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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1809 

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 

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. 

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 


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

2 669c), relating to apportionment of certain revenues ac3 cruing to the fund, is amended by striking ‘‘among the 

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

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

6 American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, 

7 Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands in pro8 portion to the ratio that the population of each State and 

9 each such territory bears to the population of all the 

10 States and such territories, except that each State shall 

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

12 and each State and each such territory shall be appor13 tioned not less than 1 percent of such revenues.’’. 

14 (b) APPORTIONMENT OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

15 AND RESTORATION ACCOUNT AMONG TERRITORIES AND

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

17 of section 4 of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration 

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

19 5548, as introduced in the 106th Congress and enacted 

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

21 relating to apportionment of the Wildlife Conservation and 

22 Restoration Account, is amended by striking paragraph 

23 (1) and inserting the following: 

24 ‘‘(1) The Secretary of the Interior shall appor25 tion from the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration 


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1 Account to each of the District of Columbia, Amer2 ican Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, 

3 Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands a 

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

5 such Account.’’. 

6 (c) REPEAL OF PERCENTAGE RESTRICTIONS ON AP7 PORTIONMENTS TO TERRITORIES.—Section 8A of the 

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

9 669g–1) is amended by striking ‘‘as he shall determine, 

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

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

12 each year,’’. 

13 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO PITTMAN-ROBERT14 SON WILDLIFE RESTORATION ACT. 

15 (a) The first section and section 12 of the Pittman16 Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669, 669i) 

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

18 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of the Inte19 rior’’. 

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

21 U.S.C. 669b(a)) is amended— 

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

23 and 

24 (2) by striking ‘‘16 U.S.C. 669(b)(1))’’ and in25 serting ‘‘subsection (b)(1)’’. 


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

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

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

4 the 106th Congress and enacted into law by section 

5 1(a)(2) of Public Law 106–55; relating to apportionment 

6 of the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account) and 

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

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

9 amended by striking ‘‘section 304(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec10 tion 4(e)’’. 

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

12 669b(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘sections 4(d) and (e) 

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

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

15 669c), as redesignated by subsection (c)(1) of this section, 

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

17 (1) in clause (i)— 

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

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

20 amount shall be apportioned based’’; and 

21 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a pe22 riod; and 

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

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

25 amount shall be apportioned based’’. 


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1 (e) Section 6 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 669e) is amend2 ed— 

3 (1) in subsection (a)— 

4 (A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before the first sen5 tence; 

6 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 

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

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

9 paragraph (1) (as designated by the amend10 ment made by subparagraph (A) of this para11 graph), and moving such subparagraphs 2 ems 

12 to the right; and 

13 (C) by inserting ‘‘(2)’’ before ‘‘The Sec14 retary of the Interior shall approve’’; and 

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

16 subsection (a) of this section,’’ and inserting ‘‘sub17 section (a)(1)(A),’’. 

18 SEC. 3. APPORTIONMENT UNDER DINGELL-JOHNSON 

19 SPORT FISH RESTORATION ACT. 

20 Section 12 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Res21 toration Act (16 U.S.C. 777K) is amended by striking ‘‘as 

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

23 all that follows through ‘‘in any one year, but the Sec24 retary’’ and inserting ‘‘as the Secretary shall determine, 

25 except the Secretary’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS RELATING TO DINGELL2 JOHNSON SPORT FISH RESTORATION ACT. 

3 (a) CORRECTIONS TO DINGELL-JOHNSON SPORT

4 FISH RESTORATION ACT.—Section 4(a)(1) of the Dingell5 Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 

6 777c(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘Protection,’’ and in7 serting ‘‘Protection’’. 

8 (b) CORRECTIONS TO RELATED LAWS.— 

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

10 (16 U.S.C. 777e–1(f)(3)) is amended by striking 

11 ‘‘section’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection’’. 

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

13 (16 U.S.C. 777g–1(d)(1)) is amended by striking 

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

15 4(a)(3)(A)’’. 

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