Salmon FISH Act

Bill: 117-hr-6491
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2022-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Aquatic ecology
Canada
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Dams and canals
Department of Commerce
Department of the Interior
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Environmental technology
Federal-Indian relations
Fishes
Forests, forestry, trees
Government information and archives
Indian lands and resources rights
Intergovernmental relations
Lakes and rivers
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mining
Performance measurement
Pollution liability
Research administration and funding
Roads and highways
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-25
text: 

Salmon Focused Investments in Sustainable Habitats Act or the Salmon FISH Act 

 
This bill addresses identifying, restoring, and protecting salmon conservation areas and salmon strongholds in the United States.
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to jointly issue guidance on the process and biological criteria required to identify salmon conservation areas and salmon strongholds; and
 
directs the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in collaboration with NOAA to provide grants to certain entities to protect or maintain salmon conservation area or salmon stronghold features and projects that are focused on conservation and restoration within a salmon conservation area or stronghold, including to restore or maintain ecological functions and processes related to salmon productivity and diversity at watershed or subwatershed scales.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-17
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2022-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2022-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-25
text: Introduced in House