Columbia River System Operations and the Future of the Lower Snake River Dams

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Aug 3, 2026

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Authors: Anna E. Normand, Pervaze A. Sheikh, Erin H. Ward, Ashley J. Lawson, Mariel J. Murray, Anthony R. Marshak, John Frittelli, Megan Stubbs, Elena H. Humphreys

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Related federal bills

• HR 2073To prohibit the use of Federal funds to allow or study the breach or alteration of the Lower Snake River dams, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• HR 626To provide for operations of the Federal Columbia River Power System pursuant to a certain operation plan for a specified period of time, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• S 182A bill to provide for operations of the Federal Columbia River Power System pursuant to a certain operation plan for a specified period of time, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• HR 9621To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow for the taking of pinnipeds on the Columbia River, its tributaries, and the waters of the State of Washington to protect species of salmon listed as endangered species or threatened species and other nonlisted species of fish, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• HR 9637To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to authorize intentional lethal take by certain Indian Tribes of California sea lions and Steller sea lions in a specified portion of the Columbia River, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• HR 7066To prohibit the use of Federal funds to allow or study the breach or alteration of the Lower Snake River dams or implement the Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative, and for other purposes.
  118th Congress
• HR 8157To prohibit the Secretary of the Army from carrying out certain spillage operations on the Lower Snake Rivers dams, and for other purposes.
  118th Congress