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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 deter-
mined 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sport Fish Restora-
tion, Recreational Boating Safety, and Wildlife Restora-
tion Act of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. DIVISION OF ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Dingell-Johnson 
Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777c) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2021’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2025’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’; and 
(ii) by amending subparagraph (B) to 
read as follows— 
‘‘(B) AVAILABLE AMOUNTS.—The available 
amount referred to in subparagraph (A) is— 
‘‘(i) for fiscal year 2022, $12,786,434, 
adjusted for inflation as described in 
clause (ii)(II)(bb); and 
‘‘(ii) for fiscal year 2023 and each fis-
cal year thereafter, the sum of— 
‘‘(I) the available amount for the 
preceding fiscal year; and 
‘‘(II) the amount determined by 
multiplying— 
‘‘(aa) the available amount 
for the preceding fiscal year; and 
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‘‘(bb) the change, relative to 
the preceding fiscal year, in the 
Consumer Price Index for All 
Urban Consumers published by 
the Department of Labor.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘2016 through 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 
through 2025’’; and 
(ii) by amending subparagraph (B) to 
read as follows— 
‘‘(B) AVAILABLE AMOUNTS.—The available 
amount referred to in subparagraph (A) is— 
‘‘(i) for fiscal year 2021, $8,988,700; 
and 
‘‘(ii) for fiscal year 2022 and each fis-
cal year thereafter, the sum of— 
‘‘(I) the available amount for the 
preceding fiscal year; and 
‘‘(II) the amount determined by 
multiplying— 
‘‘(aa) the available amount 
for the preceding fiscal year; and 
‘‘(bb) the change, relative to 
the preceding fiscal year, in the 
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Consumer Price Index for All 
Urban Consumers published by 
the Department of Labor.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (e)(2), by striking ‘‘$900,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$1,300,000’’. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 9(a) of the Dingell- 
Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777h(a)) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘on a full-time basis’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘for work hours the em-
ployee spends directly administering this Act, as 
such hours are certified by the supervisor of the 
employee’’ after ‘‘administer this Act’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating 
paragraphs (3) through (12) as paragraphs (2) 
through (11), respectively; 
(3) by striking ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (2)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ each place it appears; 
(4) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘full-time’’; 
(5) in paragraph (8)(A), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘on a full-time basis’’; 
(6) in paragraph (9), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘on a full-time basis’’; and 
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(7) in paragraph (10), as so redesignated— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or a part-time basis’’ 
after ‘‘on a full-time basis’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘provided that the per-
centage of relocation expenses paid with funds 
under this chapter do not exceed the percentage 
of work hours the employee spends admin-
istering this Act’’ after ‘‘at which the relocation 
expenses are incurred’’. 
(c) OTHER ACTIVITIES.—Section 14(e) of the Din-
gell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 
777m(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) A portion, as determined by the Sport 
Fishing and Boating Partnership Council, of funds 
disbursed for the purposes described in paragraph 
(2) but remaining unobligated prior to fiscal year 
2020 shall be used to study— 
‘‘(A) the impact of derelict recreational 
vessels on recreational boating safety and rec-
reational fishing; and 
‘‘(B) identify options and methods for re-
cycling for recreational vessels.’’. 
SEC. 3. RECREATIONAL BOATING ACCESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct a study on recreational boat-
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ing access. In carrying out such study, the Comptroller 
General shall consult with the Sport Fishing and Boating 
Partnership Council and the National Boating Safety Ad-
visory Council on the design, scope, and priorities of such 
study. 
(b) CONTENTS.—To the extent practicable, the study 
required under subsection (a) shall contain a description 
of— 
(1) the use of nonmotorized vessels in each 
State and how the increased use of nonmotorized 
vessels is impacting motorized and nonmotorized 
vessel access to waterway entry points; 
(2) recreational fishing and boating user con-
flicts concerning motorized and nonmotorized vessels 
at waterway access points; and 
(3) the use of funds provided under the Dingell- 
Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777 
et seq.) for— 
(A) the sport fish restoration program to 
improve nonmotorized vessel access at waterway 
entry points and the reasons for providing such 
access; and 
(B) the Recreational Boating Safety Pro-
gram funds for nonmotorized boating safety 
programs. 
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(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit to the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership 
Council, the Committees on Natural Resources and Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives, and the Committees on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation and Environment and Public Works of the 
Senate a report containing the study required under this 
section. 
(d) STATE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘State’’ means any State, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana 
Islands, and the territories of Guam, the U.S. Virgin Is-
lands, and American Samoa. 
SEC. 4. WILDLIFE RESTORATION FUND ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) ALLOCATION AND APPORTIONMENT OF AVAIL-
ABLE AMOUNTS.—Section 4 of the Pittman-Robertson 
Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669c), is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(B)— 
(A) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘for each of 
fiscal years 2001 and 2002, $9,000,000;’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘for fiscal year 2022, 
$12,786,434, adjusted for inflation as described 
in clause (ii)(II)(bb);’’; and 
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