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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3462 
To amend title 46, United States Code, and the Dingell-Johnson Sport 
Fish Restoration Act with respect to sport fish restoration and rec-
reational boating safety, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 
Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana (for himself and Ms. GRAHAM) introduced the fol-
lowing 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 determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 46, United States Code, and 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 Restoration 
and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. ALLOCATIONS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Section 3 of the Dingell-John-
son Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777b) is 
amended by striking ‘‘57 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘58.012 
percent’’. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Dingell-Johnson 
Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777c) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘For each’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘the balance’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘For each fiscal year through fiscal 
year 2020, the balance’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘multistate conserva-
tion grants under section 14’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘activities under section 14(e)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘18.5’’ 
percent and inserting ‘‘18.673 percent’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘18.5 
percent’’ and inserting ‘‘17.315 percent’’; 
(D) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4); 
(E) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
paragraph (4); and 
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(F) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following: 
‘‘(3) BOATING
INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPROVE-
MENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An amount equal to 4 
percent to the Secretary of the Interior for 
qualified projects under section 5604(c) of the 
Clean Vessel Act of 1992 (33 U.S.C. 1322 
note) and section 7404(d) of the Sportfishing 
and Boating Safety Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 
777g–1(d)). 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—Not more than 75 per-
cent of the amount under subparagraph (A) 
shall be available for projects under either of 
the sections referred to in subparagraph (A).’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A) by striking 
‘‘for each’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘for each 
fiscal year through fiscal year 2020, the 
Secretary’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘each 
of fiscal years 2001 and 2002, 
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$9,000,000;’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 
year 2016, $11,000,000;’’; 
(II) in clause (ii) by striking 
‘‘2003, $8,212,000; and’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘2017, $11,300,000;’’; and 
(III) by striking clause (iii) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(iii) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2018, 
$11,600,000; 
‘‘(iv) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2019, 
$11,800,000; and 
‘‘(v) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2020, 
$11,900,000.’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (3); 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following: 
‘‘(2) SET-ASIDE FOR COAST GUARD ADMINIS-
TRATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—From the annual ap-
propriation made in accordance with section 3, 
for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020, the 
Secretary of the department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating may use no more than the 
amount specified in subparagraph (B) for the 
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fiscal year for the purposes set forth in section 
13107(c) of title 46, United States Code. The 
amount specified in subparagraph (B) for a fis-
cal year may not be included in the amount of 
the annual appropriation distributed under sub-
section (a) for the fiscal year. 
‘‘(B) AVAILABLE AMOUNTS.—The available 
amount referred to in subparagraph (A) is— 
‘‘(i) for fiscal year 2016, $7,800,000; 
‘‘(ii) for fiscal year 2017, $7,900,000; 
‘‘(iii) for fiscal year 2018, $8,000,000; 
‘‘(iv) for fiscal year 2019, $8,100,000; 
and 
‘‘(v) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2020, 
$8,200,000.’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated— 
(i) in subparagraph (A) by striking 
‘‘until the end of the fiscal year.’’ and in-
serting ‘‘until the end of the subsequent 
fiscal year.’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B) by striking 
‘‘under subsection (e)’’ and inserting 
‘‘under subsection (c)’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘(c) The Secretary’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(c)(1) The Secretary,’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘grants under section 14 of 
this title’’ and inserting ‘‘activities under sec-
tion 14(e)’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘57 percent’’ and inserting 
‘‘58.012 percent’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall deduct from the amount to 
be apportioned under paragraph (1) the amounts used for 
grants under section 14(a).’’; and 
(4) in subsection (e)(1) by striking ‘‘those sub-
sections,’’ and inserting ‘‘those paragraphs,’’. 
(c) SUBMISSION
AND APPROVAL
OF PLANS
AND 
PROJECTS.—Section 6(d) of the Dingell-Johnson Sport 
Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777e(d)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘for appropriations’’ and inserting ‘‘from appro-
priations’’. 
(d) UNEXPENDED OR UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.—Sec-
tion 8(b)(2) of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restora-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 777g(b)(2)) is amended by striking 
‘‘57 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘58.012 percent’’. 
(e) COOPERATION.—Section 12 of the Dingell-John-
son Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777k) is 
amended— 
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‘‘(B) Of the amounts used by the Secretary each fis-
cal year under subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) not less than $2,500,000 is available to en-
sure compliance with chapter 43 of this title; and 
‘‘(ii) not more than $1,500,000 is available to 
conduct a survey, not more than once every 3 years, 
of levels of recreational boating participation and re-
lated matters in the United States.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘No funds’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘On and after October 1, 2015, no 
funds’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘traditionally’’. 
SEC. 4. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—On the date on which the Presi-
dent submits to Congress a budget for fiscal year 2017 
and for each fiscal year thereafter, the Director of the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall submit to 
Congress an assessment of the administrative services pro-
vided by such Service under the Dingell-Johnson Sport 
Fish Restoration Act to the States and the sportfishing 
community. 
(b) CONTENTS.—Each assessment under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
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(1) The percentage of grant awards and amend-
ments completed within 45 days after receipt of a 
complete grant application, the average number of 
days to process new grant applications, and the av-
erage number of days to process grant amendment 
requests. 
(2) Which wildlife and sport fish restoration 
policies are currently being updated, the start time 
for each update, and the anticipated completion time 
for each update. 
(3) The number of Federal assistance work-
shops held with States and such Service in efforts to 
communicate fiscal policies and procedures to State 
agencies. 
(4) The average time to respond to requests 
from States for assistance, based on initial notifica-
tion or assistance requests initiated by a State. 
(5) The number of States with unresolved rec-
onciliation of land records and the number of correc-
tive action plans with open actions. 
(6) The number of employees of such Service 
with grants management training and the number of 
such employees with outstanding training require-
ments, and the number of State fish and wildlife 
staff who have received training through the Wildlife 
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and Sport Fish Restoration Fund Program of such 
Service. 
(7) The number of full-time positions of such 
Service filled and vacant, including the associated 
position titles and paygrades, that contribute to 
grant processing and related grant management in 
each Service region and at Service headquarters. 
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