to carry out this section. 

15 (g) REPORTS.— 

16 (1) REPORTS TO STATES OR NFWF.—Each per17 son who receives assistance through a State or the 

18 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation under the 

19 program for a project shall provide periodic reports 

20 to the State or the National Fish and Wildlife Foun21 dation, as appropriate, that include the information 

22 required by the State or the National Fish and 

23 Wildlife Foundation to evaluate the progress and 

24 success of the project. 


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1 (2) REPORTS TO THE ADMINISTRATION.—Not 

2 less frequently than once every 3 years, each State 

3 that is provided program funds under subsection 

4 (c)(1)(A) and the National Fish and Wildlife Foun5 dation shall provide reports to the Administrator 

6 that include the information required by the Admin7 istrator to evaluate the implementation of the pro8 gram. 

9 SEC. 7. INTERAGENCY COOPERATION. 

10 The head of each Federal agency or department re11 sponsible for acquiring, managing, or disposing of Federal 

12 land that is within a salmon stronghold shall, to the extent 

13 consistent with the mission of the agency or department 

14 and existing law, cooperate with the Administrator and the 

15 Director— 

16 (1) to conserve the salmon strongholds; and 

17 (2) to effectively coordinate and streamline 

18 Salmon Stronghold Partnership activities and deliv19 ery of overlapping, incentive-based programs that af20 fect the salmon stronghold. 

21 SEC. 8. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION. 

22 (a) AUTHORITY TO COOPERATE.—The Adminis23 trator and the Board may share status and trends data, 

24 innovative conservation strategies, conservation planning 

25 methodologies, and other information with North Pacific 


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1 countries, including Canada, Japan, Russia, and South 

2 Korea, and appropriate international entities to promote 

3 conservation of salmon and salmon habitat. 

4 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con5 gress that the Administrator and the Board, or entities 

6 that are members of the Board, should and are encour7 aged to provide information to North Pacific countries, in8 cluding Canada, Japan, Russia, and South Korea, and ap9 propriate international entities to support the development 

10 of a network of salmon strongholds across the nations of 

11 the North Pacific. 

12 SEC. 9. ACQUISITION AND TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY 

13 INTERESTS. 

14 (a) USE OF REAL PROPERTY.—No project that will 

15 result in the acquisition by the Secretary or the Secretary 

16 of the Interior of any land or interest in land, in whole 

17 or in part, may receive funds under this Act unless the 

18 project is consistent with the purposes of this Act. 

19 (b) PRIVATE PROPERTY PROTECTION.—No Federal 

20 funds made available to carry out this Act may be used 

21 to acquire any real property or any interest in any real 

22 property without the written consent of each owner of the 

23 property or interest in property. 

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1 retary of the Interior with Federal funds made available 

2 under this Act to carry out a salmon stronghold conserva3 tion project may be transferred to a State, other public 

4 agency, or other entity unless— 

5 (1) the Secretary of the Interior determines 

6 that the State, agency, or entity is committed to 

7 manage, in accordance with this Act and the pur8 poses of this Act, the property being transferred; 

9 and 

10 (2) the deed or other instrument of transfer 

11 contains provisions for the reversion of the title to 

12 the property to the United States if the State, agen13 cy, or entity fails to manage the property in accord14 ance with this Act and the purposes of this Act. 

15 (d) REQUIREMENT.—Any real property interest con16 veyed under subsection (c) shall be subject to such terms 

17 and conditions as will ensure, to the maximum extent 

18 practicable, that the interest will be administered in ac19 cordance with this Act and the purposes of this Act. 

20 SEC. 10. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 

21 (a) CONTRACTS, GRANTS, AND TRANSFERS OF

22 FUNDS.—In carrying out this Act, the Secretary may— 

23 (1) consistent with a recommendation of the 

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1 nancial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 

2 1999 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note), enter into cooperative 

3 agreements, contracts, and grants; 

4 (2) notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

5 apply for, accept, and use grants from any person to 

6 carry out the purposes of this Act; and 

7 (3) make funds available to any Federal agency 

8 or department to be used by the agency or depart9 ment to award financial assistance for any salmon 

10 stronghold protection, restoration, or enhancement 

11 project that the Secretary determines to be con12 sistent with this Act. 

13 (b) DONATIONS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may— 

15 (A) enter into an agreement with any orga16 nization described in section 501(c)(3) of the 

17 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to authorize the 

18 organization to carry out activities under this 

19 Act; and 

20 (B) accept donations of funds or services 

21 for use in carrying out this Act. 

22 (2) PROPERTY.—The Secretary of the Interior 

23 may accept donations of property for use in carrying 

24 out this Act. 


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1 (3) USE OF DONATIONS.—Donations accepted 

2 under this section— 

3 (A) shall be considered to be gifts or be4 quests to, or for the use of, the United States; 

5 and 

6 (B) may be used directly by the Secretary 

7 (or, in the case of donated property under para8 graph (2), the Secretary of the Interior) or pro9 vided to other Federal agencies or departments 

10 through interagency agreements. 

11 (c) INTERAGENCY FINANCING.—The Secretary may 

12 participate in interagency financing, including receiving 

13 appropriated funds from other agencies or departments to 

14 carry out this Act. 

15 (d) STAFF.—Subject to the availability of appropria16 tions, the Administrator may hire such additional full-time 

17 employees as are necessary to carry out this Act. 

18 SEC. 11. LIMITATIONS. 

19 Nothing in this Act may be construed— 

20 (1) to create a reserved water right, express or 

21 implied, in the United States for any purpose, or af22 fect the management or priority of water rights 

23 under State law; 

24 (2) to affect existing water rights under Federal 

25 or State law; 


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1 (3) to affect any Federal or State law in exist2 ence on the date of enactment of this Act regarding 

3 water quality or water quantity; 

4 (4) to affect the authority, jurisdiction, or re5 sponsibility of any agency or department of the 

6 United States or of a State to manage, control, or 

7 regulate fish and resident wildlife under a Federal or 

8 State law or regulation; 

9 (5) to authorize the Secretary or the Secretary 

10 of the Interior to control or regulate hunting or fish11 ing under State law; 

12 (6) to abrogate, abridge, affect, modify, super13 sede, or otherwise alter any right of a federally rec14 ognized Indian tribe under any applicable Federal or 

15 tribal law or regulation; or 

16 (7) to diminish or affect the ability of the Sec17 retary or the Secretary of the Interior to join the ad18 judication of rights to the use of water pursuant to 

19 subsections (a), (b), or (c) of section 208 of the De20 partment of Justice Appropriation Act, 1953 (43 

21 U.S.C. 666). 

22 SEC. 12. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

23 Not less frequently than once every 3 years, the Ad24 ministrator, in consultation with the Director, shall submit 

25 to Congress a report describing the activities carried out 


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1 under this Act, including the recommendations of the Ad2 ministrator, if any, for legislation relating to the Salmon 

3 Stronghold Partnership. 

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