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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 834 

To amend the law relating to sport fish restoration and recreational boating 

safety, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 23, 2015 

Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. NELSON, and Mr. CARDIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To amend the law relating to sport fish restoration and 

recreational boating safety, 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 ‘‘Sport Fish Restoration 

5 and Recreational Boating Safety Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 Section 3 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restora8 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 777b) is amended by striking ‘‘57 per9 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘57.42 percent’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. DIVISION OF ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 Section 4 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restora3 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 777c) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)— 

5 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

6 by striking ‘‘2014 and for the period beginning 

7 on October 1, 2014, and ending on May 31, 

8 2015,’’ and inserting ‘‘2023,’’; 

9 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘18.5 

10 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘18.54 percent’’; 

11 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘18.5 

12 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘18.04 percent’’; and 

13 (D) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end 

14 ‘‘Not more than 25 percent of such amount 

15 may be used for capital improvement and infra16 structure projects to support facilities that meet 

17 state requires for minimizing the introduction 

18 of pollutants into the waterways.’’; 

19 (2) by amending the heading in subsection (b) 

20 to read as follows: ‘‘SET-ASIDES.—’’; 

21 (3) in subsection (b)(1)— 

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

23 ‘‘2014, and for the period beginning on October 

24 1, 2014, and ending on May 31, 2015,’’ and in25 serting ‘‘2023,’’; 


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

2 clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), and inserting the fol3 lowing: 

4 ‘‘(i) for each of the fiscal years 2016 

5 through 2022, 1.8468 percent of total an6 nual collections under this Act for such fis7 cal year; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) not withstanding clause (i), an 

9 amount that is less than or equal to 

10 $12,299,000.’’; and 

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

12 ‘‘(C) SET-ASIDE FOR BOATING SAFETY.— 

13 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—From the annual 

14 appropriation made in accordance with sec15 tion 3, for each fiscal year through 2023, 

16 the Secretary shall transfer to the Sec17 retary of the department in which the 

18 Coast Guard is operating— 

19 ‘‘(I)(aa) 0.34325 percent of total 

20 annual collections under this Act for 

21 the purposes set forth in section 

22 13107(c) of title 46, United States 

23 Code; and 


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1 ‘‘(bb) notwithstanding item (aa), 

2 an amount that is less than or equal 

3 to $2,300,000; 

4 ‘‘(II) not less than $5,500,000 

5 for national boating safety activities 

6 of national nonprofit public service or7 ganizations, including the funding of 

8 National Boating Safety Advisory 

9 Council established under section 

10 13110 of title 46, United States Code, 

11 and the authorized activities of the 

12 Council, including travel for the coun13 cil; and 

14 ‘‘(III) $1,500,000 shall be made 

15 available for the National Recreational 

16 Boating Survey. 

17 ‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—The amounts 

18 specified in clause (i) for a fiscal year may 

19 not be included in the amount of the an20 nual appropriation distributed under sub21 section (a) of this section for the fiscal 

22 year.’’; 

23 (4) in subsection (b)(2)— 

24 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

25 ‘‘under paragraph (1) shall remain available for 


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1 obligation for use under that paragraph’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘under paragraph (1)(B) shall remain 

3 available for obligation for use under paragraph 

4 (1)(A)’’; and 

5 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

6 (i) by striking ‘‘under paragraph (1)’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘under paragraph (1)(B)’’; 

8 and 

9 (ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (e)’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’; 

11 (5) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘57 percent’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘57.42 percent’’; 

13 (6) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘So much of 

14 any sum not allocated’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as 

15 otherwise provided in this section, so much of any 

16 sum not allocated’’; and 

17 (7) in subsection (e)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘those 

19 subsections’’ and inserting ‘‘those paragraphs’’; 

20 (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 

21 follows: 

22 ‘‘(2) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—For fiscal year 

23 2016, the Secretary of the Interior may use not 

24 more than $1,200,000 in accordance with paragraph 

25 (1). For each fiscal year thereafter, the maximum 


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1 amount that the Secretary of the Interior may use 

2 in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be deter3 mined under paragraph (3).’’; and 

4 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(3) ANNUAL ADJUSTED MAXIMUM AMOUNT.— 

6 The maximum amount referred to in paragraph (2) 

7 for fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter 

8 shall be the sum of— 

9 ‘‘(A) the available maximum amount for 

10 the preceding fiscal year; and 

11 ‘‘(B) the amount determined by multi12 plying— 

13 ‘‘(i) the available maximum amount 

14 for the preceding fiscal year; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) the change, relative to the pre16 ceding fiscal year, in the Consumer Price 

17 Index for All Urban Consumers published 

18 by the Department of Labor.’’. 

19 SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF EXCEPTION TO LIMITATION ON 

20 TRANSFERS TO FUND. 

21 Section 9504(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

22 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘2015,’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘2023,’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY ALLOCATIONS. 

2 Section 13104 of title 46, United States Code, is 

3 amended by striking subsection (c). 

4 SEC. 6. RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY. 

5 Section 13107(c) of title 46, United States Code, is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(2)’’ and in9 serting ‘‘subsection (b)(1)(C)’’; and 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘(16 U.S.C. 777c(a)(2))’’ 

11 and all that follows through the end and insert12 ing ‘‘(16 U.S.C. 777c(b)(1)(C))— 

13 ‘‘(A)(i) 0.34325 percent of total annual 

14 collections under this Act is available to the 

15 Secretary for payment of expenses of the Coast 

16 Guard for personnel and activities directly re17 lated to coordinating and carrying out the na18 tional recreational boating safety program 

19 under this title; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) notwithstanding clause (i), the 

21 amount referred to in (i) may not exceed 

22 $2,300,000; and 

23 ‘‘(B) not less than $5,500,000 is available 

24 for national boating safety activities of national 

25 nonprofit public service organizations, including 

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1 sory Council established under section 13110 of 

2 title 46, United States Code, and the authorized 

3 activities of the Council, including travel for the 

4 council.’’; and 

5 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Amounts 

6 made available’’ and inserting ‘‘Except for amounts 

7 made available by paragraph (1)(B), amounts made 

8 available’’. 

9 SEC. 7. NATIONAL BOATING SAFETY ADVISORY COUNCIL. 

10 Section 13110(e) of title 46, United States Code, is 

11 amended by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 

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