Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110

§3325 Authorization of Appropriations

Title 16 › CHAPTER 52 — SALMON AND STEELHEAD CONSERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT › SUBCHAPTER III — RESOURCE ENHANCEMENT › § 3325

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows money to be spent for salmon and steelhead improvement projects, including running and maintaining enhancement facilities. It lets the government spend up to $45,000,000 over the ten-year period beginning on October 1, 1982 for the Washington conservation area and up to $25,000,000 over the same ten-year period for the Columbia River conservation area for salmon work. In addition to those sums, it allows up to $7,000,000 for steelhead projects for the Washington area and up to $7,000,000 for steelhead projects for the Columbia River area, each for the ten-year period beginning on October 1, 1982. None of the money allowed above can be used to operate or maintain enhancement programs or related facilities in the same form they were in on or before the date the Secretary approved that conservation area’s enhancement plan.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §3325

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(a)Salmon enhancement
For purposes of carrying out the provisions of this subchapter for salmon enhancement (including, but not limited to, the operation and maintenance of enhancement facilities) there are authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $45,000,000 for the ten-year period beginning on October 1, 1982, for the Washington conservation area, and not to exceed $25,000,000 for the ten-year period beginning on such date for the Columbia River conservation area.
(b)Steelhead enhancement
In addition to the amounts authorized under subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out steelhead enhancement projects under this subchapter (including, but not limited to, operation and maintenance of enhancement facilities) not to exceed $7,000,000 for the ten-year period beginning on October 1, 1982, for the Washington conservation area; and not to exceed $7,000,000 for the ten-year period beginning on such date for the Columbia River conservation area.
(c)Limitation
No moneys appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) may be used for the operation and maintenance of enhancement programs and related facilities as they existed on or before the date of the approval by the Secretary under section 3321 of this title of the enhancement plan for the conservation area concerned.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 3325

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110