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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2396 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 30, 2019 

Mr. DEFAZIO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act’’. 


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

2 SUPPORT NAVIGATION. 

3 Section 210 of the Water Resources Development Act 

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

5 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AU6 THORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘FUNDING FOR NAVIGATION’’; and 

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

9 ‘‘(g) ADJUSTMENTS TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING

10 LIMITS.—Amounts made available from the Harbor Main11 tenance Trust Fund under this section or section 9505 

12 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be made avail13 able in accordance with section 251(b)(2)(G) of the Bal14 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

15 1985.’’. 

16 SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

17 Section 330 of the Water Resources Development Act 

18 of 1992 (26 U.S.C. 9505 note; 106 Stat. 4851) is amend19 ed— 

20 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

22 and inserting ‘‘and annually thereafter concur23 rent with the submission of the President’s an24 nual budget request to Congress,’’; and 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘Public Works and Trans2 portation’’ and inserting ‘‘Transportation and 

3 Infrastructure’’; and 

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

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘(D) A description of the expected expend7 itures from the trust fund to meet the needs of 

8 navigation for the fiscal year of the budget re9 quest.’’. 

10 SEC. 4. HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND DISCRE11 TIONARY SPENDING LIMIT ADJUSTMENT. 

12 Section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emer13 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)) 

14 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(G) HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST

16 FUND.— 

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

18 resolution making appropriations for a fis19 cal year is enacted that specifies an 

20 amount for harbor maintenance activities, 

21 then the adjustments for that fiscal year 

22 shall be the total of such amount in that 

23 Act for such purpose for that fiscal year, 

24 but may not exceed the total amount with25 in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund 


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1 under subsection (a) of section 9505 of the 

2 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 on the last 

3 day of the fiscal year that is two years 

4 prior to that fiscal year. 

5 ‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—The adjustment 

6 under clause (i) with respect to an amount 

7 made available for harbor maintenance ac8 tivities may only be made if such 

9 amount— 

10 ‘‘(I) is derived solely from funds 

11 in such Trust Fund; and 

12 ‘‘(II) is made available for ex13 penditures described under subsection 

14 (c) of such section 9505.’’. 

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