Congress 108 - HR 1097 - Salmon Planning Act

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Agriculture and Food Alaska Alternative energy sources Animals Canada Civil engineering Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Cost effectiveness Dams Ecological research Economic impact statements Economics and Public Finance Endangered species Energy Energy supplies Environmental assessment Environmental Protection Federal-Indian relations Finance and Financial Sector Fishery management Fishes Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Habitat conservation Hydroelectric power Infrastructure Inland water transportation International Affairs Irrigation Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Minorities Native Americans Northwestern States Public Lands and Natural Resources Renewable natural resources Restoration ecology Riparian ecology Salmon Science, Technology, Communications Transportation and Public Works Treaties Washington State Water pollution control Water Resources Development

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Salmon Planning Act - Requires the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences providing for scientific analysis of Federal salmon and steelhead recovery efforts.

Requires the Comptroller General of the United States to study the potential effects of partially removing the four lower Snake River dams, including those on: (1) the economy of surrounding communities; (2) water transportation; (3) irrigation; (4) energy production; and (5) the extinction of salmon and steelhead populations in Snake River.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Corps of Engineers, to partially remove the dams if found necessary by: (1) the Secretary to restore Snake River salmon and steelhead populations to meet obligations under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; (2) the Secretary of the Interior to meet treaty obligations to Indian tribes or other sovereign nations; or (3) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to meet requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.

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Mar 14, 2003

Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Mar 14, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
Mar 14, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Mar 6, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Mar 5, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 5, 2003

Introduced in House

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