,i  #aah? ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4
 ,r4 #haic  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(          
,,repres5tatives  ,may #a1 #bjbd,mrs4   
,peltola introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2 :i* 0 
ref]r$ to ! ,committee on               
,transportation & ,infra/ructure  ,a    
,,bill  ,to prohibit & re/rict c]ta9    
actions 9 ! ,bri/ol ,bay wat]%$1 & = o!r
 purposes4  #a4 ,%ort title ,?is ,act   
may be cit$ z ! ,bri/ol ,bay ,protection
 ,act4  #b4 ,f9d+s ,congress f9ds !     
foll[+3  7#a7 ,! ,pebble ,m9e project   
proposes to dis*>ge dr$g$ or fill       
mat]ial into wat]s ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates1   
includ+ wetl&s1 :i* are subject to !    
jurisdiction ( ! ,clean ,wat] ,act4     
7#b7 ,! dis*>ge ( dr$g$ or fill mat]ial 
into ^! wat]s w h unacceptable adv]se   
effects on municipal wat] supplies1     
%ellfi% b$s & fi%]y areas1 wildlife1 &  
recreational areas4  7#c7 ,!            
,adm9i/rator ( ! ,environm5tal          
,protection ,ag5cy1 pursuant to section 
#djd7;c7 ( ! ,clean ,wat] ,act1 has     
prohibit$ ! specification ( ! project   

area z a disposal site & has det]m9$ t !
 dis*>ge ( dr$g$ or fill mat]ial into ^!
 wat]s w h unacceptable adv]se effects1 
includ+-- 7,a7 ! loss ( approximately   
#h4e miles 7#ac4g km7 ( docum5t$        
anadrom\s fi% /reams2  7,b7 ! loss (    
approximately #ia miles 7#adg km7 (     
additional /reams t support anadrom\s   
fi% /reams2  7,c7 ! loss ( approximately
 #b1ajh acres 7#h4e km#b7 ( wetl&s & o!r
 wat]s t support anadrom\s fi% /reams2 &
  7,d7 adv]se impacts on approximately  
#bi additional miles 7#df4g km7 (       
anadrom\s fi% /reams result+ f great]   
?an #bj p]c5t *anges 9 av]age mon?ly    
/reamfl[4  7#d7 ,alaska's ,bri/ol ,bay  
wat]%$ is an area ( unp>allel$          
ecological value1 boa/+ salmon div]sity 
& productivity unrival$ any:]e 9 ,nor?  
,am]ica4  7#e7 ,! region's salmon       
res\rces h support$ ,alaska ,native     
cultures = ?\s&s ( ye>s & cont9ue to    
support "o ( ! la/ intact salmon-bas$   
cultures 9 ! _w4  7#f7 ,! ,bri/ol ,bay  
wat]%$'s l>gely undi/urb$ aquatic       

habitats & productive salmon populations
 create ?is globally significant        
ecological & cultural res\rce4  7#g7 ,p 
9 ! ,bri/ol ,bay region rely on         
subsi/5ce res\rces to provide           
high-quality foods1 fo/] a heal?y       
life/yle1 & =m ! basis = social         
relations4 ,mu* ( ! region's population 
practices subsi/5ce1 ) salmon mak+ up a 
l>ge portion ( _! diets1 & resid5ts are 
p>ticul>ly vuln]able to pot5tial *anges 
9 salmon abundance4  #c4 ,codification (
 f9al det]m9ation relat+ to ,pebble     
,deposit ,area ,! f9al det]m9ation ( !  
,environm5tal ,protection ,ag5cy1       
publi%$ on ,febru>y #c1 #bjbc1 & titl$  
,f9al ,det]m9ation ,to ,prohibit !      
,specification ( & ,re/rict ! ,use =    
,specification ( ,c]ta9 ,wat]s ,)9      
,def9$ ,areas z ,disposal ,sites2       
,pebble ,deposit ,area1 ,s\?we/ ,alaska 
7#hh ,f$4 ,reg4 #gdda71 %all h ! =ce &  
effect ( law4