,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dehb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bc1 #bjaf 
,mr4 ,denham introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to exclude striped bass from   
the anadromous fish doubling requirement
 in section #cdjf7;b77#a7 of the        
,central ,valley ,project ,improvement  
,act1 and for other purposes4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,save ,our ,salmon ,act or the ,,sos
 ,act4  #b4 ,legislative findings       
,congress finds the following3  7#a7    
,california is home to many populations 
of native salmon and steelhead4  7#b7   
,many of the native salmon and steelhead
 populations in ,california are listed  
under the ,endangered ,species ,act of  
#aigc4  7#c7 ,the ,central ,valley      
,project ,improvement ,act 7,,cvpia7    
required a doubling of natural          
production of ,central ,valley          
populations of anadromous fish within   

#aj years4  7#d7 ,striped bass are      
anadromous fish indigenous to the ,east 
,coast of the ,united ,states and are   
not native to the ,state of ,california4
  7#e7 ,striped bass were included in   
the ,,cvpia's fish doubling goal even   
though they are not a native species4   
7#f7 ,striped bass prey on native salmon
 and steelhead4  7#g7 ,predation poses a
 serious threat to federally protected  
juvenile salmon and other native fish in
 ,california4  7#h7 ,according to the   
,national ,marine ,fisheries ,service1  
reducing abundance of striped bass and  
other non-native predators must be      
achieved to prevent extinction of       
,central ,valley salmon and steelhead or
 to prevent the species from declining  
irreversibly4  7#i7 ,therefore1 the     
,,cvpia's fish-doubling goal for two    
competing species is contradictory and  
counterproductive for salmon and        
steelhead recovery4  #c4 ,treatment of  
striped bass ,section #cdjf7;b77#a7 of  
the ,central ,valley ,project           

,improvement ,act 7title ,,xxxiv of     
,public ,law #ajb-ege7 is amended by    
inserting 7except striped bass7 after   
natural production of anadromous fish4