; and (B) efforts need to focus more on the lower river and at Willamette Falls. (15) In the interest of protecting Columbia River threatened and endangered salmonids, a temporary expedited procedure is urgently needed to allow removal of the minimum number of California sea lions as is necessary to protect the passage of threatened and endangered salmonids in the Columbia River and its tributaries. 3. Sense of Congress It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) preventing predation by sea lions, recovery of listed salmonid stocks, and preventing future listings of fish stocks in the Columbia River under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) is a vital priority