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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4477

To amend the Act commonly referred to as the ‘‘Dingell-Johnson Sport

Fish Restoration Act’’ to provide funding for recreational boating safety

programs, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 24, 1994

Mr. STUDDS (for himself, Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. FIELDS of Texas, Mr. COBLE, Mr.

BATEMAN, and Mrs. FOWLER) introduced the following bill; which was

referred to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries

A BILL

To amend the Act commonly referred to as the ‘‘DingellJohnson Sport Fish Restoration Act’’ to provide funding

for recreational boating safety programs, and for other

purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. BOATING SAFETY GRANTS.

4 (a) TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS FOR STATE BOATING

5 SAFETY PROGRAMS.—

6 (1) TRANSFERS.—Section 4(b) of the Act of

7 August 9, 1950 (16 U.S.C. 777c(b); commonly re-
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1 ferred to as the ‘‘Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Res2 toration Act’’), is amended to read as follows:

3 ‘‘(b)(1) Of the balance of each annual appropriation

4 remaining after making the distribution under subsection

5 (a), an amount equal to $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1995,

6 $52,500,000 for fiscal year 1996, $59,000,000 for fiscal

7 year 1997, and $64,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1998

8 and 1999, shall, subject to paragraph (2), be used as fol9 lows:

10 ‘‘(A) A sum equal to $7,500,000 of the amount

11 available for fiscal year 1995, and a sum equal to

12 $10,000,000 of the amount available for each of fis13 cal years 1996 and 1997, shall be available for use

14 by the Secretary of the Interior for grants under

15 section 5604(c) of the Clean Vessel Act of 1992.

16 Any portion of such a sum available for a fiscal year

17 that is not obligated for those grants before the end

18 of the following fiscal year shall be transferred to

19 the Secretary of Transportation and shall be ex20 pended by the Secretary of Transportation for State

21 recreational boating safety programs under section

22 13106 of title 46, United States Code.

23 ‘‘(B) $7,500,000 of the amount available for

24 fiscal year 1995, $42,500,000 of the amount avail25 able for fiscal year 1996, $49,000,000 of the
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1 amount available for fiscal year 1997, and

2 $64,000,000 of the amount available for each of fis3 cal years 1998 and 1999, shall be transferred to the

4 Secretary of Transportation and shall be expended

5 by the Secretary of Transportation for recreational

6 boating safety programs under section 13106 of title

7 46, United States Code.

8 ‘‘(2)(A) Beginning with fiscal year 1996, the amount

9 transferred under paragraph (1)(B) for a fiscal year shall

10 be reduced by the lesser of—

11 ‘‘(i) the amount appropriated for that fiscal

12 year from the Boat Safety Account in the Aquatic

13 Resources Trust Fund established under section

14 9504 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to carry

15 out the purposes of section 13106 of title 46, United

16 States Code; or

17 ‘‘(ii) $35,000,000.

18 ‘‘(B) The amount of any reduction under subpara19 graph (A) shall be apportioned among the several States

20 under subsection (d) by the Secretary of the Interior.’’.

21 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section

22 5604(c)(1) of the Clean Vessel Act of 1992 (33

23 U.S.C. 1322 note) is amended by striking ‘‘section

24 4(b)(2) of the Act of August 9, 1950 (16 U.S.C.

25 777c(b)(2), as amended by this Act)’’ and inserting
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1 ‘‘section 4(b)(1) of the Act of August 9, 1950 (16

2 U.S.C. 777c(b)(1))’’.

3 (b) EXPENDITURE OF AMOUNTS FOR STATE REC4 REATIONAL BOATING SAFETY PROGRAMS.—Section

5 13106 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—

6 (1) in subsection (a)(1) by striking the first

7 sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘Subject to

8 paragraph (2), the Secretary shall expend in each

9 fiscal year for State recreational boating safety pro10 grams authorized under this section an amount

11 equal to the total of the amount appropriated from

12 the Boat Safety Account established under section

13 9503(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986

14 (26 U.S.C. 9503(c)(4)) for that fiscal year and the

15 amount transferred to the Secretary under section

16 4(b)(1) of the Act of August 9, 1950 (16 U.S.C.

17 777c(b)(1)) in that fiscal year.’’; and

18 (2) by striking subsection (c).

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