I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2396 
To provide for the use of funds in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund 
for the purposes for which the funds were collected and to ensure that 
funds credited to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund are used to 
support navigation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 30, 2019 
Mr. DEFAZIO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on the Budget, 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 provide for the use of funds in the Harbor Maintenance 
Trust Fund for the purposes for which the funds were 
collected and to ensure that funds credited to the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund are used to support navigation, 
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 ‘‘Full Utilization of the 
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. USE OF HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND TO 
SUPPORT NAVIGATION. 
Section 210 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2238) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AU-
THORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘FUNDING FOR NAVIGATION’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) ADJUSTMENTS TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING 
LIMITS.—Amounts made available from the Harbor Main-
tenance Trust Fund under this section or section 9505 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be made avail-
able in accordance with section 251(b)(2)(G) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985.’’. 
SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
Section 330 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1992 (26 U.S.C. 9505 note; 106 Stat. 4851) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and annually thereafter,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘and annually thereafter concur-
rent with the submission of the President’s an-
nual budget request to Congress,’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘Public Works and Trans-
portation’’ and inserting ‘‘Transportation and 
Infrastructure’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1) by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(D) A description of the expected expend-
itures from the trust fund to meet the needs of 
navigation for the fiscal year of the budget re-
quest.’’. 
SEC. 4. HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND DISCRE-
TIONARY SPENDING LIMIT ADJUSTMENT. 
Section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) 
HARBOR
MAINTENANCE
TRUST 
FUND.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If a bill or joint 
resolution making appropriations for a fis-
cal year is enacted that specifies an 
amount for harbor maintenance activities, 
then the adjustments for that fiscal year 
shall be the total of such amount in that 
Act for such purpose for that fiscal year, 
but may not exceed the total amount with-
in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund 
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under subsection (a) of section 9505 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 on the last 
day of the fiscal year that is two years 
prior to that fiscal year. 
‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—The adjustment 
under clause (i) with respect to an amount 
made available for harbor maintenance ac-
tivities 
may 
only 
be 
made 
if 
such 
amount— 
‘‘(I) is derived solely from funds 
in such Trust Fund; and 
‘‘(II) is made available for ex-
penditures described under subsection 
(c) of such section 9505.’’. 
Æ 
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