S.Amdt. 4792

SA 4792. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 4685 proposed by Mr. Shelby (for himself and
Ms. Mikulski) to the bill H.R. 2578, making appropriations for the
Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. __. (a) Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall submit to the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a fully
documented report that includes the following:
(1) A list of the specific actions the Administrator will
implement through 2021 to promote the recovery of the
Sacramento River winter-run Chinook salmon and the basis for
such actions.
(2) An evaluation of the causes of salmon mortality rates
in 2014 and 2015 in the Sacramento River and a description of
activities to be carried out to address such mortality.
(3) An evaluation of the reliability of data from rotary-
screw traps and other facilities at Red Bluff Diversion Dam
used to evaluate the year-class strength of Sacramento River
winter-run Chinook salmon and an assessment of the potential
benefits of increasing data collection further upstream on
the Sacramento River and during high flow events.
(b) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration shall submit to the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives, and the Commissioner of the
Bureau of Reclamation a fully documented plan to carry out
the actions and activities described in subsection (a).
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