Number: RS22414
Title: The Columbia River Basin's Fish Passage Center
Authors: Nic Lane, Resources, Science, and Industry Division; Adam Vann, American Law Division 
Abstract: Senate and conference committee reports (S.Rept. 109-84 and H.Rept. 109-275) on the 2006 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act (P.L. 109-103) instructed BPA to cease funding the FPC and transfer the FPC's functions to other existing entities, and BPA responded by determining that it would transfer the FPC functions to two entities. A number of organizations sued to block transfer of the FPC's functions, and on January 24, 2007, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit the court ruled that BPA's decision to transfer the FPC's functions violated the Administrative Procedure Act.
Pages: 5
Date: February 23, 2007