[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1945 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1945

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.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    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 Washington, and Mr. 
Udall of Colorado) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                       the Committee on Resources

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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 Representatives 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.--Subject to the availability 
of appropriations, the Secretary of Commerce shall provide financial 
assistance in accordance with this Act to qualified States and 
qualified tribal governments for salmon conservation and salmon habitat 
restoration activities.
    (b) Allocation.--Of the amounts available to provide assistance 
under this section each fiscal year (after the application of section 
3(g)), the Secretary--
            (1) shall allocate 85 percent among qualified States, in 
        equal amounts; and
            (2) shall allocate 15 percent among qualified tribal 
        governments, in amounts determined by the Secretary.
    (c) Transfer.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall promptly transfer--
                    (A) to a qualified State that has submitted a 
                Conservation and Restoration Plan under section 3(a) 
                amounts allocated to the qualified State under 
                subsection (b)(1) of this section, unless the Secretary 
                determines, within 30 days after the submittal of the 
                plan to the Secretary, that the plan is inconsistent 
                with the requirements of this Act; and
                    (B) to a qualified tribal government that has 
                entered into a memorandum of understanding with the 
                Secretary under section 3(b) amounts allocated to the 
                qualified tribal government under subsection (b)(2) of 
                this section.
            (2) Transfers to qualified states.--The Secretary shall 
        make the transfer under paragraph (1)(A)--
                    (A) to the Washington State Salmon Recovery Board, 
                in the case of amounts allocated to Washington;
                    (B) to the Oregon State Watershed Enhancement 
                Board, in the case of amounts allocated to Oregon;
                    (C) to the California Department of Fish and Game 
                for the California Coastal Salmon Recovery 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 shall be 
        reallocated under subsection (b)(1) among the other qualified 
        States, if--
                    (A) the qualified State has not submitted a plan in 
                accordance with section 3(a) as of the end of the 
                fiscal year; or
                    (B) the amounts remain unobligated at the end of 
                the subsequent fiscal year.
            (2) Amounts allocated to qualified tribal governments.--
        Amounts that are allocated to a qualified tribal government for 
        a fiscal year shall 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(b) as of the end of the fiscal year.

SEC. 3. RECEIPT AND USE OF ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Qualified State Salmon Conservation and Restoration Plan.--
            (1) In general.--To receive assistance under this Act, a 
        qualified State shall develop and submit to the Secretary a 
        Salmon Conservation and Salmon Habitat Restoration Plan.
            (2) Contents.--Each Salmon Conservation and Salmon 
        Restoration Plan shall, at a minimum--
                    (A) be consistent with other applicable Federal 
                laws;
                    (B) be consistent with the goal of salmon recovery;
                    (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 
                                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 
                                protection under the laws or 
                                regulations of the qualified State;
                    (D) in the case of a plan submitted by a qualified 
                State in which, as of the date of the enactment of this 
                Act, there is no area at which a salmon species 
                referred to in subparagraph (C)(iii)(I) spawns--
                            (i) give priority to use of assistance for 
                        projects referred to in subparagraph (C)(i) and 
                        (ii) that contribute to proactive programs to 
                        conserve and enhance species of salmon that 
                        intermingle with, or are otherwise related to, 
                        species referred to in subparagraph 
                        (C)(iii)(I), which may include (among other 
                        matters)--
                                    (I) salmon-related research, data 
                                collection, and monitoring;
                                    (II) salmon supplementation and 
                                enhancement;
                                    (III) salmon habitat restoration;
                                    (IV) increasing economic 
                                opportunities for salmon fishermen; and
                                    (V) national and international 
                                cooperative habitat programs; and
                            (ii) provide for revision of the plan 
                        within one year after any date on which any 
                        salmon species that spawns in the qualified 
                        State is listed as an endangered species or 
                        threatened species, proposed for such listing, 
                        or a candidate for such listing, under the 
                        Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 
                        et seq.);
                    (E) establish specific goals and timelines for 
                activities funded with such assistance;
                    (F) include measurable criteria by which such 
                activities may be evaluated;
                    (G) require that activities carried out with such 
                assistance shall--
                            (i) be scientifically based;
                            (ii) be cost effective;
                            (iii) not be conducted on private land 
                        except with the consent of the owner of the 
                        land; and
                            (iv) contribute to the conservation and 
                        recovery of salmon;
                    (H) require that the qualified State maintain its 
                aggregate expenditures of funds from non-Federal 
                sources for salmon habitat restoration programs at or 
                above the average level of such expenditures in the 2 
                fiscal years preceding the date of the enactment of 
                this Act; and
                    (I) ensure that activities funded under this Act 
                are conducted in a manner in which, and in areas where, 
                the State has determined that they will have long-term 
                benefits.
            (3) Solicitation of comments.--In preparing a plan under 
        this subsection a qualified State shall seek comments on the 
        plan from local governments in the qualified State.
    (b) Tribal MOU With Secretary.--
            (1) In general.--To receive assistance under this Act, a 
        qualified tribal government shall enter into a memorandum of 
        understanding with the Secretary regarding use of the 
        assistance.
            (2) Contents.--Each memorandum of understanding shall, at a 
        minimum--
                    (A) be consistent with other applicable Federal 
                laws;
                    (B) be consistent with the goal of salmon recovery;
                    (C) give priority to use of assistance under this 
                Act for activities 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 
                                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 
                                protection under the ordinances or 
                                regulations of the qualified tribal 
                                government;
                    (D) in the case of a memorandum of understanding 
                entered into by a qualified tribal government for an 
                area in which, as of the date of the enactment of this 
                Act, there is no area at which a salmon species that is 
                referred to in subparagraph (C)(iii)(I) spawns--
                            (i) give priority to use of assistance for 
                        projects referred to in subparagraph (C)(i) and 
                        (ii) that contribute to proactive programs 
                        described in subsection (a)(2)(D)(i);
                            (ii) include a requirement that the 
                        memorandum shall be revised within 1 year after 
                        any date on which any salmon species that 
                        spawns in the area is listed as an endangered 
                        species or threatened species, proposed for 
                        such listing, or a candidate for such listing, 
                        under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
                        U.S.C. 1531 et seq.);
                    (E) establish specific goals and timelines for 
                activities funded with such assistance;
                    (F) include measurable criteria by which such 
                activities may be evaluated;
                    (G) establish specific requirements for reporting 
                to the Secretary by the qualified tribal government;
                    (H) require that activities carried out with such 
                assistance shall--
                            (i) be scientifically based;
                            (ii) be cost effective;
                            (iii) not be conducted on private land 
                        except with the consent of the owner of the 
                        land; and
                            (iv) contribute to the conservation or 
                        recovery of salmon; and
                    (I) require that the qualified tribal government 
                maintain its aggregate expenditures of funds from non-
                Federal sources for salmon habitat restoration programs 
                at or above the average level of such expenditures in 
                the 2 fiscal years preceding the date of the enactment 
                of this Act.
    (c) Eligible Activities.--
            (1) In general.--Assistance under this Act may be used by a 
        qualified State in accordance with a plan submitted by the 
        State under subsection (a), or by a qualified tribal government 
        in accordance with a memorandum of understanding entered into 
        by the government under subsection (b), to carry out or make 
        grants to carry out, among other activities, the following:
                    (A) Watershed evaluation, assessment, and planning 
                necessary to develop a site-specific and clearly 
                prioritized plan to implement watershed improvements, 
                including for making multi-year grants.
                    (B) Salmon-related research, data collection, and 
                monitoring, salmon supplementation and enhancement, and 
                salmon habitat restoration.
                    (C) Maintenance and monitoring of projects 
                completed with such assistance.
                    (D) Technical training and education projects, 
                including teaching private landowners about practical 
                means of improving land and water management practices 
                to contribute to the conservation and restoration of 
                salmon habitat.
                    (E) Other activities related to salmon conservation 
                and salmon habitat restoration.
            (2) Use for local and regional projects.--Funds allocated 
        to qualified States under this Act shall be used for local and 
        regional projects.
    (d) Use of Assistance for Activities Outside of Jurisdiction of 
Recipient.--Assistance under this section provided to a qualified State 
or qualified tribal government may be used for activities conducted 
outside the areas under its jurisdiction if the activity will provide 
conservation benefits to naturally produced salmon in streams of 
concern to the qualified State or qualified tribal government, 
respectively.
    (e) Cost Sharing by Qualified States.--
            (1) In general.--A qualified State shall match, in the 
        aggregate, the amount of any financial assistance provided to 
        the qualified State for a fiscal year under this Act, in the 
        form of monetary contributions or in-kind contributions of 
        services for projects carried out with such assistance. For 
        purposes of this paragraph, monetary contributions by the State 
        shall not be considered to include funds received from other 
        Federal sources.
            (2) Limitation on requiring matching for each project.--The 
        Secretary may not require a qualified State to provide matching 
        funds for each project carried out with assistance under this 
        Act.
            (3) Treatment of monetary contributions.--For purposes of 
        subsection (a)(2)(H), the amount of monetary contributions by a 
        qualified State under this subsection shall be treated as 
        expenditures from non-Federal sources for salmon conservation 
        and salmon habitat restoration programs.
    (f) Coordination of Activities.--
            (1) In general.--Each qualified State and each qualified 
        tribal government receiving assistance under this Act is 
        encouraged to carefully coordinate salmon conservation 
        activities of its agencies to eliminate duplicative and 
        overlapping activities.
            (2) Consultation.--Each qualified State and qualified 
        tribal government receiving assistance under this Act shall 
        consult with the Secretary to ensure there is no duplication in 
        projects funded under this Act.
    (g) Limitation on Administrative Expenses.--
            (1) Federal administrative expenses.--Of the amount made 
        available under this Act each fiscal year, not more than 1 
        percent may be used by the Secretary for administrative 
        expenses incurred in carrying out this Act.
            (2) State and tribal administrative expenses.--Of the 
        amount allocated under this Act to a qualified State or 
        qualified tribal government each fiscal year, not more than 3 
        percent may be used by the qualified State or qualified tribal 
        government, respectively, for administrative expenses incurred 
        in carrying out this Act.

SEC. 4. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

    (a) Qualified State Governments.--Each qualified State seeking 
assistance under this Act shall establish a citizens advisory committee 
or provide another similar forum for local governments and the public 
to participate in obtaining and using the assistance.
    (b) Qualified Tribal Governments.--Each qualified tribal government 
receiving assistance under this Act shall hold public meetings to 
receive recommendations on the use of the assistance.

SEC. 5. CONSULTATION NOT REQUIRED.

    Consultation under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) shall not be required based solely on the 
provision of financial assistance under this Act.

SEC. 6. REPORTS.

    (a) Qualified States.--Each qualified State shall, by not later 
than December 31 of each year, submit to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 
Resources of the House of Representatives an annual report on the use 
of financial assistance received by the qualified State under this Act. 
The report shall contain an evaluation of the success of this Act in 
meeting the criteria listed in section 3(a)(2).
    (b) Secretary.--
            (1) Annual report regarding qualified tribal governments.--
        The Secretary shall, by not later than December 31 of each 
        year, submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
        Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of 
        the House of Representatives an annual report on the use of 
        financial assistance received by qualified tribal governments 
        under this Act. The report shall contain an evaluation of the 
        success of this Act in meeting the criteria listed in section 
        3(b)(2).
            (2) Biannual report.--The Secretary shall, by not later 
        than December 31 of the second year in which amounts are 
        available to carry out this Act, and of every second year 
        thereafter, submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
        Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of 
        the House of Representatives a biannual report on the use of 
        funds allocated to qualified States under this Act. The report 
        shall review programs funded by the States and evaluate the 
        success of this Act in meeting the criteria listed in section 
        3(a)(2).

SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' has the 
        meaning given that term in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)).
            (2) Qualified state.--The term ``qualified State'' means 
        each of the States of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, 
        and Idaho.
            (3) Qualified tribal government.--The term ``qualified 
        tribal government'' means--
                    (A) a tribal government of an Indian tribe in 
                Washington, Oregon, California, or Idaho that the 
                Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the 
                Secretary of the Interior, determines--
                            (i) is involved in salmon management and 
                        recovery activities under the Endangered 
                        Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 
                        and
                            (ii) has the management and organizational 
                        capability to maximize the benefits of 
                        assistance provided under this Act; and
                    (B) a village corporation as defined in or 
                established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 
                Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) that the 
                Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the 
                Secretary of the Interior, determines--
                            (i) is involved in salmon conservation and 
                        management; and
                            (ii) has the management and organizational 
                        capability to maximize the benefits of 
                        assistance provided under this Act.
            (4) Salmon.--The term ``salmon'' means any naturally 
        produced salmon or naturally produced trout of the following 
        species:
                    (A) Coho salmon (oncorhynchus kisutch).
                    (B) Chinook salmon (oncorhynchus tshawytscha).
                    (C) Chum salmon (oncorhynchus keta).
                    (D) Pink salmon (oncorhynchus gorbuscha).
                    (E) Sockeye salmon (oncorhynchus nerka).
                    (F) Steelhead trout (oncorhynchus mykiss).
                    (G) Sea-run cutthroat trout (oncorhynchus clarki 
                clarki).
                    (H) For purposes of application of this Act in 
                Oregon--
                            (i) Lahontan cutthroat trout (oncorhnychus 
                        clarki henshawi); and
                            (ii) Bull trout (salvelinus confluentus).
                    (I) For purposes of application of this Act in 
                Washington and Idaho, Bull trout (salvelinus 
                confluentus).
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Commerce.

SEC. 8. REPORT REGARDING TREATMENT OF INTERNATIONAL FISHERY COMMISSION 
              PENSIONERS.

    The President shall--
            (1) determine the number of United States citizens who--
                    (A) served as employees of the International 
                Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission or the 
                International North Pacific Fisheries Commission; and
                    (B) worked in Canada in the course of employment 
                with that commission;
            (2) calculate for each such employee the difference 
        between--
                    (A) the value, in United States currency, of the 
                annuity payments made and to be made (determined by an 
                actuarial valuation) by or on behalf of each such 
                commission to the employee; and
                    (B) the value, in Canadian currency, of such 
                annuity payments; and
            (3) by not later than September 1, 2004, submit to the 
        Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation of the Senate 
        a report on the determinations and calculations made under 
        paragraphs (1) and (2).

SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated $250,000,000 for each of 
the fiscal years 2004, 2005, and 2006 to carry out this Act. Funds 
appropriated under this section may remain until expended.

SEC. 10. SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARDING NOTICE.

    (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and Products.--In the case 
of any equipment or products that may be authorized to be purchased 
with financial assistance provided under this Act, it is the sense of 
the Congress that entities receiving such assistance should, in 
expending the assistance, purchase only equipment and products made in 
the United States.
    (b) Notice to Recipients of Assistance.--In providing financial 
assistance under this Act, the Secretary shall provide to each 
recipient of the assistance a notice describing the statement made in 
subsection (a) by the Congress.
    (c) Report.--Any entity that receives funds under this Act shall 
report any expenditures of such funds on items made outside of the 
United States to the Congress within 180 days of the expenditure.

SEC. 11. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING BIPARTISAN JULY 2000 GOALS.

    It is the sense of the Congress that the Congress supports 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 to sustainable and harvestable 
levels while meeting the requirements of the Endangered Species Act of 
1973, the Clean Water Act, the Pacific Northwest Electric Power 
Planning and Conservation Act, tribal treaty rights, and executive 
orders and while taking into account the need to preserve a sound 
economy in Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.

SEC. 12. REPORT ON EFFECTS ON PACIFIC SALMON STOCKS OF CERTAIN TIMBER 
              HARVESTING IN CANADA.

    The Secretary, in conjunction with other Federal agencies, shall by 
not later than December 31 of each year report to the Congress to the 
best of the ability of the Secretary regarding the effects on Pacific 
Salmon stocks of timber harvesting on publicly owned lands in British 
Columbia.
                                 <all>