To ensure funding for sportfishing and boating safety programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund through the end of fiscal year 2005, and for other purposes.

Summary: Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Safety Amendments Act of 2005 - Title I: Corrections to the Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2005 - (Sec. 101) Amends the Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2005 (SRBA) to make October 1, 2005, the effective date of such Act in its entirety, not just its amendments to the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act.

Preserves until the end of FY2005, as though unamended, certain provisions of law otherwise amended by SRBA.

(Sec. 102) Increases the authorization of appropriations from the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) to the Secretary of Transportation for payment of expenses of the Coast Guard for personnel and activities directly related to coordinating and carrying out the national recreational boating safety program. Decreases the amount of authorized appropriations available to the Secretary for activities to ensure compliance with safety standards for recreational vessels.

(Sec. 103) Revises requirements for the apportionment of the remaining balance in the Boat Safety Account for FY2006-FY2010.

Title II: Extension of Recreational Boating Funding Through the End of Fiscal Year 2005 - (Sec. 201) Amends the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to extend through FY2005 the authorization of appropriations from the HTF for: (1) the national outreach and communications program; and (2) qualified projects under the Clean Vessel Act of 1992.

(Sec. 203) Conforms the authorization of appropriations to the Coast Guard for the national recreational boating safety program with the increase under title I of this Act.

Title III: Extension of Authorization For Use of Funds In Boat Safety Account - (Sec. 301) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through FY2005 the authorization of expenditures from the Boat Safety Account to carry out state recreational boating safety programs.

(Sec. 302) Declares that the obligation authority for funds made available under the Transportation, Treasury, Independent Agencies, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2005 (the Act) for expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary of Transportation with respect to traffic and highway safety shall be available in an amount equal to the funds provided. Requires the additional obligation authority needed to meet such requirement to be withdrawn from the obligation authority previously distributed to other surface transportation programs, projects, and activities funded from an amount (of up to 4.1%) deducted from various transportation programs under the Act.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sportfishing and Recreational 
Boating Safety Amendments Act of 2005''.

   TITLE I--CORRECTIONS TO THE SPORTFISHING AND RECREATIONAL BOATING 
                           SAFETY ACT OF 2005

SEC. 101. EFFECTIVE DATE OF AMENDMENTS.

    (a) In General.--The Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Safety 
Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-59) is amended--
        (1) by striking section 10112(b)(2); and
        (2) by inserting after section 10101 the following:

``SEC. 10102. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    ``The amendments made by this subtitle shall take effect October 1, 
2005.''.
    (b) Temporary Preservation of Existing Law.--Except as provided by 
the amendments made by title II of this Act, during the period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of the Sportfishing and 
Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2005, and ending upon the expiration 
of fiscal year 2005, the provisions of law amended by the Sportfishing 
and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2005 (as amended by this Act) 
shall be considered to read as such laws read immediately before the 
enactment of that Act.

SEC. 102. RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY FUNDS.

    Section 10143 of the Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Safety 
Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-59) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``under section 10119 of the 
    Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2005'' and 
    inserting ``under section 15 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish 
    Restoration Act'';
        (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ``subsection (a)(2) of section 
    4 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 
    777c(a)(2))'' and inserting ``subsections (a)(2) and (f) of section 
    4 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 
    777c(a)(2) and (f))'';
        (3) in paragraph (4)--
            (A) in subparagraph (B) by inserting a closed parenthesis 
        after ``(16 U.S.C. 777c(a)(2)''; and
            (B) by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D) and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(C) by striking `$5,000,000' and inserting `$5,500,000'; 
        and
            ``(D) by inserting `not less than' before `$2,000,000'; 
        and''; and
        (4) in paragraph (5) by striking ``unexpected'' and inserting 
    ``unexpended''.

SEC. 103. EXPENDITURE OF REMAINING BALANCE IN BOAT SAFETY ACCOUNT.

    Section 10119 of the Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Safety 
Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-59) is amended in the text proposed to be 
inserted as section 15 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration 
Act--
        (1) in paragraph (2)(A)(v) of such text by striking ``of this 
    Act'' and inserting ``of that section'';
        (2) in paragraphs (1) through (4) of such text by striking 
    ``subsection (b) of that section'' each place it appears in such 
    text and inserting ``subsection (c) of that section''; and
        (3) in paragraph (5)--
            (A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``subsection (b)'' and 
        inserting ``subsection (a)(2) of that section''; and
            (B) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``subsection (h)'' and 
        inserting ``subsection (c) of that section''.

TITLE II--EXTENSION OF RECREATIONAL BOATING FUNDING THROUGH THE END OF 
                            FISCAL YEAR 2005

SEC. 201. NATIONAL OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM FUNDING.

    Section 4(c)(7) of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act 
(16 U.S.C. 777c(c)(7)) is amended to read as follows:
        ``(7) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;''.

SEC. 202. CLEAN VESSEL ACT FUNDING.

    Section 4(b)(4) of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act 
(16 U.S.C. 777c(b)(4)) is amended--
        (1) in the section heading by striking ``First 303 days of 
    fiscal'' and inserting ``Fiscal'';
        (2) by striking ``July 30, 2005'' and inserting ``September 30, 
    2005'';
        (3) by striking ``$68,071,233'' and inserting ``$82,000,000'';
        (4) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``$8,301,370'' and 
    inserting ``$10,000,000''; and
        (5) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``$6,641,096'' and 
    inserting ``$8,000,000''.

SEC. 203. COAST GUARD EXPENSES.

    Section 13106(c)(1) of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
        (1) by striking ``$4,150,685'' and inserting ``$5,000,000''; 
    and
        (2) by striking ``$1,660,274'' and inserting ``$2,000,000''.

 TITLE III--EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF FUNDS IN BOAT SAFETY 
                                ACCOUNT

SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF FUNDS IN BOAT SAFETY 
              ACCOUNT FOR OBLIGATIONS BEFORE OCTOBER 1, 2005.

    (a) Boat Safety Account.--Subsection (c) of section 9504 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to expenditures from boat 
safety account) is amended--
        (1) by striking ``August 15, 2005'' and inserting ``October 1, 
    2005''; and
        (2) by striking ``Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2005, 
    Part VI'' and inserting ``Sportfishing and Recreational Boating 
    Safety Amendments Act of 2005''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 302. CORRECTION OF DISTRIBUTION OF OBLIGATION AUTHORITY UNDER 
              SECTION 1102(C)(4)(A) OF PUBLIC LAW 109-59.

    Notwithstanding section 1102(c)(4)(A) of Public Law 109-59; 119 
Stat. 1144, et seq., or any other provision of law, for fiscal year 
2005, obligation authority for funds made available under title I of 
division H of Public Law 108-447; 118 Stat. 3216 for expenses necessary 
to discharge the functions of the Secretary of Transportation with 
respect to traffic and highway safety under chapter 301 of title 49, 
United States Code, and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United 
States Code, shall be made available in an amount equal to the funds 
provided therein: Provided, That the additional obligation authority 
needed to meet the requirements of this section shall be withdrawn from 
the obligation authority previously distributed to the other programs, 
projects, and activities funded by the amount deducted under section 
117 of title I of division H of Public Law 108-447.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.