‘‘(2) PERMIT PROCESS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity may 
apply to the Secretary for a permit under this 
subsection. 
‘‘(B) DEADLINE FOR CONSIDERATION OF 
APPLICATION.—The Secretary shall approve or 
deny an application for a permit under this sub-
section by not later than 30 days after receiving 
the application. 
‘‘(C) DURATION
OF
PERMIT.—A permit 
under this subsection shall be effective for no 
more than one year after the date it is issued, 
but may be renewed by the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) LIMITATION
ON
PERMIT
AUTHOR-
ITY.—Subject to subparagraph (B), a permit 
issued under this subsection shall not authorize 
the lethal taking of more than 100 sea lions 
during the duration of the permit. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION ON ANNUAL TAKINGS.— 
The cumulative number of sea lions authorized 
to be taken each year under all permits in ef-
fect under this subsection shall not exceed 10 
percent of the annual potential biological re-
moval level. 
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‘‘(4) TRAINING IN NATURAL RESOURCES MAN-
AGEMENT.—Permit holders exercising lethal removal 
authority pursuant to this Act shall be trained in 
natural resource management. 
‘‘(5) DELEGATION
OF
PERMIT
AUTHORITY.— 
Any eligible entity may delegate to any other eligible 
entity the authority to administer its permit author-
ity under this subsection. 
‘‘(6) NEPA.—Section 102(2)(C) of the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4332(2)(C)) shall not apply with respect to this sub-
section and the issuance of any permit under this 
subsection during the 5-year period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this subsection. 
‘‘(7) SUSPENSION
OF
PERMITTING
AUTHOR-
ITY.—If, 5 years after the date of the enactment of 
this subsection, the Secretary, after consulting with 
State and tribal fishery managers, determines that 
lethal removal authority is no longer necessary to 
protect salmonid and other fish species from sea lion 
predation, the Secretary may suspend the issuance 
of permits under this subsection. 
‘‘(8) ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘eligible entity’ means each of the 
State of Washington, the State of Oregon, the State 
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of Idaho, the Nez Perce Tribe, the Confederated 
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Con-
federated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 
of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes and Bands of 
the Yakama Nation, the Columbia River Inter-Tribal 
Fish Commission, and the Cowlitz Indian Tribe. 
‘‘(9) INDIVIDUAL PINNIPED EXCEPTION.—For 
purposes of this section, any pinniped located up-
stream of river mile 112 of the Columbia River and 
all tributaries that include spawning habitat of 
threatened or endangered salmon or steelhead is 
deemed to be individually identifiable.’’. 
SEC. 5. TREATY RIGHTS OF FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED IN-
DIAN TRIBES. 
Nothing in this Act or the amendment made by this 
Act shall be construed to affect or modify any treaty or 
other right of any federally recognized Indian Tribe. 
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