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Pacific Salmon Recovery Act

Introduced: May 1, 2003 Introduced by: Thompson, Mike Democratic · California See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 16, 2003
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 159.
Sep 16, 2003
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-272.
Jun 11, 2003
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jun 11, 2003
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 11, 2003
Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans Discharged.
May 8, 2003
Executive Comment Requested from Commerce.
May 8, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
May 1, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
May 1, 2003
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Pacific Salmon Recovery Act - Requires the Secretary of Commerce to provide financial assistance for salmon conservation and habitat restoration activities to qualified States and tribal governments.

Requires qualified States to: (1) submit a Salmon Conservation and Salmon Habitat Restoration Plan to the Secretary; (2) use allocated funds for local and regional projects; (3) match, in the aggregate, financial assistance provided; and (4) establish citizens advisory committees or other similar fora for public participation.

Permits the use of assistance outside the jurisdiction of the recipient if the assisted activity will provide conservation benefits to naturally produced salmon in streams of concern to the recipient.

Treats Lahontan cutthroat trout and bull trout as salmon in Oregon, and bull trout as salmon in Washington and Idaho, for purposes of this Act.

Directs the President, for U.S. citizens who served as employees of the International Pacific Salmon and North Pacific Fisheries Commissions and who worked in Canada during the course of such employment, to calculate and report to Congress the difference in amount between the valuation of the Commissions' annuity for each employee's payment in U.S. and in Canadian currency for past and future annuity payments.

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) any equipment or products authorized for purchase with financial assistance under this Act, should only be U.S. equipment or products; and (2) the Congress supports the bipartisan July 2000 goals, objectives, and recommendations of the Governors of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.

Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress regarding the effects on Pacific Salmon stocks of timber harvesting on publicly owned lands in British Columbia.

What's happening now September 16, 2003

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 159.

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