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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-289
ENDANGERED SALMON AND FISHERIES PREDATION
PREVENTION ACT
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 2083]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 2083) to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of
1972 to reduce predation on endangered Columbia River salmon
and other nonlisted species, and for other purposes, having consid-
ered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and
recommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 2083 is to amend the Marine Mammal Pro-
tection Act of 1972 to reduce predation on endangered Columbia
River salmon and other nonlisted species.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion (NOAA), the Lower Columbia River is home to multiple species
of salmon listed under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA,
16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), including the Lower Columbia River chi-
nook, steelhead, coho, and chum salmon. A 2013 ESA recovery plan
for these species released by NOAA cited marine mammal preda-
tion, specifically by California sea lions, as a significant factor in
the initial species listings and a hurdle to their recovery. Further,
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