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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2243
To amend the Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife Management Act of
1984, to extend for three years the availability of moneys for the restora-
tion of fish and wildlife in the Trinity River, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 4, 1995
Mr. RIGGS (for himself and Mr. HERGER) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To amend the Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife Manage-
ment Act of 1984, to extend for three years the availabil-
ity of moneys for the restoration of fish and wildlife
in the Trinity River, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Trinity River Basin
Fish and Wildlife Management Reauthorization Act of
1995’’.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF FINDINGS.
Section 1 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for
the restoration of the fish and wildlife in the Trinity River
Basin, California, and for other purposes’’, approved Octo-
ber 24, 1984 (98 Stat. 2721), is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as
paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively;
(2) by adding after paragraph (4) the following:
‘‘(5) Trinity Basin fisheries restoration is to be
measured not only by returning adult anadromous
fish spawners, but by the ability of dependent tribal,
commercial, and sport fisheries to participate fully,
through enhanced in-river and ocean harvest oppor-
tunities, in the benefits of restoration;’’; and
(3) by amending paragraph (7), as so redesig-
nated, to read as follows:
‘‘(7) the Secretary requires additional authority
to implement a management program in order to
achieve the long-term goals of both restoring total
ocean populations of adult salmon, steelhead, and
other anadromous fish, and resuming commercial
and sport fishing activities at the ports between Fort
Bragg, California and Brookings, Oregon, at levels
approximating those which existed immediately be-
fore the start of the construction of the Trinity
River division.’’.
SEC. 3. CHANGES TO MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
(a) OCEAN FISH LEVELS.—Section 2(a) of the Act
entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the restoration of the fish
and wildlife in the Trinity River Basin, California, and
for other purposes’’, approved October 24, 1984 (98 Stat.
2722), is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1)
by striking ‘‘in such basin’’ and inserting ‘‘in such basin
and in the ocean’’.
(b) FISH HABITATS
IN
THE KLAMATH RIVER.—
Paragraph (1)(A) of such section (98 Stat. 2722) is
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘Weitchpec;’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘Weitchpec and in the Klamath River downstream of the
confluence with the Trinity River;’’.
(c) TRINITY RIVER FISH HATCHERY.—Paragraph
(1)(C) of such section (98 Stat. 2722) is amended by in-
serting before the period the following: ‘‘, so that it can
best serve its purpose of mitigation of fish habitat loss
above Lewiston Dam while not impairing efforts to restore
and maintain naturally reproducing fish stocks within the
basin.’’.
(d) ADDITION OF INDIAN TRIBES.—Section 2(b)(2)
of such Act (98 Stat. 2722) is amended by striking ‘‘tribe’’
and inserting ‘‘tribes’’.
SEC. 4. ALTERNATIVES FOR ENHANCING HARVEST OPPOR-
TUNITIES.
Section 2(b) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide
for the restoration of the fish and wildlife in the Trinity
River Basin, California, and for other purposes’’, approved
October 24, 1984 (98 Stat. 2722), is further amended by
inserting at the end thereof the following:
‘‘(4) In implementing the management program pur-
suant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall give priority
attention to exploring the following strategies to further
enhance the harvest opportunities of anadromous fish:
‘‘(A) Use of biologically sound methods to in-
crease the harvestable surplus of Klamath/Trinity
chinook by augmenting mitigation hatchery releases
with supplemental hatchery production, including
hatchery practices which optimize survival to adult-
hood of supplementation releases.
‘‘(B) Design of time and area opportunities in
the ocean fisheries of the Klamath Management
Zone which focus impacts on relatively robust stocks
while limit impacts to sensitive stocks.
‘‘(C) Development of processes which allow fish-
eries to selectively harvest hatchery produced fish
while releasing unmarked, natural fish.’’.
SEC. 5. ADDITIONS TO TASK FORCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(a) of the Act entitled
‘‘An Act to provide for the restoration of the fish and wild-
life in the Trinity River Basin, California, and for other
purposes’’, approved October 24, 1984 (98 Stat. 2722),
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘fourteen’’ and inserting ‘‘twen-
ty-four’’; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (14) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(15) One individual to be appointed by the
Yurok Tribe.
‘‘(16) One individual to be appointed by the
Karuk Tribe.
‘‘(17) One individual to represent commercial
fishing interests, to be appointed by the Secretary
after consultation with the Board of Directors of the
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associa-
tions.
‘‘(18) One individual to represent sport fishing
interests, to be appointed by the Secretary after con-
sultation with the Board of Directors of the Califor-
nia Advisory Committee on Salmon and Steelhead
Trout.
‘‘(19) One individual to be appointed by the
Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Ag-
riculture, to represent the timber industry.
‘‘(20) One individual to be appointed by the
Secretary to represent environmental interests.
‘‘(21) One individual to be appointed by the
Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Ag-
riculture, to represent agricultural interests.
‘‘(22) One individual to be appointed by the
Secretary, in consultation with the California Urban
Water Coalition, to represent urban water interests.
‘‘(23) One individual to be appointed by the
Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of En-
ergy, to represent power customers of the Central
Valley Project.
‘‘(24) One individual to be appointed by the Ad-
ministrator of the Western Area Power Administra-
tion to represent the Western Area Power Adminis-
tration.’’.
(b) COORDINATION.—Section 3 of such Act (98 Stat.
2722) is further amended by adding at the end thereof
the following new subsection:
‘‘(d) Task Force actions or management on the
Klamath River from Weitchpec downstream to the Pacific
Ocean shall be coordinated with, and conducted with the