1997 balanced budget agreement.

The House commerce, state and justice
appropriation bill does not include any money for
President Clinton’s proposed Pacific Salmon Fund
for West Coast states. The Senate has approved
$100 million to be shared by the Alaska,
Washington, Oregon and California, and Indian
tribes for endangered coastal salmon recovery
projects and implementation of the recent
U.S.-Canada salmon treaty.
Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., an Appropriations
Committee member, plans to push for the money …

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