IIB 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2440 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 29, 2019 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget 

AN ACT 

To provide for the use of funds in the Harbor Maintenance 

Trust Fund for the purposes for which the funds were 

collected and to ensure that funds credited to the Harbor 

Maintenance Trust Fund are used to support navigation, 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Full Utilization of the 

3 Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. USE OF HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND TO 

5 SUPPORT NAVIGATION. 

6 Section 210 of the Water Resources Development Act 

7 of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2238) is amended— 

8 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AU9 THORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘FUNDING FOR NAVIGATION’’; and 

11 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(g) ADJUSTMENTS TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING

13 LIMITS.—Amounts made available from the Harbor Main14 tenance Trust Fund under this section or section 9505 

15 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be made avail16 able in accordance with section 251(b)(2)(H) of the Bal17 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

18 1985.’’. 

19 SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

20 Section 330 of the Water Resources Development Act 

21 of 1992 (26 U.S.C. 9505 note; 106 Stat. 4851) is amend22 ed— 

23 (1) in subsection (a)— 

24 (A) by striking ‘‘and annually thereafter,’’ 

25 and inserting ‘‘and annually thereafter concurVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:17 Oct 30, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2440.RFS H2440

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1 rent with the submission of the President’s an2 nual budget request to Congress,’’; and 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘Public Works and Trans4 portation’’ and inserting ‘‘Transportation and 

5 Infrastructure’’; and 

6 (2) in subsection (b)(1) by adding at the end 

7 the following: 

8 ‘‘(D) A description of the expected expend9 itures from the trust fund to meet the needs of 

10 navigation for the fiscal year of the budget re11 quest.’’. 

12 SEC. 4. HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND DISCRE13 TIONARY SPENDING LIMIT ADJUSTMENT. 

14 Section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emer15 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)) 

16 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(H) HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST

18 FUND.— 

19 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If a bill or joint 

20 resolution making appropriations for a fis21 cal year is enacted that specifies an 

22 amount for harbor maintenance activities, 

23 then the adjustments for that fiscal year 

24 shall be the total of such amount in that 

25 Act for such purpose for that fiscal year, 


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1 but may not exceed the total amount with2 in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund 

3 under subsection (a) of section 9505 of the 

4 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 on the last 

5 day of the fiscal year that is 2 years prior 

6 to that fiscal year. 

7 ‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—The adjustment 

8 under clause (i) with respect to an amount 

9 made available for harbor maintenance ac10 tivities may only be made if such 

11 amount— 

12 ‘‘(I) is derived solely from funds 

13 in such Trust Fund; and 

14 ‘‘(II) is made available for ex15 penditures described under subsection 

16 (c) of such section 9505.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives October 28, 

2019. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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