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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2028 

To amend the law relating to sport fish restoration and recreational boating 

safety, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 12, 2014 

Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself and Mr. THUNE) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 

Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To amend the 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 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DIVISION OF ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 Section 4 of the Federal Aid in Fish Restoration Act 

8 (16 U.S.C. 777c) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2014’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘2021’’; 


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1 (2) by amending the heading in subsection (b) 

2 to read as follows: ‘‘SET-ASIDES.—’’; 

3 (3) in subsection (b)(1)— 

4 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

5 ‘‘2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’; 

6 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

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

8 fiscal years 2001 and 2002, $9,000,000’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2015, 

10 $11,896,000’’; 

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

12 $8,212,000’’ and inserting ‘‘2016, 

13 $12,299,000’’; and 

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

15 and inserting ‘‘2017’’; and 

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

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

18 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—From the annual 

19 appropriation made in accordance with sec20 tion 3, for each fiscal year through 2021, 

21 the Secretary shall transfer to the Sec22 retary of the department in which the 

23 Coast Guard is operating— 


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1 ‘‘(I) $5,000,000 for the purposes 

2 set forth in section 13107(c) of title 

3 46, United States Code; 

4 ‘‘(II) $200,000 to fund the Na5 tional Boating Safety Advisory Coun6 cil established under section 13110 of 

7 title 46, United States Code, and the 

8 authorized activities of the Council; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(III) not less than $7,000,000 

11 for national boating safety activities 

12 of national nonprofit public service or13 ganizations, and such sums made 

14 available for allocation and distribu15 tion shall remain available until ex16 pended. 

17 ‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—The amounts 

18 specified in clause (i) for a fiscal year may 

19 not be included in the amount of the an20 nual appropriation distributed under sub21 section (a) of this section for the fiscal 

22 year.’’; 

23 (4) in subsection (b)(2)— 

24 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

25 ‘‘under paragraph (1) shall remain available for 


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1 obligation for use under that paragraph’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘under paragraph (1)(B) shall remain 

3 available for obligation for use under paragraph 

4 (1)(A)’’; and 

5 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

6 (i) by striking ‘‘under paragraph (1)’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘under paragraph (1)(B)’’; 

8 and 

9 (ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (e)’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’; 

11 (5) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘So much of 

12 any sum not allocated’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as 

13 otherwise provided in this section, so much of any 

14 sum not allocated’’; and 

15 (6) in subsection (e)— 

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

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

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

19 follows: 

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

21 2015, the Secretary of the Interior may use not 

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

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

24 amount that the Secretary of the Interior may use 


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1 in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be deter2 mined under paragraph (3).’’; and 

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

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

5 The maximum amount referred to in paragraph (2) 

6 for fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter 

7 shall be the sum of— 

8 ‘‘(A) the available maximum amount for 

9 the preceding fiscal year; and 

10 ‘‘(B) the amount determined by multi11 plying— 

12 ‘‘(i) the available maximum amount 

13 for the preceding fiscal year; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) the change, relative to the pre15 ceding fiscal year, in the Consumer Price 

16 Index for All Urban Consumers published 

17 by the Department of Labor.’’. 

18 SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF EXCEPTION TO LIMITATION ON 

19 TRANSFERS TO FUND. 

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

21 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘2014,’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘2021,’’. 

23 SEC. 4. RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY ALLOCATIONS. 

24 Section 13104 of title 46, United States Code, is 

25 amended by striking subsection (c). 


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1 SEC. 5. RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY. 

2 Section 13107(c) of title 46, United States Code, is 

3 amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(2)’’ and in6 serting ‘‘subsection (b)(1)(C)’’; and 

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

8 and all that follows through the end and insert9 ing ‘‘(16 U.S.C. 777c(b)(1)(C))— 

10 ‘‘(A) $5,000,000 is available to the Sec11 retary for payment of expenses of the Coast 

12 Guard for personnel and activities directly re13 lated to coordinating and carrying out the na14 tional recreational boating safety program 

15 under this title, of which not less than 

16 $2,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary 

17 only to ensure compliance with chapter 43 of 

18 this title; 

19 ‘‘(B) $200,000 is available to the Secretary 

20 to fund the National Boating Safety Advisory 

21 Council and its authorized activities; and 

22 ‘‘(C) not less than $7,000,000 is available 

23 to the Secretary for national boating safety ac24 tivities of national nonprofit public service orga25 nizations.’’; and 


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1 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Amounts 

2 made available’’ and inserting ‘‘Except for amounts 

3 made available by paragraph (1)(C), amounts made 

4 available’’. 

5 SEC. 6. NATIONAL BOATING SAFETY ADVISORY COUNCIL. 

6 Section 13110(e) of title 46, United States Code, is 

7 amended by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’. 

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