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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1657 

To amend the provisions of law relating to sport fish restoration and 

recreational boating safety, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 5, 2011 

Mr. ROCKEFELLER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To amend the provisions of law relating to sport fish restoration and recreational boating safety, 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sport Fish Restoration 

5 and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF FEDERAL AID IN FISH RESTORA7 TION ACT. 

8 Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 

9 this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 

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1 sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a 

2 section or other provision of the Federal Aid in Fish Res3 toration Act (16 U.S.C. 777 et seq.). 

4 SEC. 3. DIVISION OF ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS. 

5 Section 4 (16 U.S.C. 777c) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘of fiscal 

7 years 2006 through 2011,’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 

8 year through 2017,’’; 

9 (2) in subsection (b)(1)— 

10 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘of 

11 fiscal years 2006 through 2011,’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘fiscal year through 2017,’’; 

13 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

14 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘each of 

15 fiscal years 2001 and 2002, $9,000,000;’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2012, 

17 $11,481,000;’’; 

18 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘2003, 

19 $8,212,000;’’ and inserting ‘‘2013, 

20 $11,870,000;’’; and 

21 (iii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘2004’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘2014’’; and 

23 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(C) SET-ASIDE FOR BOATING SAFETY.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) From the annual appropriation 

2 made in accordance with section 3, for 

3 each fiscal year through 2017, the Sec4 retary shall transfer to the Secretary of 

5 the department in which the Coast Guard 

6 is operating— 

7 ‘‘(I) $6,500,000 for the purposes 

8 set forth in section 13107(c) of title 

9 46, United States Code; 

10 ‘‘(II) $200,000 to fund the Na11 tional Boating Safety Advisory Coun12 cil established under section 13110 of 

13 Title 46, United States Code; and 

14 ‘‘(III) not less than $6,000,000 

15 for national boating safety activities 

16 of national nonprofit public service or17 ganizations, and such sums made 

18 available for allocation and distribu19 tion shall remain available until ex20 pended. 

21 ‘‘(ii) The amounts specified in clause 

22 (i) for a fiscal year may not be included in 

23 the amount of the annual appropriation 

24 distributed under subsection (a) for the fis25 cal year.’’; 


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1 (3) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘sub2 section (e)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’; and 

3 (4) in subsection (e)— 

4 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘those 

5 subsections’’ and inserting ‘‘those paragraphs’’; 

6 (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 

7 follows: 

8 ‘‘(2) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—For fiscal year 

9 2012, the Secretary of the Interior may use not 

10 more than $1,200,000 in accordance with paragraph 

11 (1). For each fiscal year thereafter, the maximum 

12 amount that the Secretary of the Interior may use 

13 in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be deter14 mined pursuant to paragraph (3).’’; and 

15 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(3) ANNUAL ADJUSTED MAXIMUM AMOUNT.— 

17 The maximum amount referred to in paragraph 2 

18 for fiscal year 2013 and each fiscal year thereafter 

19 shall be the sum of— 

20 ‘‘(A) the available maximum amount for 

21 the preceding fiscal year; and 

22 ‘‘(B) the amount determined by multi23 plying— 

24 ‘‘(i) the available maximum amount 

25 for the preceding fiscal year; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the change, relative to the pre2 ceding fiscal year, in the Consumer Price 

3 Index for All Urban Consumers published 

4 by the Department of Labor.’’. 

5 SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF EXCEPTION TO LIMITATION ON 

6 TRANSFERS TO FUND. 

7 Section 9504(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

8 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘2011,’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘2017,’’. 

10 SEC. 5. RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY. 

11 Section 13107 of title 46, United States Code, is 

12 amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘two’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘1.5’’; and 

15 (2) in subsection (c)(1)— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(2)’’ and in17 serting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘(16 U.S.C. 777c(a)(2)),’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘(16 U.S.C. 777c(b)),’’; and 

20 (C) by striking ‘‘$5,500,000’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘$6,500,000’’. 

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