Salmon Solutions and Planning Act
Latest action · Feb 28, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Progress
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- IntroducedFeb 26, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Salmon Solutions and Planning Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences for scientific analysis of federal salmon recovery actions, including the impact that removal of the four lower Snake River dams would have on recovery of salmon and steelhead populations and any additional actions that may be necessary to achieve recovery of salmon and steelhead populations.
Directs: (1) the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to conduct a peer-reviewed study of the rail, highway, and Columbia River barge infrastructure improvements that would be necessary to ensure a cost-effective and efficient transportation system for shippers who currently use barge transportation between Lewiston, Idaho, and the confluence of the Snake and Columbia Rivers and who would be unable to do so if the four lower Snake River dams were removed; (2) the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to conduct a peer-reviewed study of the options to replace the power currently generated by such dams if they were removed; (3) the Army Corps of Engineers to analyze riverfront revitalization and restoration opportunities and costs in the event of such removal; and (4) the Bureau of Reclamation to conduct a peer-reviewed analysis of the options and costs regarding any needed modifications to affected irrigation systems, cooling systems, and private wells if the dams were removed.
Sets forth the congressional determination that the Secretary of the Army may remove the four lower Snake River dams.
Directs the Secretary to reevaluate and update the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Final Lower Snake River Juvenile Salmon Migration Feasibility Report/Environmental Impact Statement (February 2002) pursuant to new information.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 28, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
- Feb 27, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Feb 26, 2014Introduced in House
- Feb 26, 2014Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
- Feb 26, 2014Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E247-248, E254)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Congressional oversight
- Dams and canals
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Endangered and threatened species
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Fishes
- Government studies and investigations
- Idaho
- Lakes and rivers
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Oregon
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Railroads
- Roads and highways
- Washington State
- Water use and supply
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 26, 2014Introduced in House
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