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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5875 

To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the DingellJohnson Federal Aid in 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 

MAY 18, 2018 

Ms. BORDALLO (for herself, Miss GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N of Puerto Rico, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, Mr. SABLAN, and Ms. PLASKETT) 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 Federal Aid in 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. APPORTIONMENT UNDER PITTMAN-ROBERT2 SON WILDLIFE RESTORATION ACT. 

3 (a) EQUIVALENT MINIMUM APPORTIONMENT AMONG

4 STATES AND TERRITORIES OF TAX REVENUES ACCRUING

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

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

7 669c), relating to apportionment of certain revenues ac8 cruing to the fund, is amended by striking ‘‘among the 

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

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

11 American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, 

12 Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands in pro13 portion to the ratio that the population of each State and 

14 each such territory bears to the population of all the 

15 States and such territories, except that each State shall 

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

17 and each State and each such territory shall be appor18 tioned not less than 1 percent of such revenues.’’. 

19 (b) APPORTIONMENT OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

20 AND RESTORATION ACCOUNT AMONG TERRITORIES AND

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

22 of section 4 of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration 

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

24 5548, as introduced in the 106th Congress and enacted 

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

26 relating to apportionment of the Wildlife Conservation and 


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1 Restoration Account, is amended by striking paragraph 

2 (1) and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(1) The Secretary of the Interior shall appor4 tion from the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration 

5 Account to each of the District of Columbia, Amer6 ican Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, 

7 Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands a 

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

9 such Account.’’. 

10 (c) REPEAL OF PERCENTAGE RESTRICTIONS ON AP11 PORTIONMENTS TO TERRITORIES.—Section 8A of the 

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

13 669g–1) is amended by striking ‘‘as he shall determine, 

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

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

16 each year,’’. 

17 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO PITTMAN-ROBERT18 SON WILDLIFE RESTORATION ACT. 

19 (a) The first section and section 12 of the Pittman20 Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669, 669i) 

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

22 and inserting ‘‘Secretary of the Interior’’. 

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

24 U.S.C. 669b(a)) is amended— 


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

2 and 

3 (2) by striking ‘‘16 U.S.C. 669(b)(1))’’ and in4 serting ‘‘subsection (b)(1)’’. 

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

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

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

8 the 106th Congress and enacted into law by section 

9 1(a)(2) of Public Law 106–55; relating to apportionment 

10 of the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account) and 

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

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

13 amended by striking ‘‘section 304(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec14 tion 4(e)’’. 

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

16 669b(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘sections 4(d) and (e) 

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

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

19 669c), as redesignated by paragraph (1) of this sub20 section, is further amended— 

21 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

22 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘to 

23 the District’’ and inserting ‘‘To the District’’; 

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1 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘to 

2 Guam,’’ and inserting ‘‘To Guam,’’; and 

3 (2) in paragraph (2)(A)— 

4 (A) in clause (i)— 

5 (i) by striking ‘‘one-third of which is 

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

7 amount shall be apportioned based’’; and 

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting 

9 a period; and 

10 (B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘two-thirds 

11 of which is based’’ and inserting ‘‘Two-thirds of 

12 such amount shall be apportioned based’’. 

13 (e) Section 6 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 669e) is amend14 ed— 

15 (1) in subsection (a)— 

16 (A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before the first sen17 tence; 

18 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 

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

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

21 paragraph (1) (as designated by the amend22 ment made by subparagraph (A) of this para23 graph), and moving such subparagraphs 2 ems 

24 to the right; and 


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1 (C) by inserting ‘‘(2)’’ before ‘‘The Sec2 retary of the Interior shall approve’’; and 

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

4 subsection (a) of this section,’’ and inserting ‘‘sub5 section (a)(1)(A),’’. 

6 SEC. 3. APPORTIONMENT UNDER DINGELL-JOHNSON 

7 SPORT FISH RESTORATION ACT. 

8 Section 12 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Res9 toration Act (16 U.S.C. 777K) is amended by striking ‘‘as 

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

11 all that follows through ‘‘in any one year, but the Sec12 retary’’ and inserting ‘‘as the Secretary shall determine, 

13 except the Secretary’’. 

14 SEC. 4. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS RELATING TO DINGELL15 JOHNSON SPORT FISH RESTORATION ACT. 

16 (a) CORRECTIONS TO DINGELL-JOHNSON SPORT

17 FISH RESTORATION ACT.—Section 4(a)(1) of the Dingell18 Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 

19 777c(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘Protection,’’ and in20 serting ‘‘Protection’’. 

21 (b) CORRECTIONS TO RELATED LAWS.— 

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

23 (16 U.S.C. 777e–1(f)(3)) is amended by striking 

24 ‘‘section’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection’’. 


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

2 (16 U.S.C. 777g–1(d)(1)) is amended by striking 

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

4 4(a)(3)(A)’’. 

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