[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 1522 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1522

To amend the Bonneville Power Administration portions of the Fisheries 
    Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000 to authorize 
   appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2014, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 24, 2007

    Mr. Wyden (for himself, Mr. Smith, Mr. Craig, Mrs. Murray, Ms. 
    Cantwell, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. Tester) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Bonneville Power Administration portions of the Fisheries 
    Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000 to authorize 
   appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2014, 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 ``Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation 
Mitigation Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. PRIORITY PROJECTS.

    Section 3(c)(3) of the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation 
Mitigation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 777 note; Public Law 106-502) is 
amended by striking ``$5,000,000'' and inserting ``$2,500,000''.

SEC. 3. COST SHARING.

    Section 7(c) of Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act 
of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 777 note; Public Law 106-502) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The value'' and inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--The value''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Bonneville power administration.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary may, without 
                further appropriation and without fiscal year 
                limitation, accept any amounts provided to the 
                Secretary by the Administrator of the Bonneville Power 
                Administration.
                    ``(B) Non-federal share.--Any amounts provided by 
                the Bonneville Power Administration directly or through 
                a grant to another entity for a project carried under 
                the Program shall be credited toward the non-Federal 
                share of the costs of the project.''.

SEC. 4. REPORT.

    Section 9 of the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation 
Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 777 note; Public Law 106-502) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``any'' before ``amounts are made''; and
            (2) by inserting after ``Secretary shall'' the following: 
        ``, after partnering with local governmental entities and the 
        States in the Pacific Ocean drainage area,''.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 10 of the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation 
Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 777 note; Public Law 106-502) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``2001 through 2005'' 
        and inserting ``2008 through 2014''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (2) and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(2) Administrative expenses.--
                    ``(A) Definition of administrative expense.--In 
                this paragraph, the term `administrative expense' 
                means, except as provided in subparagraph (B)(iii)(II), 
                any expenditure relating to--
                            ``(i) staffing and overhead, such as the 
                        rental of office space and the acquisition of 
                        office equipment; and
                            ``(ii) the review, processing, and 
                        provision of applications for funding under the 
                        Program.
                    ``(B) Limitation.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Not more than 6 percent 
                        of amounts made available to carry out this Act 
                        for each fiscal year may be used for Federal 
                        and State administrative expenses of carrying 
                        out this Act.
                            ``(ii) Federal and state shares.--To the 
                        maximum extent practicable, of the amounts made 
                        available for administrative expenses under 
                        clause (i)--
                                    ``(I) 50 percent shall be provided 
                                to the State agencies provided 
                                assistance under the Program; and
                                    ``(II) an amount equal to the cost 
                                of 1 full-time equivalent Federal 
                                employee, as determined by the 
                                Secretary, shall be provided to the 
                                Federal agency carrying out the 
                                Program.
                            ``(iii) State expenses.--Amounts made 
                        available to States for administrative expenses 
                        under clause (i)--
                                    ``(I) shall be divided evenly among 
                                all States provided assistance under 
                                the Program; and
                                    ``(II) may be used by a State to 
                                provide technical assistance relating 
                                to the program, including any staffing 
                                expenditures (including staff travel 
                                expenses) associated with--
                                            ``(aa) arranging meetings 
                                        to promote the Program to 
                                        potential applicants;
                                            ``(bb) assisting applicants 
                                        with the preparation of 
                                        applications for funding under 
                                        the Program; and
                                            ``(cc) visiting 
                                        construction sites to provide 
                                        technical assistance, if 
                                        requested by the applicant.''.
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