House and Senate appropriators are expected to start negotiations next
month over how much money to put in a new Pacific Coast salmon fund
for
states, tribes and the U.S. Canada fishing treaty.
The House on Thursday passed a FY2000 spending bill that contains no
money for President Clinton’s proposed Pacific Salmon Fund. The Senate
approved $100 million in its bill, which passed on July 22.
In other action this week, Congress gave final approval to a water
resources development bill that
