I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4844 
To ensure that amounts credited to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund 
are used for harbor maintenance. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 15, 2010 
Mr. BOUSTANY (for himself and Mr. STUPAK) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To ensure that amounts credited to the Harbor Maintenance 
Trust Fund are used for harbor maintenance. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FUNDING FOR HARBOR MAINTENANCE PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND GUAR-
ANTEE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The total budget resources 
made available from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 
Fund each fiscal year pursuant to section 9505(c) of 
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the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to ex-
penditures from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 
Fund) shall be equal to the level of receipts plus in-
terest credited to the Harbor Maintenance Trust 
Fund for that fiscal year. Such amounts may be 
used only for harbor maintenance programs de-
scribed in section 9505(c) of such Code. 
(2) GUARANTEE.—No funds may be appro-
priated for harbor maintenance programs described 
in such section unless the amount described in para-
graph (1) has been provided. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) TOTAL
BUDGET
RESOURCES.—The term 
‘‘total budget resources’’ means the total amount 
made available by appropriations Acts from the Har-
bor Maintenance Trust Fund for a fiscal year for 
making expenditures under section 9505(c) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
(2) LEVEL OF RECEIPTS PLUS INTEREST.—The 
term ‘‘level of receipts plus interest’’ means the level 
of taxes and interest credited to the Harbor Mainte-
nance Trust Fund under section 9505 of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 for a fiscal year as set 
forth in the President’s budget baseline projection as 
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defined in section 257 of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 
99–177) for that fiscal year submitted pursuant to 
section 1105 of title 31, United States Code. 
(c) ENFORCEMENT OF GUARANTEES.—It shall not be 
in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate 
to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, 
or conference report that would cause total budget re-
sources in a fiscal year for harbor maintenance programs 
described in subsection (b)(1) for such fiscal year to be 
less than the amount required by subsection (a)(1) for 
such fiscal year. 
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