As a congressman in 1995, former mayor of nearby Palm Springs Sonny Bono advocated for attention to the problems. His wife and politicians took up the cause as a form of tribute to Bono after his death in a 1998 skiing accident. Congress passed and President Bill Clinton signed into law the Salton Sea Reclamation Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-372). In compliance with the Act and working in partnership with the Salton Sea Authority, the U.S. Department of the Interior prepared a draft Environmental Impact Report. A Strategic Science Plan and the Bureau of Reclamation's Alternatives Appraisal Report were also added to the voluminous studies of the lake.