,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #dii  #aadth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#dehb  ,report ,no4 #aad-fdg  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives         
,february #bc1 #bjaf ,mr4 ,denham       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,natural 
,resources  ,june #bh1 #bjaf ,additional
 sponsors3 ,mr4 ,garamendi1 ,mr4 ,costa1
 ,mr4 ,mc,clintock1 ,mr4 ,la,malfa1 and 
,mr4 ,lowenthal  ,june #bh1 #bjaf       
,reported with an amendment1 committed  
to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house  
on the ,state of the ,union1 and ordered
 to be printed ,strike out all after the
 enacting clause and insert the part    
printed in italic ,for text of          
introduced bill1 see copy of bill as    
introduced on ,february #bc1 #bjaf  ,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  7a7 ,anadromous fish      
,section #cdjc7;a7 of the ,central      
,valley ,project ,improvement ,act      
7title ,,xxxiv of ,public ,law #ajb-ege7
 is amended by striking striped bass1   
after stocks of salmon 7including       
steelhead714  7b7 ,fish and ,wildlife   
,restoration ,activities ,section       
#cdjf7;b7 of the ,central ,valley       
,project ,improvement ,act 7title       
,,xxxiv of ,public ,law #ajb-ege7 is    
amended by-- 7#a7 striking paragraphs   
7#ad7 and 7#ah72  7#b7 redesignating    
paragraphs 7#ae7 through 7#ag7 as       

paragraphs 7#ad7 through 7#af71         
respectively2 and  7#c7 redesignating   
paragraphs 7#ai7 through 7#bc7 as       
paragraphs 7#ag7 through 7#ba71         
respectively4  7c7 ,restoration ,fund   
,established ,section #cdjg7;a7 of the  
,central ,valley ,project ,improvement  
,act 7title ,,xxxiv of ,public ,law     
#ajb-ege7 is amended by striking        
7#aj7-7ah71 and 7#bj7-7bb7 and inserting
 7#aj7-7af71 and 7#ah7-7bj74  ,june #bh1
 #bjaf ,reported with an amendment1     
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed