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[H.R. 4582 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 499
114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4582

                          [Report No. 114-647]

 To exclude striped bass from the anadromous fish doubling requirement 
 in section 3406(b)(1) of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 23, 2016

  Mr. Denham introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

                             June 28, 2016

  Additional sponsors: Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Costa, Mr. McClintock, Mr. 
                       LaMalfa, and Mr. Lowenthal

                             June 28, 2016

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           February 23, 2016]


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                                 A BILL


 
 To exclude striped bass from the anadromous fish doubling requirement 
 in section 3406(b)(1) of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, 
                        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 ``Save Our Salmon Act'' or the ``SOS 
Act''.

SEC. 2. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) California is home to many populations of native salmon 
        and steelhead.
            (2) Many of the native salmon and steelhead populations in 
        California are listed under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
            (3) The Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) 
        required a doubling of natural production of Central Valley 
        populations of anadromous fish within 10 years.
            (4) Striped bass are anadromous fish indigenous to the East 
        Coast of the United States and are not native to the State of 
        California.
            (5) Striped bass were included in the CVPIA's fish doubling 
        goal even though they are not a native species.
            (6) Striped bass prey on native salmon and steelhead.
            (7) Predation poses a serious threat to federally protected 
        juvenile salmon and other native fish in California.
            (8) According to the National Marine Fisheries Service, 
        reducing abundance of striped bass and other non-native 
        predators must be achieved to prevent extinction of Central 
        Valley salmon and steelhead or to prevent the species from 
        declining irreversibly.
            (9) Therefore, the CVPIA's fish-doubling goal for two 
        competing species is contradictory and counterproductive for 
        salmon and steelhead recovery.

SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF STRIPED BASS.

    (a) Anadromous Fish.--Section 3403(a) of the Central Valley Project 
Improvement Act (title XXXIV of Public Law 102-575) is amended by 
striking ``striped bass,'' after ``stocks of salmon (including 
steelhead),''.
    (b) Fish and Wildlife Restoration Activities.--Section 3406(b) of 
the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (title XXXIV of Public Law 
102-575) is amended by--
            (1) striking paragraphs (14) and (18);
            (2) redesignating paragraphs (15) through (17) as 
        paragraphs (14) through (16), respectively; and
            (3) redesignating paragraphs (19) through (23) as 
        paragraphs (17) through (21), respectively.
    (c) Restoration Fund Established.--Section 3407(a) of the Central 
Valley Project Improvement Act (title XXXIV of Public Law 102-575) is 
amended by striking ``(10)-(18), and (20)-(22)'' and inserting ``(10)-
(16), and (18)-(20)''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 499

114th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4582

                          [Report No. 114-647]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To exclude striped bass from the anadromous fish doubling requirement 
 in section 3406(b)(1) of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, 
                        and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             June 28, 2016

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed