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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 104 

To ensure that amounts credited to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund 

are used for harbor maintenance. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 5, 2011 

Mr. BOUSTANY (for himself, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. 

SIMPSON, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. PAUL, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. 

MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. OLSON, Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. 

ALEXANDER, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. BRADY of 

Texas, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. CAPUANO, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. 

SIRES, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. BONNER, Mr. 

CALVERT, Mr. STARK, and Ms. LEE of California) 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Realize America’s Mar5 itime Promise Act’’ or the ‘‘RAMP Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FUNDING FOR HARBOR MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS. 

2 (a) HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND GUAR3 ANTEE.— 

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

5 made available from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 

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

7 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to ex8 penditures from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 

9 Fund) shall be equal to the level of receipts plus in10 terest credited to the Harbor Maintenance Trust 

11 Fund for that fiscal year. Such amounts may be 

12 used only for harbor maintenance programs de13 scribed in section 9505(c) of such Code. 

14 (2) GUARANTEE.—No funds may be appro15 priated for harbor maintenance programs described 

16 in such section unless the amount described in para17 graph (1) has been provided. 

18 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi19 nitions apply: 

20 (1) TOTAL BUDGET RESOURCES.—The term 

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

22 made available by appropriations Acts from the Har23 bor Maintenance Trust Fund for a fiscal year for 

24 making expenditures under section 9505(c) of the 

25 Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 


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

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

3 of taxes and interest credited to the Harbor Mainte4 nance Trust Fund under section 9505 of the Inter5 nal Revenue Code of 1986 for a fiscal year as set 

6 forth in the President’s budget baseline projection as 

7 defined in section 257 of the Balanced Budget and 

8 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 

9 99–177) for that fiscal year submitted pursuant to 

10 section 1105 of title 31, United States Code. 

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

12 in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate 

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

14 or conference report that would cause total budget re15 sources in a fiscal year for harbor maintenance programs 

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

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

18 such fiscal year. 

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