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Congressional Research Service
Version 36 · Passed House amended · Jul 5, 2016
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on June 28, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Save Our Salmon Act or the SOS Act
(Sec. 3) This bill amends the Central Valley Project Improvement Act to exclude striped bass from the project to require reasonable efforts to ensure all anadromous fish naturally produce at twice the average levels in Central Valley rivers and streams.
Striped bass are non-native anadromous fish that prey on native salmon and steelhead and must be reduced in abundance to prevent the extinction of Central Valley salmon and steelhead.
People & committees
Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10] · R–CA
Legislative record
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4252)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4252)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4582.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4252-4253)
Mrs. Lummis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 499.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-647.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-647.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Discharged.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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