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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 335 

To ensure that amounts credited to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund 

are used for harbor maintenance. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 22, 2013 

Mr. BOUSTANY (for himself, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. THOMPSON of California, 

Mr. CUMMINGS, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. MICHAUD, 

Mr. LYNCH, Mr. JONES, Mr. GRIMM, Mr. NADLER, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. 

HARPER, Mr. DINGELL, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. 

SOUTHERLAND, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. CASSIDY, 

Mr. HIMES, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. WALBERG, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. KING of 

New York, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. HIGGINS, and Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 

in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently 

determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To ensure that amounts credited to the Harbor Maintenance 

Trust Fund are used for harbor maintenance. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Realize America’s Mar3 itime Promise Act’’ or the ‘‘RAMP Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FUNDING FOR HARBOR MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS. 

5 (a) HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND GUAR6 ANTEE.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The total budget resources 

8 made available from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 

9 Fund each fiscal year pursuant to section 9505(c) of 

10 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to ex11 penditures from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 

12 Fund) shall be equal to the level of receipts plus in13 terest credited to the Harbor Maintenance Trust 

14 Fund for that fiscal year. Such amounts may be 

15 used only for harbor maintenance programs de16 scribed in section 9505(c) of such Code. 

17 (2) GUARANTEE.—No funds may be appro18 priated for harbor maintenance programs described 

19 in such section unless the amount described in para20 graph (1) has been provided. 

21 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi22 nitions apply: 

23 (1) TOTAL BUDGET RESOURCES.—The term 

24 ‘‘total budget resources’’ means the total amount 

25 made available by appropriations Acts from the Har26 bor Maintenance Trust Fund for a fiscal year for 


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1 making expenditures under section 9505(c) of the 

2 Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

3 (2) LEVEL OF RECEIPTS PLUS INTEREST.—The 

4 term ‘‘level of receipts plus interest’’ means the level 

5 of taxes and interest credited to the Harbor Mainte6 nance Trust Fund under section 9505 of the Inter7 nal Revenue Code of 1986 for a fiscal year as set 

8 forth in the President’s budget baseline projection as 

9 defined in section 257 of the Balanced Budget and 

10 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 

11 99–177) for that fiscal year submitted pursuant to 

12 section 1105 of title 31, United States Code. 

13 (c) ENFORCEMENT OF GUARANTEES.—It shall not be 

14 in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate 

15 to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, 

16 or conference report that would cause total budget re17 sources in a fiscal year for harbor maintenance programs 

18 described in subsection (b)(1) for such fiscal year to be 

19 less than the amount required by subsection (a)(1) for 

20 such fiscal year. 

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