Sec. 5. Effect of identification
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The Secretary of Agriculture— shall give priority to forest road decommissioning (as defined in section 212.1 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations) and fish passage projects within or directly affecting a salmon conservation area or salmon stronghold; and may not carry out the forest road decommissioning or fish passage projects described in paragraph
(1)unless the Secretary of Agriculture has, with respect to ensuring that the habitats of salmon conservation areas and salmon strongholds are not degraded, consulted with the— entities described in paragraphs
(1)and
(2)of section 4(c); Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, acting through the Administrator of the National Marine Fisheries Service; and Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service; If any salmon conservation area or salmon stronghold is determined by a Federal agency to be negatively impacted by transboundary pollution or other international actions originating in Canada, the head of the Federal agency shall notify the Secretary of State. Not later than 30 days after receiving a notification under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall consult with representatives from Canada to resolve the issue for which the Secretary of State was notified under such paragraph. If the issue for which the Secretary of State was notified under paragraph
(1)is not resolved on a date that is 6 months after the date of notification under such paragraph— the Secretary of State shall request to submit a joint referral to the International Joint Commission with Canada to research and provide recommendations to resolve such issue; and if a joint referral under subparagraph
(A)is not submitted, the Secretary of State shall refer such issue to the International Joint Commission.