Senate Passes Bill to Improve Safety and Sanitation at Columbia River Tribal Fishing Sites
(WorldNews Politics)

(Washington, D.C.) - With unanimous support, the U.S. Senate has passed the Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act. The legislation, which is sponsored by Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Patty Murray (D-WA), Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), would enable the Bureau of Indian Affairs to make important safety and sanitation improvements at the tribal treaty fishing access sites along the Columbia River, which are on lands held by the United States for the benefit of the four Columbia River Treaty tribes. The next step would be for the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the legislation, before being sent to the President for his signature. `This is a...