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113TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 113-330
ENDANGERED SALMON AND FISHERIES PREDATION
PREVENTION ACT
JANuARY 23 (legislative day, JANuARY 21), 2014.-Committed to the Committee of
the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, from the Committee on Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 1308]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1308) 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. 1308 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
The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) has resulted in
California sea lions and certain populations of Steller sea lions
being restored to historic levels. Steller sea lions are protected
under the MMPA, and the Western population of these sea lions
is also listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Another
population of Steller sea lions, the Eastern population, was delisted
under the ESA by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
in September 2013.
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