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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1507 
To ensure that proper information gathering and planning are undertaken 
to secure the preservation and recovery of the salmon and steelhead 
of the Columbia River Basin in a manner that protects and enhances 
local communities, ensures effective expenditure of Federal resources, 
and maintains reasonably priced, reliable power, to direct the Secretary 
of Commerce to seek scientific analysis of Federal efforts to restore 
salmon and steelhead listed under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 13, 2007 
Mr. MCDERMOTT (for himself, Mr. PETRI, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. SHAYS, 
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. WALSH of New York, Mr. 
PALLONE, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. MORAN of 
Virginia, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. WEINER, Mr. LIPINSKI, 
Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. STARK, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mrs. 
TAUSCHER, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. 
KENNEDY, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. HONDA, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. 
COSTELLO, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of Cali-
fornia, Mr. COOPER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, and Mr. LYNCH) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To ensure that proper information gathering and planning 
are undertaken to secure the preservation and recovery 
of the salmon and steelhead of the Columbia River Basin 
in a manner that protects and enhances local commu-
nities, ensures effective expenditure of Federal resources, 
and maintains reasonably priced, reliable power, to direct 
the Secretary of Commerce to seek scientific analysis 
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of Federal efforts to restore salmon and steelhead listed 
under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, 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 ‘‘Salmon Economic 
Analysis and Planning Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds and declares the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Certain species of salmon and steelhead in 
the Columbia and Snake River Basin are on the 
brink of extinction as a consequence of various fac-
tors, including hydroelectric projects, harvest man-
agement practices, habitat degradation, altered in 
stream flow, and unsound hatchery practices. 
(2) These salmon and steelhead have major eco-
nomic, ecological, educational, recreational, sci-
entific, cultural, and spiritual significance to the Na-
tion and its people. 
(3) The Federal Government and ratepayers in 
the Pacific Northwest have spent more than 
$6,000,000,000 on salmon recovery efforts. 
(4) Thirteen salmon and steelhead species in 
the Columbia and Snake River Basin are listed for 
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protections under the Endangered Species Act of 
1973 (6 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 
(5) Salmon and steelhead extinction could cost 
taxpayers billions of dollars. 
(6) Salmon and steelhead are symbols of the 
Pacific Northwest, support thousands of jobs in 
coastal and inland communities, and serve as an in-
dicator of the health of Northern California and Pa-
cific Northwest river ecosystems. 
(7) Salmon and steelhead of the Snake River 
are a vital economic resource to communities in 
Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and California. 
Restoring Snake River salmon to healthy, self-sus-
taining, harvestable levels will have significant eco-
nomic benefits for these communities. Under-
standing these benefits is imperative to setting pub-
lic policy on salmon restoration efforts in the North-
west. 
(8) The original range of Snake River salmon 
included not only their existing habitat in central 
Idaho, northeast Oregon, southeast Washington, the 
lower Columbia River, and the coastal waters of 
Alaska, California, Oregon, and Washington, but 
also currently inaccessible habitat in the upper 
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