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Calendar No. 649 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1522 

[Report No. 110–297] 

To amend the Bonneville Power Administration portions of the Fisheries 

Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2014, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 24, 2007 

Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. SMITH, Mr. CRAIG, Mrs. MURRAY, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. CRAPO, and Mr. TESTER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

APRIL 10, 2008 

Reported by Mr. BINGAMAN, with amendments and an amendment to the title 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To amend the Bonneville Power Administration portions of 

the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act 

of 2000 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 

through 2014, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fisheries Restoration 

3 and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2007 2008’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PRIORITY PROJECTS. 

5 Section 3(c)(3) of the Fisheries Restoration and Irri6 gation Mitigation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 777 note; Public 

7 Law 106–502) is amended by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘$2,500,000’’. 

9 SEC. 3. COST SHARING. 

10 Section 7(c) of Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation 

11 Mitigation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 777 note; Public Law 

12 106–502) is amended— 

13 (1) by striking ‘‘The value’’ and inserting the 

14 following: 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The value’’; and 

16 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(2) BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may, 

19 without further appropriation and without fiscal 

20 year limitation, accept any amounts provided to 

21 the Secretary by the Administrator of the Bon22 neville Power Administration. 

23 ‘‘(B) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—Any 

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1 gram shall be credited toward the non-Federal 

2 share of the costs of the project.’’. 

3 SEC. 4. REPORT. 

4 Section 9 of the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation 

5 Mitigation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 777 note; Public Law 

6 106–502) is amended— 

7 (1) by inserting ‘‘any’’ before ‘‘amounts are 

8 made’’; and 

9 (2) by inserting after ‘‘Secretary shall’’ the fol10 lowing: ‘‘, after partnering with local governmental 

11 entities and the States in the Pacific Ocean drainage 

12 area,’’. 

13 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

14 Section 10 of the Fisheries Restoration and Irriga15 tion Mitigation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 777 note; Public 

16 Law 106–502) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2001 through 

18 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘2008 through 2014 2009 

19 through 2015’’; and 

20 (2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (2) 

21 and inserting the following: 

22 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 

23 ‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF ADMINISTRATIVE EX24 PENSE.—In this paragraph, the term ‘adminis25 trative expense’ means, except as provided in 


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1 subparagraph (B)(iii)(II), any expenditure re2 lating to— 

3 ‘‘(i) staffing and overhead, such as 

4 the rental of office space and the acquisi5 tion of office equipment; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) the review, processing, and provi7 sion of applications for funding under the 

8 Program. 

9 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.— 

10 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not more than 6 

11 percent of amounts made available to carry 

12 out this Act for each fiscal year may be 

13 used for Federal and State administrative 

14 expenses of carrying out this Act. 

15 ‘‘(ii) FEDERAL AND STATE SHARES.— 

16 To the maximum extent practicable, of the 

17 amounts made available for administrative 

18 expenses under clause (i)— 

19 ‘‘(I) 50 percent shall be provided 

20 to the State agencies provided assist21 ance under the Program; and 

22 ‘‘(II) an amount equal to the cost 

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1 retary, shall be provided to the Fed2 eral agency carrying out the Program. 

3 ‘‘(iii) STATE EXPENSES.—Amounts 

4 made available to States for administrative 

5 expenses under clause (i)— 

6 ‘‘(I) shall be divided evenly 

7 among all States provided assistance 

8 under the Program; and 

9 ‘‘(II) may be used by a State to 

10 provide technical assistance relating to 

11 the program, including any staffing 

12 expenditures (including staff travel ex13 penses) associated with— 

14 ‘‘(aa) arranging meetings to 

15 promote the Program to potential 

16 applicants; 

17 ‘‘(bb) assisting applicants 

18 with the preparation of applica19 tions for funding under the Pro20 gram; and 

21 ‘‘(cc) visiting construction 

22 sites to provide technical assist23 ance, if requested by the appli24 cant.’’. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘To amend the Bonneville Power Administration portions of the Fisheries 


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Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 

2015, and for other purposes.’’. 


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Calendar No. 649 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1522 

[Report No. 110

–297] 

A BILL 

To amend the Bonneville Power Administration 

for other purposes. priations for fiscal years 2008 through 2014, and tion Mitigation Act of 2000 to authorize approportions of the Fisheries Restoration and IrrigaAPRIL 10, 2008 

Reported with amendments and an amendment to the 

title 


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