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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1522 

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 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2007’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. PRIORITY PROJECTS. 

2 Section 3(c)(3) of the Fisheries Restoration and Irri3 gation Mitigation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 777 note; Public 

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

5 inserting ‘‘$2,500,000’’. 

6 SEC. 3. COST SHARING. 

7 Section 7(c) of Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation 

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

9 106–502) is amended— 

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

11 following: 

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

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

14 ‘‘(2) BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION.— 

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

16 without further appropriation and without fiscal 

17 year limitation, accept any amounts provided to 

18 the Secretary by the Administrator of the Bon19 neville Power Administration. 

20 ‘‘(B) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—Any 

21 amounts provided by the Bonneville Power Ad22 ministration directly or through a grant to an23 other entity for a project carried under the Pro24 gram shall be credited toward the non-Federal 

25 share of the costs of the project.’’. 

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1 SEC. 4. REPORT. 

2 Section 9 of the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation 

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

4 106–502) is amended— 

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

6 made’’; and 

7 (2) by inserting after ‘‘Secretary shall’’ the fol8 lowing: ‘‘, after partnering with local governmental 

9 entities and the States in the Pacific Ocean drainage 

10 area,’’. 

11 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

12 Section 10 of the Fisheries Restoration and Irriga13 tion Mitigation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 777 note; Public 

14 Law 106–502) is amended— 

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

16 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘2008 through 2014’’; and 

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

18 and inserting the following: 

19 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 

20 ‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF ADMINISTRATIVE EX21 PENSE.—In this paragraph, the term ‘adminis22 trative expense’ means, except as provided in 

23 subparagraph (B)(iii)(II), any expenditure re24 lating to— 

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

2 the rental of office space and the acquisi3 tion of office equipment; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) the review, processing, and provi5 sion of applications for funding under the 

6 Program. 

7 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.— 

8 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not more than 6 

9 percent of amounts made available to carry 

10 out this Act for each fiscal year may be 

11 used for Federal and State administrative 

12 expenses of carrying out this Act. 

13 ‘‘(ii) FEDERAL AND STATE SHARES.— 

14 To the maximum extent practicable, of the 

15 amounts made available for administrative 

16 expenses under clause (i)— 

17 ‘‘(I) 50 percent shall be provided 

18 to the State agencies provided assist19 ance under the Program; and 

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

21 of 1 full-time equivalent Federal em22 ployee, as determined by the Sec23 retary, shall be provided to the Fed24 eral agency carrying out the Program. 

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1 ‘‘(iii) STATE EXPENSES.—Amounts 

2 made available to States for administrative 

3 expenses under clause (i)— 

4 ‘‘(I) shall be divided evenly 

5 among all States provided assistance 

6 under the Program; and 

7 ‘‘(II) may be used by a State to 

8 provide technical assistance relating to 

9 the program, including any staffing 

10 expenditures (including staff travel ex11 penses) associated with— 

12 ‘‘(aa) arranging meetings to 

13 promote the Program to potential 

14 applicants; 

15 ‘‘(bb) assisting applicants 

16 with the preparation of applica17 tions for funding under the Pro18 gram; and 

19 ‘‘(cc) visiting construction 

20 sites to provide technical assist21 ance, if requested by the appli22 cant.’’. 

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