Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2006 - Amends the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000 to make the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Program a pass-through program. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to give priority to any project that has a total cost of less than $2.5 million (currently, $5 million). Makes development and implementation of projects on land or facilities owned by an Indian tribe nonreimbursable expenditures.
Requires: (1) any amounts provided by the Bonneville Power Administration directly or through a grant to another entity for a project carried out under the Program to be credited toward the non-federal share of project costs; and (2) the Secretary's report on projects under such Act to be made after partnering with local governmental entities and the states in the Pacific Ocean drainage area (Oregon, Washington, Montana, and Idaho).
Authorizes appropriations for the Act through FY2012. Sets forth a formula for determining the amounts that may be used for federal (including tribal) and state administrative expenses (based on the amount made available for the Program each fiscal year).
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3522 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3522
To amend the Bonneville Power Administration portions of the Fisheries
Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000 to authorize
appropriations for fiscal years 2006 through 2012, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 15, 2006
Mr. Wyden (for himself, Mr. Smith, Mr. Craig, and Mrs. Murray)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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A BILL
To amend the Bonneville Power Administration portions of the Fisheries
Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000 to authorize
appropriations for fiscal years 2006 through 2012, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation
Mitigation Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. PRIORITY PROJECTS; PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM.
The Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000 (16
U.S.C. 777 note; Public Law 106-502) is amended--
(1) in section 3--
(A) in subsection (a), by inserting ``as a pass-
through program'' before ``within the Department''; and
(B) in subsection (c)(3), by striking
``$5,000,000'' and inserting ``$2,500,000''; and
(2) in section 4, by striking subsection (b) and inserting
the following:
``(b) Nonreimbursable Federal and Tribal Expenditures.--Development
and implementation of projects under the Program on land or facilities
owned by the United States or an Indian tribe shall be nonreimbursable
expenditures.''.
SEC. 3. COST SHARING.
Section 7(c) of Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act
of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 777 note; Public Law 106-502) is amended--
(1) by striking ``The value'' and inserting the following:
``(1) In general.--The value''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Bonneville power administration.--Any amounts
provided by the Bonneville Power Administration directly or
through a grant to another entity for a project carried under
the Program shall be credited toward the non-Federal share of
the costs of the project.''.
SEC. 4. REPORT.
Section 9 of the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation
Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 777 note; Public Law 106-502) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``any'' before ``amounts are made''; and
(2) by inserting after ``Secretary shall'' the following:
``, after partnering with local governmental entities and the
States in the Pacific Ocean drainage area,''.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 10 of the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation
Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 777 note; Public Law 106-502) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``2001 through 2005''
and inserting ``2006 through 2012''; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (2) and
inserting the following:
``(2) Administrative expenses.--
``(A) Definition of administrative expense.--In
this paragraph, the term `administrative expense' means
any expenditure relating to--
``(i) staffing and overhead, such as the
rental of office space and the acquisition of
office equipment; and
``(ii) the review, processing, and
provision of applications for funding under the
Program.
``(B) Limitation.--
``(i) In general.--Except as provided in
subparagraph (C), a percentage of amounts up to
6 percent made available for each fiscal year,
as determined under clause (ii), may be used
for Federal (including tribal) and State
administrative expenses of carrying out this
Act.
``(ii) Formula.--For purposes of
determining the percentage of administrative
expenses to be made available under clause (i)
for a fiscal year--
``(I) 1 percent shall be provided
if less than $1,000,000 is made
available to carry out the Program for
the fiscal year;
``(II) 2 percent shall be provided
if $1,000,000 or more, but less than
$6,000,000, is made available to carry
out the Program for the fiscal year;
``(III) 3 percent shall be provided
if $6,000,000 or more, but less than
$11,000,000, is made available to carry
out the Program for the fiscal year;
``(IV) 4 percent shall be provided
if $11,000,000 or more, but less than
$15,000,000, is made available to carry
out the Program for the fiscal year;
``(V) 5 percent shall be provided
if $15,000,000 or more, but less than
$21,000,000, is made available to carry
out the Program for the fiscal year;
and
``(VI) 6 percent shall be provided
if $21,000,000 or more is made
available to carry out the Program for
the fiscal year.
``(iii) Federal and state shares.--To the
maximum extent practicable, of the amounts made
available for administrative expenses under
clause (i)--
``(I) 50 percent shall be provided
to the Federal agencies (including
Indian tribes) carrying out the
Program; and
``(II) 50 percent shall be provided
to the State agencies provided
assistance under the Program.
``(iv) State expenses.--Amounts made
available to States for administrative expenses
under clause (i)--
``(I) shall be divided evenly among
all States provided assistance under
the Program; and
``(II) on request of a project
sponsor, may be used to provide
technical support to the project
sponsor.
``(C) Technical assistance.--
``(i) In general.--Amounts expended by the
Secretary for the provision of technical
assistance relating to the Program shall not be
subject to the 6 percent limitation on
administrative expenses under subparagraph
(B)(i).
``(ii) Inclusions.--For purposes of clause
(i), expenditures for the provision of
technical assistance include any staffing
expenditures (including staff travel expenses)
associated with--
``(I) arranging meetings to promote
the Program to potential applicants;
``(II) assisting applicants with
the preparation of applications for
funding under the Program; and
``(III) visiting construction sites
to provide technical assistance, if
requested by the applicant.''.
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Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5961)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5961-5962)
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-781.
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