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Union Calendar No. 106 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1809 

[Report No. 116–144] 

To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the DingellJohnson Sport Fish Restoration Act, to provide parity for United States 

territories and the District of Columbia, to make technical corrections 

to such Acts and related laws, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 18, 2019 

Mr. SABLAN (for himself, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, and Mr. SAN

NICOLAS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

JULY 10, 2019 

Additional sponsors: Ms. PLASKETT, Miss GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N of Puerto Rico, 

and Mr. VAN DREW

JULY 10, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act 

and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act, 

to provide parity for United States territories and the 

District of Columbia, to make technical corrections to 

such Acts and related laws, and for other purposes. 


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

3 SECTION 1. APPORTIONMENT UNDER PITTMAN-ROBERT4 SON WILDLIFE RESTORATION ACT. 

5 (a) EQUIVALENT MINIMUM APPORTIONMENT AMONG

6 STATES AND TERRITORIES OF TAX REVENUES ACCRUING

7 TO FUND.—The first subsection (c) of section 4 of the 

8 Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 

9 669c), relating to apportionment of certain revenues ac10 cruing to the fund, is amended by striking ‘‘among the 

11 States’’ and all that follows through the end of the first 

12 sentence and inserting: ‘‘among the States and each of 

13 American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, 

14 Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands in pro15 portion to the ratio that the population of each State and 

16 each such territory bears to the population of all the 

17 States and such territories, except that each State shall 

18 be apportioned not more than 3 percent of such revenues, 

19 and each State and each such territory shall be appor20 tioned not less than 1 percent of such revenues.’’. 

21 (b) APPORTIONMENT OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

22 AND RESTORATION ACCOUNT AMONG TERRITORIES AND

23 THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.—The second subsection (c) 

24 of section 4 of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration 

25 Act (16 U.S.C. 669c), as added by section 902(e) of H.R. 


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1 5548, as introduced in the 106th Congress and enacted 

2 into law by section 1(a)(2) of Public Law 106–55, and 

3 relating to apportionment of the Wildlife Conservation and 

4 Restoration Account, is amended by striking paragraph 

5 (1) and inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘(1) The Secretary of the Interior shall appor7 tion from the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration 

8 Account to each of the District of Columbia, Amer9 ican Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, 

10 Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands a 

11 sum equal to not more than one-half of 1 percent of 

12 such Account.’’. 

13 (c) REPEAL OF PERCENTAGE RESTRICTIONS ON AP14 PORTIONMENTS TO TERRITORIES.—Section 8A of the 

15 Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 

16 669g–1) is amended by striking ‘‘as he shall determine, 

17 not exceeding’’ and all that follows through ‘‘, in any one 

18 year,’’ and inserting ‘‘as the Secretary shall determine for 

19 each year,’’. 

20 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO PITTMAN-ROBERT21 SON WILDLIFE RESTORATION ACT. 

22 (a) The first section and section 12 of the Pittman23 Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669, 669i) 

24 are each amended by striking ‘‘Secretary of Agriculture’’ 


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1 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of the Inte2 rior’’. 

3 (b) Paragraph (2) of section 3(a) of such Act (16 

4 U.S.C. 669b(a)) is amended— 

5 (1) by moving such paragraph 2 ems to the left; 

6 and 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘16 U.S.C. 669(b)(1))’’ and in8 serting ‘‘subsection (b)(1)’’. 

9 (c)(1) Section 4 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 669c) is 

10 amended by redesignating the second subsection (c) (as 

11 added by section 902(e) of H.R. 5548, as introduced in 

12 the 106th Congress and enacted into law by section 

13 1(a)(2) of Public Law 106–55; relating to apportionment 

14 of the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account) and 

15 subsection (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively. 

16 (2) Section 2(6) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 669a(6)) is 

17 amended by striking ‘‘section 304(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec18 tion 4(e)’’. 

19 (3) Section 3(c)(2) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 

20 669b(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘sections 4(d) and (e) 

21 of this Act,’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4(e),’’. 

22 (d) Subsection (d) of section 4 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 

23 669c), as redesignated by subsection (c)(1) of this section, 

24 is further amended in paragraph (2)(A)— 

25 (1) in clause (i)— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘one-third of which is 

2 based’’ and inserting ‘‘One-third of such 

3 amount shall be apportioned based’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a pe5 riod; and 

6 (2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘two-thirds of 

7 which is based’’ and inserting ‘‘Two-thirds of such 

8 amount shall be apportioned based’’. 

9 (e) Section 6 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 669e) is amend10 ed— 

11 (1) in subsection (a)— 

12 (A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before the first sen13 tence; 

14 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 

15 (2), as in effect before the enactment of this 

16 paragraph, as subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 

17 paragraph (1) (as designated by the amend18 ment made by subparagraph (A) of this para19 graph), and moving such subparagraphs 2 ems 

20 to the right; and 

21 (C) by inserting ‘‘(2)’’ before ‘‘The Sec22 retary of the Interior shall approve’’; and 

23 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘option (1) of 

24 subsection (a) of this section,’’ and inserting ‘‘sub25 section (a)(1)(A),’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. APPORTIONMENT UNDER DINGELL-JOHNSON 

2 SPORT FISH RESTORATION ACT. 

3 Section 12 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Res4 toration Act (16 U.S.C. 777K) is amended by striking ‘‘as 

5 he shall determine, not exceeding for Puerto Rico’’ and 

6 all that follows through ‘‘in any one year, but the Sec7 retary’’ and inserting ‘‘as the Secretary shall determine, 

8 except the Secretary’’. 

9 SEC. 4. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS RELATING TO DINGELL10 JOHNSON SPORT FISH RESTORATION ACT. 

11 (a) CORRECTIONS TO DINGELL-JOHNSON SPORT

12 FISH RESTORATION ACT.—Section 4(a)(1) of the Dingell13 Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 

14 777c(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘Protection,’’ and in15 serting ‘‘Protection’’. 

16 (b) CORRECTIONS TO RELATED LAWS.— 

17 (1) Section 111(f)(3) of Public Law 101–593 

18 (16 U.S.C. 777e–1(f)(3)) is amended by striking 

19 ‘‘section’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection’’. 

20 (2) Section 7404(d)(1) of Public Law 105–178 

21 (16 U.S.C. 777g–1(d)(1)) is amended by striking 

22 ‘‘section 4(a)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

23 4(a)(3)(A)’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 106 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1809 

[Report No. 116–144] 

A BILL 

To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restorarelated laws, and for other purposes. to make technical corrections to such Acts and States territories and the District of Columbia, Restoration Act, to provide parity for United tion Act and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish 

JULY 10, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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