I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6278 
To amend the Bonneville Power Administration portions of the Fisheries 
Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000 to authorize appropria-
tions for fiscal years 2006 through 2012, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2006 
Mr. DEFAZIO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on 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 2006 
through 2012, 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 ‘‘Fisheries Restoration 
and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2006’’. 
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SEC. 2. PRIORITY PROJECTS; PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM. 
The Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation 
Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 777 note; Public Law 106–502) 
is amended— 
(1) in section 3— 
(A) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘as a 
pass-through program’’ before ‘‘within the De-
partment’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c)(3), by striking 
‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,500,000’’; and 
(2) in section 4, by striking subsection (b) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) NONREIMBURSABLE FEDERAL AND TRIBAL EX-
PENDITURES.—Development 
and 
implementation 
of 
projects under the Program on land or facilities owned by 
the United States or an Indian tribe shall be nonreimburs-
able expenditures.’’. 
SEC. 3. COST SHARING. 
Section 7(c) of Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation 
Mitigation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 777 note; Public Law 
106–502) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The value’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The value’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(2) BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION.— 
Any amounts provided by the Bonneville Power Ad-
ministration directly or through a grant to another 
entity for a project carried under the Program shall 
be credited toward the non-Federal share of the 
costs of the project.’’. 
SEC. 4. REPORT. 
Section 9 of the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation 
Mitigation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 777 note; Public Law 
106–502) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘any’’ before ‘‘amounts are 
made’’; and 
(2) by inserting after ‘‘Secretary shall’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, after partnering with local governmental 
entities and the States in the Pacific Ocean drainage 
area,’’. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 10 of the Fisheries Restoration and Irriga-
tion Mitigation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 777 note; Public 
Law 106–502) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2001 through 
2005’’ and inserting ‘‘2006 through 2012’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (2) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 
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‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF ADMINISTRATIVE EX-
PENSE.—In this paragraph, the term ‘adminis-
trative expense’ means any expenditure relating 
to— 
‘‘(i) staffing and overhead, such as 
the rental of office space and the acquisi-
tion of office equipment; and 
‘‘(ii) the review, processing, and provi-
sion of applications for funding under the 
Program. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in subparagraph (C), a percentage of 
amounts up to 6 percent made available 
for each fiscal year, as determined under 
clause (ii), may be used for Federal (in-
cluding tribal) and State administrative ex-
penses of carrying out this Act. 
‘‘(ii) FORMULA.—For purposes of de-
termining the percentage of administrative 
expenses to be made available under clause 
(i) for a fiscal year— 
‘‘(I) 1 percent shall be provided 
if less than $1,000,000 is made avail-
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