S.Amdt. 3784

SA 3784. Mrs. BOXER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 4939, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

EMERGENCY FISHERY DISASTER ASSISTANCE

Sec. __. (a) The Secretary of Commerce shall make a direct payment to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission to distribute to fishing communities, Indian tribes, businesses, holders of community development quotas issued under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), individuals, and other entities as emergency disaster assistance to mitigate the economic losses caused by declining Klamath River Fall Chinook salmon.

(b) The Secretary of Commerce shall require that the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission shall, not later than 6 months after the date that the Commission receives a payment under this section, submit to the Secretary of Commerce and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report describing the persons to whom the payment was distributed and the rationale for such distribution.

(c) There is appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce $81,000,000 to make payments under this section and that amount is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006. Any amount appropriated pursuant to this subsection that is not used or otherwise obligated shall be returned to the general fund of the Treasury.