I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1809 
To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the Dingell- 
Johnson 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 
MARCH 18, 2019 
Mr. SABLAN (for himself, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, and Mr. SAN 
NICOLAS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act 
and the Dingell-Johnson 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. APPORTIONMENT UNDER PITTMAN-ROBERT-
SON WILDLIFE RESTORATION ACT. 
(a) EQUIVALENT MINIMUM APPORTIONMENT AMONG 
STATES AND TERRITORIES OF TAX REVENUES ACCRUING 
TO FUND.—The first subsection (c) of section 4 of the 
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Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 
669c), relating to apportionment of certain revenues ac-
cruing to the fund, is amended by striking ‘‘among the 
States’’ and all that follows through the end of the first 
sentence and inserting: ‘‘among the States and each of 
American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, 
Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands in pro-
portion to the ratio that the population of each State and 
each such territory bears to the population of all the 
States and such territories, except that each State shall 
be apportioned not more than 3 percent of such revenues, 
and each State and each such territory shall be appor-
tioned not less than 1 percent of such revenues.’’. 
(b) APPORTIONMENT OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION 
AND RESTORATION ACCOUNT AMONG TERRITORIES AND 
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.—The second subsection (c) 
of section 4 of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration 
Act (16 U.S.C. 669c), as added by section 902(e) of H.R. 
5548, as introduced in the 106th Congress and enacted 
into law by section 1(a)(2) of Public Law 106–55, and 
relating to apportionment of the Wildlife Conservation and 
Restoration Account, is amended by striking paragraph 
(1) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) The Secretary of the Interior shall appor-
tion from the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration 
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Account to each of the District of Columbia, Amer-
ican Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, 
Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands a 
sum equal to not more than one-half of 1 percent of 
such Account.’’. 
(c) REPEAL OF PERCENTAGE RESTRICTIONS ON AP-
PORTIONMENTS
TO TERRITORIES.—Section 8A of the 
Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 
669g–1) is amended by striking ‘‘as he shall determine, 
not exceeding’’ and all that follows through ‘‘, in any one 
year,’’ and inserting ‘‘as the Secretary shall determine for 
each year,’’. 
SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO PITTMAN-ROBERT-
SON WILDLIFE RESTORATION ACT. 
(a) The first section and section 12 of the Pittman- 
Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669, 669i) 
are each amended by striking ‘‘Secretary of Agriculture’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of the Inte-
rior’’. 
(b) Paragraph (2) of section 3(a) of such Act (16 
U.S.C. 669b(a)) is amended— 
(1) by moving such paragraph 2 ems to the left; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘16 U.S.C. 669(b)(1))’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsection (b)(1)’’. 
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(c)(1) Section 4 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 669c) is 
amended by redesignating the second subsection (c) (as 
added by section 902(e) of H.R. 5548, as introduced in 
the 106th Congress and enacted into law by section 
1(a)(2) of Public Law 106–55; relating to apportionment 
of the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account) and 
subsection (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively. 
(2) Section 2(6) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 669a(6)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘section 304(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 4(e)’’. 
(3) Section 3(c)(2) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
669b(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘sections 4(d) and (e) 
of this Act,’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4(e),’’. 
(d) Subsection (d) of section 4 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
669c), as redesignated by subsection (c)(1) of this section, 
is further amended in paragraph (2)(A)— 
(1) in clause (i)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘one-third of which is 
based’’ and inserting ‘‘One-third of such 
amount shall be apportioned based’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a pe-
riod; and 
(2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘two-thirds of 
which is based’’ and inserting ‘‘Two-thirds of such 
amount shall be apportioned based’’. 
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(e) Section 6 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 669e) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before the first sen-
tence; 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 
(2), as in effect before the enactment of this 
paragraph, as subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
paragraph (1) (as designated by the amend-
ment made by subparagraph (A) of this para-
graph), and moving such subparagraphs 2 ems 
to the right; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘(2)’’ before ‘‘The Sec-
retary of the Interior shall approve’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘option (1) of 
subsection (a) of this section,’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (a)(1)(A),’’. 
SEC. 
3. 
APPORTIONMENT 
UNDER 
DINGELL-JOHNSON 
SPORT FISH RESTORATION ACT. 
Section 12 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Res-
toration Act (16 U.S.C. 777K) is amended by striking ‘‘as 
he shall determine, not exceeding for Puerto Rico’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘in any one year, but the Sec-
retary’’ and inserting ‘‘as the Secretary shall determine, 
except the Secretary’’. 
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SEC. 4. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS RELATING TO DINGELL- 
JOHNSON SPORT FISH RESTORATION ACT. 
(a) CORRECTIONS
TO DINGELL-JOHNSON SPORT 
FISH RESTORATION ACT.—Section 4(a)(1) of the Dingell- 
Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 
777c(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘Protection,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Protection’’. 
(b) CORRECTIONS TO RELATED LAWS.— 
(1) Section 111(f)(3) of Public Law 101–593 
(16 U.S.C. 777e–1(f)(3)) is amended by striking 
‘‘section’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection’’. 
(2) Section 7404(d)(1) of Public Law 105–178 
(16 U.S.C. 777g–1(d)(1)) is amended by striking 
‘‘section 
4(a)(4)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
4(a)(3)(A)’’. 
Æ 
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