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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3702 

To amend the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act with respect to 

sport fish restoration and recreational boating safety, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 4, 2021 

Mrs. DINGELL (for herself, Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. 

VEASEY, Mr. WITTMAN, Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, and Mr. AUSTIN

SCOTT of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 

Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 amend the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act 

with respect 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 Restora5 tion, Recreational Boating Safety, and Wildlife Restora6 tion Act of 2021’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DIVISION OF ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Dingell-Johnson 

3 Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777c) is amend4 ed— 

5 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2021’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘2025’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (b)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

9 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

10 ‘‘2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’; and 

11 (ii) by amending subparagraph (B) to 

12 read as follows— 

13 ‘‘(B) AVAILABLE AMOUNTS.—The available 

14 amount referred to in subparagraph (A) is— 

15 ‘‘(i) for fiscal year 2022, $12,786,434, 

16 adjusted for inflation as described in 

17 clause (ii)(II)(bb); and 

18 ‘‘(ii) for fiscal year 2023 and each fis19 cal year thereafter, the sum of— 

20 ‘‘(I) the available amount for the 

21 preceding fiscal year; and 

22 ‘‘(II) the amount determined by 

23 multiplying— 

24 ‘‘(aa) the available amount 

25 for the preceding fiscal year; and 


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1 ‘‘(bb) the change, relative to 

2 the preceding fiscal year, in the 

3 Consumer Price Index for All 

4 Urban Consumers published by 

5 the Department of Labor.’’; and 

6 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

7 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

8 ‘‘2016 through 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 

9 through 2025’’; and 

10 (ii) by amending subparagraph (B) to 

11 read as follows— 

12 ‘‘(B) AVAILABLE AMOUNTS.—The available 

13 amount referred to in subparagraph (A) is— 

14 ‘‘(i) for fiscal year 2021, $8,988,700; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(ii) for fiscal year 2022 and each fis17 cal year thereafter, the sum of— 

18 ‘‘(I) the available amount for the 

19 preceding fiscal year; and 

20 ‘‘(II) the amount determined by 

21 multiplying— 

22 ‘‘(aa) the available amount 

23 for the preceding fiscal year; and 

24 ‘‘(bb) the change, relative to 

25 the preceding fiscal year, in the 


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1 Consumer Price Index for All 

2 Urban Consumers published by 

3 the Department of Labor.’’; and 

4 (3) in subsection (e)(2), by striking ‘‘$900,000’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘$1,300,000’’. 

6 (b) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 9(a) of the Dingell7 Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777h(a)) 

8 is amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘on a full-time basis’’; and 

11 (B) by inserting ‘‘for work hours the em12 ployee spends directly administering this Act, as 

13 such hours are certified by the supervisor of the 

14 employee’’ after ‘‘administer this Act’’; 

15 (2) by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating 

16 paragraphs (3) through (12) as paragraphs (2) 

17 through (11), respectively; 

18 (3) by striking ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (2)’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ each place it appears; 

20 (4) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by 

21 striking ‘‘full-time’’; 

22 (5) in paragraph (8)(A), as so redesignated, by 

23 striking ‘‘on a full-time basis’’; 

24 (6) in paragraph (9), as so redesignated, by 

25 striking ‘‘on a full-time basis’’; and 


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1 (7) in paragraph (10), as so redesignated— 

2 (A) by inserting ‘‘or a part-time basis’’ 

3 after ‘‘on a full-time basis’’; and 

4 (B) by inserting ‘‘provided that the per5 centage of relocation expenses paid with funds 

6 under this chapter do not exceed the percentage 

7 of work hours the employee spends admin8 istering this Act’’ after ‘‘at which the relocation 

9 expenses are incurred’’. 

10 (c) OTHER ACTIVITIES.—Section 14(e) of the Din11 gell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 

12 777m(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(3) A portion, as determined by the Sport 

14 Fishing and Boating Partnership Council, of funds 

15 disbursed for the purposes described in paragraph 

16 (2) but remaining unobligated prior to fiscal year 

17 2020 shall be used to study— 

18 ‘‘(A) the impact of derelict recreational 

19 vessels on recreational boating safety and rec20 reational fishing; and 

21 ‘‘(B) identify options and methods for re22 cycling for recreational vessels.’’. 

23 SEC. 3. RECREATIONAL BOATING ACCESS. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 

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1 ing access. In carrying out such study, the Comptroller 

2 General shall consult with the Sport Fishing and Boating 

3 Partnership Council and the National Boating Safety Ad4 visory Council on the design, scope, and priorities of such 

5 study. 

6 (b) CONTENTS.—To the extent practicable, the study 

7 required under subsection (a) shall contain a description 

8 of— 

9 (1) the use of nonmotorized vessels in each 

10 State and how the increased use of nonmotorized 

11 vessels is impacting motorized and nonmotorized 

12 vessel access to waterway entry points; 

13 (2) recreational fishing and boating user con14 flicts concerning motorized and nonmotorized vessels 

15 at waterway access points; and 

16 (3) the use of funds provided under the Dingell17 Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777 

18 et seq.) for— 

19 (A) the sport fish restoration program to 

20 improve nonmotorized vessel access at waterway 

21 entry points and the reasons for providing such 

22 access; and 

23 (B) the Recreational Boating Safety Pro24 gram funds for nonmotorized boating safety 

25 programs. 


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1 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

2 of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 

3 submit to the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership 

4 Council, the Committees on Natural Resources and Trans5 portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa6 tives, and the Committees on Commerce, Science, and 

7 Transportation and Environment and Public Works of the 

8 Senate a report containing the study required under this 

9 section. 

10 (d) STATE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

11 ‘‘State’’ means any State, the District of Columbia, the 

12 Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana 

13 Islands, and the territories of Guam, the U.S. Virgin Is14 lands, and American Samoa. 

15 SEC. 4. WILDLIFE RESTORATION FUND ADMINISTRATION. 

16 (a) ALLOCATION AND APPORTIONMENT OF AVAIL17 ABLE AMOUNTS.—Section 4 of the Pittman-Robertson 

18 Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669c), is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (a)(1)(B)— 

20 (A) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘for each of 

21 fiscal years 2001 and 2002, $9,000,000;’’ and 

22 inserting the following: ‘‘for fiscal year 2022, 

23 $12,786,434, adjusted for inflation as described 

24 in clause (ii)(II)(bb);’’; and 


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1 (B) by striking clauses (ii) and (iii) and in2 serting the following: 

3 ‘‘(ii) for fiscal year 2023, and each 

4 fiscal year thereafter, the sum of— 

5 ‘‘(I) the available amount for the 

6 preceding fiscal year; and 

7 ‘‘(II) the amount determined by 

8 multiplying— 

9 ‘‘(aa) the available amount 

10 for the preceding fiscal year; and 

11 ‘‘(bb) the change, relative to 

12 the preceding fiscal year, in the 

13 Consumer Price Index for All 

14 Urban Consumers published by 

15 the Department of Labor.’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (a)(2)(A) by striking ‘‘the end 

17 of the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the end of the sub18 sequent fiscal year’’. 

19 (b) AUTHORIZED EXPENSES FOR ADMINISTRA20 TION.—Section 9(a) of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife 

21 Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669h(a)) is amended— 

22 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘on a full-time basis’’; and 

24 (B) by inserting ‘‘for the work hours the 

25 employee spends directly administering this Act, 


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1 as such hours are certified by the supervisor of 

2 the employee’’ after ‘‘administer this Act’’; 

3 (2) by striking ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (2)’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ each place it appears; 

5 (3) by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating 

6 paragraphs (3) through (12) as paragraphs (2) 

7 through (11), respectively; 

8 (4) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by 

9 striking ‘‘full-time’’; 

10 (5) in paragraph (8)(A), as so redesignated, by 

11 striking ‘‘on a full-time basis’’; 

12 (6) in paragraph (9), as so redesignated, by 

13 striking ‘‘on a full-time basis’’; and 

14 (7) in paragraph (10), as so redesignated— 

15 (A) by inserting ‘‘or a part-time basis’’ 

16 after ‘‘on a full-time basis’’; and 

17 (B) by inserting ‘‘, provided that the per18 centage of relocation expenses paid with funds 

19 under this chapter do not exceed the percentage 

20 of work hours the employee spends admin21 istering this Act’’ after ‘‘at which the relocation 

22 expenses are incurred’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. SPORT FISH RESTORATION AND BOATING TRUST 

2 FUND. 

3 Section 13107(c)(2) of title 46, United States Code, 

4 is amended by striking ‘‘No funds available’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘On or after October 1, 2023 no funds available,’’. 

6 SEC. 6. SPORT FISHING AND BOATING PARTNERSHIP 

7 COUNCIL. 

8 The Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council 

9 established by the Secretary of the Interior shall be a Fed10 eral advisory committee of both the Department of the In11 terior and the Department of Commerce, and the secre12 taries of Interior and Commerce shall jointly carry out the 

13 requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act with 

14 respect to the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership 

15 Council. 

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