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Union Calendar No. 159
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1945
[Report No. 108–272] 
To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to provide financial assistance to 
the States of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, and Idaho for 
salmon habitat restoration projects in coastal waters and upland drain-
ages, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2003
Mr. THOMPSON of California (for himself, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, 
Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. WU, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. FARR, 
Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. STARK, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. SMITH of Wash-
ington, and Mr. UDALL of Colorado) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Resources 
SEPTEMBER 16, 2003
Additional sponsors: Ms. ESHOO, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. 
GEORGE MILLER of California, and Mrs. CAPPS 
SEPTEMBER 16, 2003
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 1, 2003] 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to provide financial 
assistance to the States of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, 
California, and Idaho for salmon habitat restoration
projects in coastal waters and upland drainages, 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 ‘‘Pacific Salmon Recovery 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SALMON CONSERVATION AND SALMON HABITAT 
RESTORATION ASSISTANCE. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.—Sub-
ject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary of 
Commerce shall provide financial assistance in accordance 
with this Act to qualified States and qualified tribal govern-
ments for salmon conservation and salmon habitat restora-
tion activities. 
(b) ALLOCATION.—Of the amounts available to provide 
assistance under this section each fiscal year (after the ap-
plication of section 3(f)), the Secretary—
(1) shall allocate 90 percent among qualified 
States, in equal amounts; and 
(2) shall allocate 10 percent among qualified 
tribal governments, in amounts determined by the 
Secretary. 
(c) TRANSFER.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall promptly 
transfer to a qualified State or qualified tribal gov-
ernment that has entered into a memorandum of un-
derstanding under section 3(a) amounts allocated to 
the qualified State or qualified tribal government, re-
spectively, under subsection (b) of this section. 
(2) TRANSFERS
TO
QUALIFIED
STATES.—The 
Secretary shall make the transfer to a qualified State 
under paragraph (1)—
(A) to the Washington State Salmon Recov-
ery Board, in the case of amounts allocated to 
Washington; 
(B) to the Oregon State Watershed En-
hancement Board, in the case of amounts allo-
cated to Oregon; 
(C) to the California Department of Fish 
and Game for the California Coastal Salmon Re-
covery Program, in the case of amounts allocated 
to California; 
(D) to the Governor of Alaska, in the case 
of amounts allocated to Alaska; and 
(E) to the Office of Species Conservation, in 
the case of amounts allocated to Idaho. 
(d) REALLOCATION.—
(1) 
AMOUNTS
ALLOCATED
TO
QUALIFIED 
STATES.—Amounts that are allocated to a qualified 
State for a fiscal year may be reallocated under sub-
section (b)(1) among the other qualified States, if the 
amounts remain unobligated at the end of the subse-
quent fiscal year. 
(2) AMOUNTS ALLOCATED TO QUALIFIED TRIBAL 
GOVERNMENTS.—Amounts that are allocated to a 
qualified tribal government for a fiscal year may be 
reallocated under subsection (b)(2) among the other 
qualified tribal governments, if the qualified tribal 
government has not entered into a memorandum of 
understanding with the Secretary in accordance with 
section 3(a) as of the end of the fiscal year. 
SEC. 3. RECEIPT AND USE OF ASSISTANCE. 
(a) MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—To receive assistance under 
this Act, a qualified State or qualified tribal govern-
ment must enter into a memorandum of under-
standing with the Secretary in accordance with this 
subsection. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Each memorandum of under-
standing shall, at a minimum—
(A) be consistent with other applicable Fed-
eral laws; 
(B) be consistent with the goal of salmon re-
covery;
(C) except as provided in subparagraph 
(D), give priority to use of assistance under this 
section for projects that—
(i) provide a direct and demonstrable 
benefit to salmon or their habitat; 
(ii) provide the greatest benefit to 
salmon conservation and salmon habitat 
restoration relative to the cost of the 
projects; and 
(iii) conserve, and restore habitat, 
for—
(I) salmon that are listed as en-
dangered species or threatened species, 
proposed for such listing, or candidates 
for such listing, under the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
seq.); or 
(II) salmon that are given special 
protection under the laws or regula-
tions of the qualified State or resolu-
tions, ordinances, or regulations of the 
qualified tribal government, respec-
tively; 
(D) in the case of a memorandum of under-
standing submitted by a qualified State or quali-