Senate appropriators on Thursday approved President Clinton’s request
for $100 million to help four West Coast states restore endangered salmon,
but earmarked $20 million of it to fulfill terms of the new U.S.-Canada
fishing treaty.
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the money as part of a
$35.3 billion annual appropriation for the departments of Commerce, State
and Justice for fiscal year 2000. House appropriators have not drafted
their bill yet.
In addition to a $100 …
