[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 99 (Tuesday, June 21, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S4416]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4792. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 4685 proposed by Mr. Shelby (for himself and 
Ms. Mikulski) to the bill H.R. 2578, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __. (a) Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the National 
     Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall submit to the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a fully 
     documented report that includes the following:
       (1) A list of the specific actions the Administrator will 
     implement through 2021 to promote the recovery of the 
     Sacramento River winter-run Chinook salmon and the basis for 
     such actions.
       (2) An evaluation of the causes of salmon mortality rates 
     in 2014 and 2015 in the Sacramento River and a description of 
     activities to be carried out to address such mortality.
       (3) An evaluation of the reliability of data from rotary-
     screw traps and other facilities at Red Bluff Diversion Dam 
     used to evaluate the year-class strength of Sacramento River 
     winter-run Chinook salmon and an assessment of the potential 
     benefits of increasing data collection further upstream on 
     the Sacramento River and during high flow events.
       (b) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration shall submit to the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives, and the Commissioner of the 
     Bureau of Reclamation a fully documented plan to carry out 
     the actions and activities described in subsection (a).
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