Congress 117 - HR 6491 - Salmon FISH Act

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Administrative law and regulatory procedures Air quality Aquatic ecology Canada Climate change and greenhouse gases Congressional oversight Dams and canals Department of Commerce Department of the Interior Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental regulatory procedures Environmental technology Federal-Indian relations Fishes Forests, forestry, trees Government information and archives Indian lands and resources rights Intergovernmental relations Lakes and rivers Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Mining Performance measurement Pollution liability Public Lands and Natural Resources Research administration and funding Roads and highways Water use and supply Watersheds Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

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Summary

Salmon Focused Investments in Sustainable Habitats Act or the Salmon FISH Act

This bill addresses identifying, restoring, and protecting salmon conservation areas and salmon strongholds in the United States.

Specifically, the bill

requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to jointly issue guidance on the process and biological criteria required to identify salmon conservation areas and salmon strongholds; and
directs the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in collaboration with NOAA to provide grants to certain entities to protect or maintain salmon conservation area or salmon stronghold features and projects that are focused on conservation and restoration within a salmon conservation area or stronghold, including to restore or maintain ecological functions and processes related to salmon productivity and diversity at watershed or subwatershed scales.

Actions

Mar 17, 2022

Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Feb 8, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Jan 28, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Jan 28, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Jan 28, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Jan 28, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Jan 25, 2022

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
Jan 25, 2022

Introduced in House

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