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One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and five 
An Act 
To ensure funding for sportfishing and boating safety programs funded out of 
the Highway Trust Fund through the end of fiscal year 2005, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sportfishing and Recreational 
Boating Safety Amendments Act of 2005’’. 
TITLE 
I—CORRECTIONS 
TO 
THE 
SPORTFISHING AND RECREATIONAL 
BOATING SAFETY ACT OF 2005
SEC. 101. EFFECTIVE DATE OF AMENDMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Sportfishing and Recreational Boating 
Safety Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–59) is amended—
(1) by striking section 10112(b)(2); and 
(2) by inserting after section 10101 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 10102. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
‘‘The amendments made by this subtitle shall take effect 
October 1, 2005.’’. 
(b) TEMPORARY PRESERVATION OF EXISTING LAW.—Except as 
provided by the amendments made by title II of this Act, during 
the period beginning on the date of the enactment of the 
Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2005, and 
ending upon the expiration of fiscal year 2005, the provisions of 
law amended by the Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Safety 
Act of 2005 (as amended by this Act) shall be considered to read 
as such laws read immediately before the enactment of that Act. 
SEC. 102. RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY FUNDS. 
Section 10143 of the Sportfishing and Recreational Boating 
Safety Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–59) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘under section 10119 of 
the Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2005’’ 
and inserting ‘‘under section 15 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport 
Fish Restoration Act’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(2) of section 
4 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 
777c(a)(2))’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (a)(2) and (f) of section
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4 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 
777c(a)(2) and (f))’’; 
(3) in paragraph (4)—
(A) in subparagraph (B) by inserting a closed paren-
thesis after ‘‘(16 U.S.C. 777c(a)(2)’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(C) by striking ‘$5,000,000’ and inserting ‘$5,500,000’; 
and 
‘‘(D) by inserting ‘not less than’ before ‘$2,000,000’; 
and’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘unexpected’’ and inserting 
‘‘unexpended’’. 
SEC. 103. EXPENDITURE OF REMAINING BALANCE IN BOAT SAFETY 
ACCOUNT. 
Section 10119 of the Sportfishing and Recreational Boating 
Safety Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–59) is amended in the text 
proposed to be inserted as section 15 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport 
Fish Restoration Act—
(1) in paragraph (2)(A)(v) of such text by striking ‘‘of this 
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘of that section’’; 
(2) in paragraphs (1) through (4) of such text by striking 
‘‘subsection (b) of that section’’ each place it appears in such 
text and inserting ‘‘subsection (c) of that section’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (5)—
(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(2) of that section’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘subsection (h)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (c) of that section’’. 
TITLE 
II—EXTENSION 
OF 
REC-
REATIONAL 
BOATING 
FUNDING 
THROUGH THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 
2005
SEC. 201. NATIONAL OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM 
FUNDING. 
Section 4(c)(7) of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration 
Act (16 U.S.C. 777c(c)(7)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(7) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;’’. 
SEC. 202. CLEAN VESSEL ACT FUNDING. 
Section 4(b)(4) of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration 
Act (16 U.S.C. 777c(b)(4)) is amended—
(1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘FIRST
303
DAYS 
OF FISCAL’’ and inserting ‘‘FISCAL’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘July 30, 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘September 
30, 2005’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘$68,071,233’’ and inserting ‘‘$82,000,000’’; 
(4) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘$8,301,370’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$10,000,000’’; and 
(5) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘$6,641,096’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$8,000,000’’.
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SEC. 203. COAST GUARD EXPENSES. 
Section 13106(c)(1) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$4,150,685’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,000,000’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘$1,660,274’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000,000’’. 
TITLE III—EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZA-
TION FOR USE OF FUNDS IN BOAT 
SAFETY ACCOUNT 
SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF FUNDS IN BOAT 
SAFETY ACCOUNT FOR OBLIGATIONS BEFORE OCTOBER 
1, 2005. 
(a) BOAT SAFETY ACCOUNT.—Subsection (c) of section 9504 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to expenditures from 
boat safety account) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘August 15, 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘October 
1, 2005’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Surface Transportation Extension Act of 
2005, Part VI’’ and inserting ‘‘Sportfishing and Recreational 
Boating Safety Amendments Act of 2005’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 302. CORRECTION OF DISTRIBUTION OF OBLIGATION AUTHORITY 
UNDER SECTION 1102(c)(4)(A) OF PUBLIC LAW 109–59. 
Notwithstanding section 1102(c)(4)(A) of Public Law 109–59; 
119 Stat. 1144, et seq., or any other provision of law, for fiscal 
year 2005, obligation authority for funds made available under 
title I of division H of Public Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 3216 for 
expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary 
of Transportation with respect to traffic and highway safety under 
chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, and part C of subtitle 
VI of title 49, United States Code, shall be made available in 
an amount equal to the funds provided therein: Provided, That 
the additional obligation authority needed to meet the requirements 
of this section shall be withdrawn from the obligation authority 
previously distributed to the other programs, projects, and activities
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funded by the amount deducted under section 117 of title I of 
division H of Public Law 108–447.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.