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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5213 
To direct the Secretary of Commerce to provide emergency disaster assistance 
to mitigate the economic losses caused by declining Klamath River salm-
on and to develop and implement a research and recovery plan for 
Klamath River salmon, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 26, 2006 
Mr. THOMPSON of California (for himself, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. WU, Ms. 
HOOLEY, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of Cali-
fornia, Mr. FARR, Mr. COSTA, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mrs. 
CAPPS, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. 
HONDA, Mr. WAXMAN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. LEE, Mr. STARK, Mr. 
SHERMAN, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BACA, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of Cali-
fornia, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. SCHIFF, 
Mr. BECERRA, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. FILNER, Ms. WATERS, Ms. WATSON, 
Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mrs. DAVIS of California, and Ms. 
MILLENDER-MCDONALD) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee 
on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Commerce to provide emergency 
disaster assistance to mitigate the economic losses caused 
by declining Klamath River salmon and to develop and 
implement a research and recovery plan for Klamath 
River salmon, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. IMPLEMENTATION OF KLAMATH RIVER SALM-
ON PROTECTION MEASURES AND DISASTER 
ASSISTANCE. 
(a) KLAMATH RIVER FALL CHINOOK
AND COHO 
SALMON PROTECTION MEASURES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce 
shall develop and implement a coordinated, com-
prehensive research and recovery program for Klam-
ath River Fall Chinook salmon and Klamath River 
Fall Coho salmon. 
(2) PROGRAM FEATURES.—The program shall 
be designed to study or implement— 
(A) in-river monitoring of Ceratomyxa 
Shasta and Parvicapsula minibicornus, and im-
plementation of any immediate protective meas-
ures against such pathogens; 
(B) additional ocean and in-river fisheries 
population monitoring; 
(C) completion of a recovery plan for Coho 
salmon on the Klamath River; 
(D) operation and maintenance of stream 
gauges for flow monitoring on the Klamath 
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River and its tributaries, including the Shasta, 
Scott, Salmon and Trinity Rivers; 
(E) fish passage in the Klamath National 
Forest, and Six Rivers National Forest; and 
(F) restoration of aquatic habitats in the 
Klamath River basin with emphasis on the 
Klamath and its tributaries below Iron Gate 
Dam. 
(3) DEADLINE
FOR
ISSUANCE
OF
RECOVERY 
PLAN.—The Secretary shall issue a recovery plan for 
Coho salmon on the Klamath River for purposes of 
paragraph (2)(C) by not later than 6 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(4) APPROPRIATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—To implement out the 
program developed under this subsection, there 
is appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce 
$45,000,000, which shall remain available until 
expended. 
(B) LIMITATION
ON
USE
OF
FUNDS.— 
None of the amounts appropriated under this 
paragraph may be distributed before the date 
the Secretary issues a salmon recovery plan 
under paragraph (3). 
(b) EMERGENCY DISASTER ASSISTANCE.— 
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