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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3462 

To amend title 46, United States Code, and the Dingell-Johnson Sport 

Fish Restoration Act with respect to sport fish restoration and recreational boating safety, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 

Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana (for himself and Ms. GRAHAM) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 

and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 

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 amend title 46, United States Code, and the DingellJohnson Sport Fish Restoration Act with respect 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 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ALLOCATIONS. 

2 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—Section 3 of the Dingell-John3 son Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777b) is 

4 amended by striking ‘‘57 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘58.012 

5 percent’’. 

6 (b) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Dingell-Johnson 

7 Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777c) is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)— 

10 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph 

11 (1)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘For each’’ and all that 

13 follows through ‘‘the balance’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘For each fiscal year through fiscal 

15 year 2020, the balance’’; and 

16 (ii) by striking ‘‘multistate conserva17 tion grants under section 14’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘activities under section 14(e)’’; 

19 (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘18.5’’ 

20 percent and inserting ‘‘18.673 percent’’; 

21 (C) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘18.5 

22 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘17.315 percent’’; 

23 (D) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4); 

24 (E) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 

25 paragraph (4); and 


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1 (F) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(3) BOATING INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVE4 MENT.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An amount equal to 4 

6 percent to the Secretary of the Interior for 

7 qualified projects under section 5604(c) of the 

8 Clean Vessel Act of 1992 (33 U.S.C. 1322 

9 note) and section 7404(d) of the Sportfishing 

10 and Boating Safety Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 

11 777g–1(d)). 

12 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—Not more than 75 per13 cent of the amount under subparagraph (A) 

14 shall be available for projects under either of 

15 the sections referred to in subparagraph (A).’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (b)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

18 (i) in subparagraph (A) by striking 

19 ‘‘for each’’ and all that follows through 

20 ‘‘the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘for each 

21 fiscal year through fiscal year 2020, the 

22 Secretary’’; and 

23 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

24 (I) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘each 

25 of fiscal years 2001 and 2002, 


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1 $9,000,000;’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 

2 year 2016, $11,000,000;’’; 

3 (II) in clause (ii) by striking 

4 ‘‘2003, $8,212,000; and’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘2017, $11,300,000;’’; and 

6 (III) by striking clause (iii) and 

7 inserting the following: 

8 ‘‘(iii) for fiscal year 2018, 

9 $11,600,000; 

10 ‘‘(iv) for fiscal year 2019, 

11 $11,800,000; and 

12 ‘‘(v) for fiscal year 2020, 

13 $11,900,000.’’; 

14 (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 

15 paragraph (3); 

16 (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

17 following: 

18 ‘‘(2) SET-ASIDE FOR COAST GUARD ADMINIS19 TRATION.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—From the annual ap21 propriation made in accordance with section 3, 

22 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020, the 

23 Secretary of the department in which the Coast 

24 Guard is operating may use no more than the 

25 amount specified in subparagraph (B) for the 


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1 fiscal year for the purposes set forth in section 

2 13107(c) of title 46, United States Code. The 

3 amount specified in subparagraph (B) for a fis4 cal year may not be included in the amount of 

5 the annual appropriation distributed under sub6 section (a) for the fiscal year. 

7 ‘‘(B) AVAILABLE AMOUNTS.—The available 

8 amount referred to in subparagraph (A) is— 

9 ‘‘(i) for fiscal year 2016, $7,800,000; 

10 ‘‘(ii) for fiscal year 2017, $7,900,000; 

11 ‘‘(iii) for fiscal year 2018, $8,000,000; 

12 ‘‘(iv) for fiscal year 2019, $8,100,000; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(v) for fiscal year 2020, 

15 $8,200,000.’’; and 

16 (D) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated— 

17 (i) in subparagraph (A) by striking 

18 ‘‘until the end of the fiscal year.’’ and in19 serting ‘‘until the end of the subsequent 

20 fiscal year.’’; and 

21 (ii) in subparagraph (B) by striking 

22 ‘‘under subsection (e)’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘under subsection (c)’’; 

24 (3) in subsection (c)— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘(c) The Secretary’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘(c)(1) The Secretary,’’; 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘grants under section 14 of 

4 this title’’ and inserting ‘‘activities under sec5 tion 14(e)’’; 

6 (C) by striking ‘‘57 percent’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘58.012 percent’’; and 

8 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall deduct from the amount to 

10 be apportioned under paragraph (1) the amounts used for 

11 grants under section 14(a).’’; and 

12 (4) in subsection (e)(1) by striking ‘‘those sub13 sections,’’ and inserting ‘‘those paragraphs,’’. 

14 (c) SUBMISSION AND APPROVAL OF PLANS AND

15 PROJECTS.—Section 6(d) of the Dingell-Johnson Sport 

16 Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777e(d)) is amended by 

17 striking ‘‘for appropriations’’ and inserting ‘‘from appro18 priations’’. 

19 (d) UNEXPENDED OR UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.—Sec20 tion 8(b)(2) of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restora21 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 777g(b)(2)) is amended by striking 

22 ‘‘57 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘58.012 percent’’. 

23 (e) COOPERATION.—Section 12 of the Dingell-John24 son Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777k) is 

25 amended— 


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1 (1) by striking ‘‘57 percent’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘58.012 percent’’; and 

3 (2) by striking ‘‘under section 4(b)’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘under section 4(c)’’. 

5 (f) OTHER ACTIVITIES.—Section 14 of the Dingell6 Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777m) 

7 is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ‘‘of each an9 nual appropriation made in accordance with section 

10 3’’; and 

11 (2) in subsection (e)— 

12 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) 

13 by striking ‘‘Of amounts made available under 

14 section 4(b) for each fiscal year—’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘Not more than $1,200,000 of each annual 

16 appropriation made in accordance with the pro17 visions of section 3 shall be distributed to the 

18 Secretary of the Interior for use as follows:’’; 

19 and 

20 (B) in paragraph (1)(D) by striking ‘‘; 

21 and’’ and inserting a period. 

22 (g) REPEAL.—The Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Res23 toration Act (16 U.S.C. 777 et seq.) is amended— 

24 (1) by striking section 15; and 

25 (2) by redesignating section 16 as section 15. 


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1 SEC. 3. RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY. 

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

3 amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘(1) Subject to paragraph 

6 (2) and subsection (c),’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject 

7 to subsection (c),’’; 

8 (B) by striking ‘‘the sum of (A) the 

9 amount made available from the Boat Safety 

10 Account for that fiscal year under section 15 of 

11 the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act 

12 and (B)’’; and 

13 (C) by striking paragraph (2); and 

14 (2) in subsection (c)— 

15 (A) by striking the subsection designation 

16 and paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 

17 ‘‘(c)(1)(A) The Secretary may use amounts made 

18 available each fiscal year under section 4(b)(2) of the Din19 gell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 

20 777c(b)(2)) for payment of expenses of the Coast Guard 

21 for investigations, personnel, and activities directly related 

22 to— 

23 ‘‘(i) administering State recreational boating 

24 safety programs under this chapter; or 

25 ‘‘(ii) coordinating or carrying out the national 

26 recreational boating safety program under this title. 


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1 ‘‘(B) Of the amounts used by the Secretary each fis2 cal year under subparagraph (A)— 

3 ‘‘(i) not less than $2,500,000 is available to en4 sure compliance with chapter 43 of this title; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) not more than $1,500,000 is available to 

6 conduct a survey, not more than once every 3 years, 

7 of levels of recreational boating participation and re8 lated matters in the United States.’’; and 

9 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

10 (i) by striking ‘‘No funds’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘On and after October 1, 2015, no 

12 funds’’; and 

13 (ii) by striking ‘‘traditionally’’. 

14 SEC. 4. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—On the date on which the Presi16 dent submits to Congress a budget for fiscal year 2017 

17 and for each fiscal year thereafter, the Director of the 

18 United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall submit to 

19 Congress an assessment of the administrative services pro20 vided by such Service under the Dingell-Johnson Sport 

21 Fish Restoration Act to the States and the sportfishing 

22 community. 

23 (b) CONTENTS.—Each assessment under subsection 

24 (a) shall include the following: 


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1 (1) The percentage of grant awards and amend2 ments completed within 45 days after receipt of a 

3 complete grant application, the average number of 

4 days to process new grant applications, and the av5 erage number of days to process grant amendment 

6 requests. 

7 (2) Which wildlife and sport fish restoration 

8 policies are currently being updated, the start time 

9 for each update, and the anticipated completion time 

10 for each update. 

11 (3) The number of Federal assistance work12 shops held with States and such Service in efforts to 

13 communicate fiscal policies and procedures to State 

14 agencies. 

15 (4) The average time to respond to requests 

16 from States for assistance, based on initial notifica17 tion or assistance requests initiated by a State. 

18 (5) The number of States with unresolved rec19 onciliation of land records and the number of correc20 tive action plans with open actions. 

21 (6) The number of employees of such Service 

22 with grants management training and the number of 

23 such employees with outstanding training require24 ments, and the number of State fish and wildlife 

25 staff who have received training through the Wildlife 


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1 and Sport Fish Restoration Fund Program of such 

2 Service. 

3 (7) The number of full-time positions of such 

4 Service filled and vacant, including the associated 

5 position titles and paygrades, that contribute to 

6 grant processing and related grant management in 

7 each Service region and at Service headquarters. 

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