Pacific Salmon Recovery Act

Bill: 108-hr-1945
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2003-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Americans in foreign countries
Anadromous fishes
Animals
Annuities
Buy American
California
Canada
Citizen participation
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Economics and Public Finance
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to water resources development
Federal-Indian relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Fishery management
Fishes
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign exchange
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Habitat conservation
Idaho
Indian lands
Indigenous peoples
International Affairs
International agencies
International employees
Labor and Employment
Lumber trade
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Minorities
Montana
Oregon
Pacific Ocean
Public meetings
Restoration ecology
Salmon
Sustainable fisheries
Valuation
Washington State
Water Resources Development
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Pacific Salmon Recovery Act - Requires the Secretary of Commerce to provide financial assistance for salmon conservation and habitat restoration activities to qualified States and tribal governments.
Requires qualified States to: (1) submit a Salmon Conservation and Salmon Habitat Restoration Plan to the Secretary; (2) use allocated funds for local and regional projects; (3) match, in the aggregate, financial assistance provided; and (4) establish citizens advisory committees or other similar fora for public participation.
Permits the use of assistance outside the jurisdiction of the recipient if the assisted activity will provide conservation benefits to naturally produced salmon in streams of concern to the recipient.
Treats Lahontan cutthroat trout and bull trout as salmon in Oregon, and bull trout as salmon in Washington and Idaho, for purposes of this Act.
Directs the President, for U.S. citizens who served as employees of the International Pacific Salmon and North Pacific Fisheries Commissions and who worked in Canada during the course of such employment, to calculate and report to Congress the difference in amount between the valuation of the Commissions' annuity for each employee's payment in U.S. and in Canadian currency for past and future annuity payments.
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) any equipment or products authorized for purchase with financial assistance under this Act, should only be U.S. equipment or products; and (2) the Congress supports the bipartisan July 2000 goals, objectives, and recommendations of the Governors of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.
Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress regarding the effects on Pacific Salmon stocks of timber harvesting on publicly owned lands in British Columbia.
action_date: 2003-09-16
text: 
Pacific Salmon Recovery Act - (Sec. 2) Requires the Secretary of Commerce to provide financial assistance for salmon conservation and habitat restoration activities to qualified States (Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, and Idaho) and tribal governments.
 
(Sec. 3) Requires a recipient State or tribe to have a memorandum of understanding with the Secretary. Sets forth eligible activities, including: (1) watershed evaluation and planning; (2) salmon-related research and habitat restoration; (3) Bull trout and Lahontan cutthroat trout activities in Oregon; and (4) Bull trout activities in Washington and Idaho.
 
States that funds shall be used for local and regional projects, with permitted use outside the recipient's jurisdiction if such activity will provide conservation benefits to naturally produced salmon in streams of concern to the recipient.
 
Establishes a 25 percent State matching requirement.
 
(Sec. 4) Provides for public participation in State and tribal project decisions.
 
(Sec. 5) Sets forth reporting requirements for the States and the Secretary.
 
(Sec. 7) Defines &quot;salmon&quot; as any naturally produced salmon or trout of the following species: (1) coho, chinook, chum, pink, or sockeye salmon; and (2) steelhead or sea-run cutthroat trout.
 
(Sec. 8) Directs the President, for U.S. citizens who served as employees of the International Pacific Salmon and North Pacific Fisheries Commissions and who worked in Canada during the course of such employment, to calculate and report to Congress the difference in amount between the valuation of the Commissions' annuity for each employee's payment in U.S. and in Canadian currency for past and future annuity payments.
 
(Sec. 9) Authorizes FY 2004 through 2006 appropriations.
 
(Sec. 10) Expresses the sense of Congress in support of the bipartisan July 2000 goals, objectives, and recommendations of the Governors of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington to protect and restore salmon and other aquatic species while meeting specified environmental, tribal treaty, and Executive order requirements and taking into account economic needs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-16
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 159.
action_date: 2003-09-16
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-272.
action_date: 2003-09-16
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-272.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans Discharged.
action_date: 2003-05-08
text: Executive Comment Requested from Commerce.
action_date: 2003-05-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Introduced in House