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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3649 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2005 
Received 
AN ACT 
To ensure funding for sportfishing and boating safety pro-
grams 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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sportfishing and Rec-
reational Boating Safety Amendments Act of 2005’’. 
TITLE I—CORRECTIONS TO THE 
SPORTFISHING 
AND 
REC-
REATIONAL BOATING SAFETY 
ACT OF 2005 
SEC. 101. EFFECTIVE DATE OF AMENDMENTS. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—The Sportfishing and Rec-
reational 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 fol-
lowing: 
‘‘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 expira-
tion 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
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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 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 
parenthesis 
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
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‘‘(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 sec-
tion’’; 
(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 ‘‘sub-
section (c) of that section’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (5)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘sub-
section (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(2) of 
that section’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘sub-
section (h)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c) of 
that section’’.
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TITLE II—EXTENSION OF REC-
REATIONAL BOATING FUND-
ING 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 AU-
THORIZATION FOR USE OF 
FUNDS IN BOAT SAFETY AC-
COUNT 
SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF 
FUNDS IN BOAT SAFETY ACCOUNT FOR OBLI-
GATIONS BEFORE OCTOBER 1, 2005. 
(a) BOAT SAFETY ACCOUNT.—Subsection (c) of sec-
tion 9504 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating 
to expenditures from boat safety account) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘August 15, 2005’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘October 1, 2005’’, and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Surface Transportation Exten-
sion Act of 2005, Part VI’’ and inserting 
‘‘Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Safety 
Amendments Act of 2005’’.
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 13, 
2005. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.