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 94 STAT. 3280 16 USC 3315.

PUBLIC LAW 96-561—DEC. 22, 1980

SEC. 114. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this part in fiscal years commencing after September 30, 1981, an aggregate amount of $3,000,000. Funds appropriated pursuant to this section remain available to the Secretary until expended. PART C—RESOURCE ENHANCEMENT 16 USC 3321.

SEC. 120. GRANTS FOR PROJECTS UNDER APPROVED ENHANCEMENT PLANS.

(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to in this part as the "Secretary '), in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, is authorized to establish a program to provide grants for projects for the enhancement of the salmon and steelhead resources of the Washington conservation area and the Columbia River conservation area. (b) PLANS.—Any such project in the Washington conservation area must be in accordance with a comprehensive enhancement plan developed and agreed to by the State of Washington and the Washington tribal coordinating body within 18 months after the date of enactment of this title. Any enhancement project in the Columbia River conservation area must be in accordance with a comprehensive enhancement plan developed and agreed to by the State of Washington, the State of Oregon, and the Columbia River tribal coordinating body within 18 months after the date of enactment of this title. Such plans must be approved by the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, as provided in this part. The States shall solicit and consider the comments and views of interested commercial and recreational fishermen, and other interested parties, in developing the comprehensive enhancement plan. (c) SCOPE.—Each comprehensive enhancement plan, and any revisions, or modifications of such plan, shall describe all enhancement projects in the conservation area, and associated stocking policies (when relevant), including any related research necessary to such enhancement anticipated by the States and the treaty tribes (acting through the appropriate tribal coordinating body) for a period of at least 5 years. (d) STANDARDS.—Each comprehensive enhancement plan shall include such standards, restrictions, or conditions as are necessary, to assure that any project included in the plans contributes to the balanced and integrated development of the salmon and steelhead resources of the area. Such standards shall include, but not be limited to, provisions designed to— (1) assure that all commercial and recreational fishermen and the treaty tribes shall have a reasonable opportunity to participate in the benefits, considered as a whole, of the salmon and steelhead resources development; (2) minimize, to the extent practicable, significant adverse interaction between naturally spawning and artifically propagated stQcks; (3) ensure that all projects included within the plan are designed to complement the contribution of sound State, Federal, and tribal enhancement activities; (4) ensure that all projects included within the plan are economically and biologically sound and supported by adequate scientific research;

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