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Calendar No. 452 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2028 

[Report No. 113–205] 

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 

JULY 7, 2014 

Reported by Mr. ROCKEFELLER, without amendment 

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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DIVISION OF ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 Section 4 of the Federal Aid in Fish Restoration Act 

3 (16 U.S.C. 777c) is amended— 

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

5 inserting ‘‘2021’’; 

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

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

8 (3) in subsection (b)(1)— 

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

10 ‘‘2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’; 

11 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

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

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

14 and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2015, 

15 $11,896,000’’; 

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

17 $8,212,000’’ and inserting ‘‘2016, 

18 $12,299,000’’; and 

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

20 and inserting ‘‘2017’’; and 

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

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

23 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—From the annual 

24 appropriation made in accordance with sec25 tion 3, for each fiscal year through 2021, 

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1 retary of the department in which the 

2 Coast Guard is operating— 

3 ‘‘(I) $5,000,000 for the purposes 

4 set forth in section 13107(c) of title 

5 46, United States Code; 

6 ‘‘(II) $200,000 to fund the Na7 tional Boating Safety Advisory Coun8 cil established under section 13110 of 

9 title 46, United States Code, and the 

10 authorized activities of the Council; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(III) not less than $7,000,000 

13 for national boating safety activities 

14 of national nonprofit public service or15 ganizations, and such sums made 

16 available for allocation and distribu17 tion shall remain available until ex18 pended. 

19 ‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—The amounts 

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

21 not be included in the amount of the an22 nual appropriation distributed under sub23 section (a) of this section for the fiscal 

24 year.’’; 

25 (4) in subsection (b)(2)— 


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

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

3 obligation for use under that paragraph’’ and 

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

5 available for obligation for use under paragraph 

6 (1)(A)’’; and 

7 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

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

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

10 and 

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

12 inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’; 

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

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

15 otherwise provided in this section, so much of any 

16 sum not allocated’’; and 

17 (6) in subsection (e)— 

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

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

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

21 follows: 

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

23 2015, the Secretary of the Interior may use not 

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

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


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1 amount that the Secretary of the Interior may use 

2 in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be deter3 mined under paragraph (3).’’; and 

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

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

6 The maximum amount referred to in paragraph (2) 

7 for fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter 

8 shall be the sum of— 

9 ‘‘(A) the available maximum amount for 

10 the preceding fiscal year; and 

11 ‘‘(B) the amount determined by multi12 plying— 

13 ‘‘(i) the available maximum amount 

14 for the preceding fiscal year; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) the change, relative to the pre16 ceding fiscal year, in the Consumer Price 

17 Index for All Urban Consumers published 

18 by the Department of Labor.’’. 

19 SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF EXCEPTION TO LIMITATION ON 

20 TRANSFERS TO FUND. 

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

22 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘2014,’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘2021,’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY ALLOCATIONS. 

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

3 amended by striking subsection (c). 

4 SEC. 5. RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY. 

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

6 amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(2)’’ and in9 serting ‘‘subsection (b)(1)(C)’’; and 

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

11 and all that follows through the end and insert12 ing ‘‘(16 U.S.C. 777c(b)(1)(C))— 

13 ‘‘(A) $5,000,000 is available to the Sec14 retary for payment of expenses of the Coast 

15 Guard for personnel and activities directly re16 lated to coordinating and carrying out the na17 tional recreational boating safety program 

18 under this title, of which not less than 

19 $2,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary 

20 only to ensure compliance with chapter 43 of 

21 this title; 

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

23 to fund the National Boating Safety Advisory 

24 Council and its authorized activities; and 

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

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1 tivities of national nonprofit public service orga2 nizations.’’; and 

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

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

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

6 available’’. 

7 SEC. 6. NATIONAL BOATING SAFETY ADVISORY COUNCIL. 

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

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


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Calendar No. 452 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2028 

[Report No. 113–205] 

A BILL 

To amend the law relating to sport fish restoration 

purposes. and recreational boating safety, and for other 

JULY 7, 2014 

Reported without amendment 


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