Notes on 16 U.S.C. § 3301 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 16 U.S.C. § 3301 : US Code - Notes

(Pub. L. 96-561, title I, Sec. 102, Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3275.)
SHORT TITLE
Section 101 of title I of Pub. L. 96-561 provided that: "This
title [enacting this chapter and provisions set out as a note under
section 1823 of this title] may be cited as the 'Salmon and
Steelhead Conservation and Enhancement Act of 1980'."
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE SALMON SURVIVAL
Pub. L. 104-303, title V, Sec. 511, Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat.
3761, as amended by Pub. L. 106-53, title V, Sec. 582, Aug. 17,
1999, 113 Stat. 375, provided that:
"(a) Salmon Survival Activities. -
"(1) In general. - In conjunction with the Secretary of
Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary shall
accelerate ongoing research and development activities, and may
carry out or participate in additional research and development
activities, for the purpose of developing innovative methods and
technologies for improving the survival of salmon, especially
salmon in the Columbia/Snake River Basin.
"(2) Accelerated activities. - Accelerated research and
development activities referred to in paragraph (1) may include
research and development related to -
"(A) impacts from water resources projects and other impacts
on salmon life cycles;
"(B) juvenile and adult salmon passage;
"(C) light and sound guidance systems;
"(D) surface-oriented collector systems;
"(E) transportation mechanisms; and
"(F) dissolved gas monitoring and abatement.
"(3) Additional activities. - Additional research and
development activities referred to in paragraph (1) may include
research and development related to -
"(A) studies of juvenile salmon survival in spawning and
rearing areas;
"(B) estuary and near-ocean juvenile and adult salmon
survival;
"(C) impacts on salmon life cycles from sources other than
water resources projects;
"(D) cryopreservation of fish gametes and formation of a germ
plasma repository for threatened and endangered populations of
native fish; and
"(E) other innovative technologies and actions intended to
improve fish survival, including the survival of resident fish.
"(4) Coordination. - The Secretary shall coordinate any
activities carried out under this subsection with appropriate
Federal, State, and local agencies, affected Indian tribes, and
the Northwest Power Planning Council.
"(5) Report. - Not later than 3 years after the date of
enactment of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 [Aug.
17, 1999], the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the
research and development activities carried out under this
subsection, including any recommendations of the Secretary
concerning the research and development activities.
"(6) Authorization of appropriations. - There is authorized to
be appropriated $10,000,000 to carry out research and development
activities under paragraph (3).
"(b) Advanced Turbine Development. -
"(1) In general. - In conjunction with the Secretary of Energy,
the Secretary shall accelerate efforts toward developing and
installing in Corps of Engineers-operated dams innovative,
efficient, and environmentally safe hydropower turbines,
including design of fish-friendly turbines, for use on the
Columbia/Snake River hydrosystem.
"(2) Authorization of appropriations. - There is authorized to
be appropriated $35,000,000 to carry out this subsection.
"(c) Management of Predation on Columbia/Snake River System
Native Fishes. -
"(1) Nesting avian predators. - In conjunction with the
Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior, and
consistent with a management plan to be developed by the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Secretary shall carry out
methods to reduce nesting populations of avian predators on
dredge spoil islands in the Columbia River under the jurisdiction
of the Secretary.
"(2) Authorization of appropriations. - There is authorized to
be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out research and development
activities under this subsection.
"(d) Implementation. - Nothing in this section affects the
authority of the Secretary to implement the results of the research
and development carried out under this section or any other law."