This resolution expresses the House's disapproval of the Biden administration's Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative, a memorandum of understanding signed in December 2023 aimed at improving fish migration in the Columbia River Basin. The resolution opposes what supporters view as an effort to breach or disable the four Lower Snake River dams, which the resolution emphasizes provide clean energy to roughly 1.8 million homes, generate over 1,000 megawatts of carbon-free power, and enable the transport of 50 to 60 million tons of cargo annually. The resolution argues that these dams support critical Pacific Northwest infrastructure and that Congress, not the Biden administration, should make any decisions about dam breaching. The measure was introduced by six House Republicans from Washington and Idaho and asserts that the administration made commitments dependent on congressional funding that has not been secured or promised.
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