I
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2798
To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to provide financial assistance to
the States of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California for salmon
habitat restoration projects in coastal waters and upland drainages.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 5, 1999
Mr. THOMPSON of California (for himself, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. GEORGE
MILLER of California, Ms. DUNN, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HERGER, Mr.
DEFAZIO, Mr. METCALF, Mr. DOOLEY of California, Mr. DOOLITTLE,
Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. POMBO, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr.
WU, Ms. WOOLSEY, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. WALDEN
of Oregon, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. DICKS, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. STARK, Ms.
PELOSI, and Mrs. TAUSCHER) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to provide financial
assistance to the States of Alaska, Washington, Oregon,
and California for salmon habitat restoration projects
in coastal waters and upland drainages.
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 Recov-
ery Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. SALMON HABITAT RESTORATION ASSISTANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce may
provide financial assistance in accordance with this Act
to qualified States and qualified tribal governments for
salmon habitat restoration activities.
(b) SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS.—The authority
of the Secretary to provide assistance under this section
is subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) ALLOCATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall allocate
to each qualified State an equal share of the amount
available each fiscal year for providing that assist-
ance.
(2) ALLOCATION TO TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.—
(A) For purposes of paragraph (1) all qualified trib-
al governments shall be treated, collectively, as a
qualified State.
(B) The amount allocated (collectively) to the
qualified tribal governments each fiscal year shall be
reallocated among the qualified tribal governments
by the Secretary. When reallocating such funds, the
Secretary shall give priority to projects which pro-
vide the greatest benefit to salmon habitat restora-
tion relative to the cost of the projects and which re-
store habitat for—
(i) salmon that are listed as endangered
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 protec-
tion under the laws of the qualified State or
qualified tribal government.
(d) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—
Of the amount made available under this Act each fiscal
year to the Secretary, a qualified State, or a qualified trib-
al government, respectively—
(1) not more than 1 percent may be used by the
Secretary for administrative expenses; and
(2) not more than 3 percent may be used by the
qualified State or qualified tribal government for ad-
ministrative expenses.
SEC. 3. USE OF ASSISTANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts provided to a qualified
State or qualified tribal government under section 2 shall
be used by the qualified State or qualified tribal govern-
ment to fund salmon habitat restoration projects in ac-
cordance with a memorandum of understanding under
subsection (b).
(b) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—