SEC. 806. AMENDMENT TO TITLE XI OF THE MERCHANT MA-
RINE ACT, 1936.
Section 1101(b) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936
(46 App. U.S.C. 1271(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘pas-
senger cargo’’ and inserting ‘‘passenger, cargo,’’.
SEC. 807. PERMITS FOR VESSELS ENTERING UNITS OF NA-
TIONAL PARK SYSTEM.
(a) PRIORITY.—Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Secretary of the Interior may not permit a per-
son to operate a vessel in any unit of the National Park
System except in accordance with the following priority:
(1) First, any person that—
(A) will operate a vessel that is docu-
mented under the laws of, and the home port
of which is located in, the United States; or
(B) holds rights to provide visitor services
under section 1307(a) of the Alaska National
Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C.
3197(A)).
(2) Second, any person that will operate a ves-
sel that—
(A) is documented under the laws of a for-
eign country, and
(B) on the date of the enactment of this
Act is permitted to be operated by the person
in the unit.
(3) Third, any person that will operate a vessel
other than a vessel described in paragraph (1) or
(2).
(b) REVOCATION OF PERMITS FOR FOREIGN-DOCU-
MENTED VESSELS.—The Secretary of the Interior shall
revoke or refuse to renew permission granted by the Sec-
retary for the operation of a vessel documented under the
laws of a foreign country in a unit of the National Park
System, if—
(1) a person requests permission to operate a
vessel documented under the laws of the United
States in that unit; and
(2) the permission may not be granted because
of a limit on the number of permits that may be is-
sued for that operation.
(c) RESTRICTIONS ON REVOCATION OF PERMITS.—
The Secretary of the Interior may not revoke or refuse
to renew permission under subsection (b) for any person
holding rights to provide visitor services under section
1307(a) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 3197(a)).
(d) RETURN OF PERMITS.—Any person whose per-
mission to provide visitors services in a unit of the Na-
tional Park System has been revoked or not renewed
under subsection (b) shall have the right of first refusal
to a permit to provide visitors services in that unit of the
National Park System that becomes available when the
conditions described in subsection (b) no longer apply.
Such right shall be limited to the number of permits which
are revoked or not renewed.
TITLE IX—BOATING
IMPROVEMENT
SEC. 901. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Boating Improvement
Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 902. BOATING SAFETY GRANTS.
(a) TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS FOR STATE BOATING
SAFETY PROGRAMS.—
(1) TRANSFERS.—Section 4(b) of the Act of
August 9, 1950 (16 U.S.C. 777c(b)), is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(b)(1) Of the balance of each annual appropriation
remaining after making the distribution under subsection
(a), an amount equal to $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1995,
$40,000,000 for fiscal year 1996, $55,000,000 for fiscal
year 1997, and $69,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1998
and 1999, shall, subject to paragraph (2), be used as fol-
lows:
‘‘(A) A sum equal to $7,500,000 of the amount
available for fiscal year 1995, and a sum equal to
$10,000,000 of the amount available for each of fis-
cal years 1996 and 1997, shall be available for use
by the Secretary of the Interior for grants under
section 5604(c) of the Clean Vessel Act of 1992.
Any portion of such a sum available for a fiscal year
that is not obligated for those grants before the end
of the following fiscal year shall be transferred to
the Secretary of Transportation and shall be ex-
pended by the Secretary of Transportation for State
recreational boating safety programs under section
13106 of title 46, United States Code.
‘‘(B) A sum equal to $7,500,000 of the amount
available for fiscal year 1995, $30,000,000 of the
amount available for fiscal year 1996, $45,000,000
of the amount available for fiscal year 1997, and
$59,000,000 of the amount available for each of fis-
cal years 1998 and 1999, shall be transferred to the
Secretary of Transportation and shall be expended
by the Secretary of Transportation for State rec-
reational boating safety programs under section
13106 of title 46, United States Code.
‘‘(C) A sum equal to $10,000,000 of the
amount available for each of fiscal years 1998 and
1999 shall be available for use by the Secretary of
the Interior for—
‘‘(i) grants under section 903(e) of the
Boating Improvement Act of 1994; and
‘‘(ii) grants under section 5604(c) of the
Clean Vessel Act of 1992.
Any portion of such a sum available for a fiscal year that
is not obligated for those grants before the end of the fol-
lowing fiscal year shall be transferred to the Secretary of
Transportation and shall be expended by the Secretary of
Transportation for State recreational boating safety pro-
grams under section 13106 of title 46, United States
Code.
‘‘(2)(A) Beginning with fiscal year 1996, the amount
transferred under paragraph (1)(B) for a fiscal year shall
be reduced by the lesser of—
‘‘(i) the amount appropriated to the Secretary
of Transportation for that fiscal year to carry out
the purposes of section 13106 of title 46, United
States Code, from the Boat Safety Account in the
Aquatic Resources Trust Fund established under
section 9504 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
or
‘‘(ii) $35,000,000; or
‘‘(iii) for fiscal year 1996 only, $30,000,000.
‘‘(B) The amount of any reduction under subpara-
graph (A) shall be apportioned among the several States
under subsection (d) by the Secretary of the Interior.’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
5604(c)(1) of the Clean Vessel Act of 1992 (33
U.S.C. 1322 note) is amended by striking ‘‘section
4(b)(2) of the Act of August 9, 1950 (16 U.S.C.
777c(b)(2), as amended by this Act)’’ and inserting
‘‘section 4(b)(1) of the Act of August 9, 1950 (16
U.S.C. 777c(b)(1))’’.
(3) LIMITATION
ON
OTHER
DISTRIBUTION.—
Notwithstanding any other law, the amount distrib-
uted under section 4(a) of the Act of August 9,
1950 (16 U.S.C. 777c(a)), in fiscal year 1996 may
not exceed $50,000,000.
(b) EXPENDITURE OF AMOUNTS FOR STATE REC-
REATIONAL
BOATING
SAFETY
PROGRAMS.—Section
13106 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1) by striking the first
sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘Subject to
paragraph (2), the Secretary shall expend under
contracts with States under this chapter in each fis-
cal year for State recreational boating safety pro-
grams an amount equal to the sum of the amount
appropriated from the Boat Safety Account for that
fiscal year plus the amount transferred to the Sec-
retary under section 4(b)(1) of the Act of August 9,
1950 (16 U.S.C. 777c(b)(1)) for that fiscal year.’’;
and
(2) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(c) For expenditure under this chapter for State rec-
reational boating safety programs there are authorized to
be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation from
the Boat Safety Account established under section
9503(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26
U.S.C. 9503(c)(4)) not more than $35,000,000 each fiscal
year.’’.
SEC. 903. BOATING ACCESS.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
(1) Nontrailerable recreational motorboats con-
tribute 15 percent of the gasoline taxes deposited in
the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund while constitut-
ing less than 5 percent of the recreational vessels in
the United States.
(2) The majority of recreational vessel access
facilities constructed with Aquatic Resources Trust
Fund moneys benefit trailerable recreational vessels.
(3) More Aquatic Resources Trust Fund mon-
eys should be spent on recreational vessel access fa-
cilities that benefit recreational vessels that are
nontrailerable vessels.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to pro-
vide funds to States for the development of public facilities
for transient nontrailerable vessels.
(c) SURVEY.—Within 18 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, any State may complete and submit
to the Secretary of the Interior a survey which identifies—
(1) the number and location in the State of all
public facilities for transient nontrailerable vessels;
and
(2) the number and areas of operation in the
State of all nontrailerable vessels that operate on
navigable waters in the State.
(d) PLAN.—Within 6 months after submitting a sur-
vey to the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with
subsection (c), a State may develop and submit to the Sec-
retary of the Interior a plan for the construction and ren-
ovation of public facilities for transient nontrailerable ves-
sels to meet the needs of nontrailerable vessels operating
on navigable waters in the State.
(e) GRANT PROGRAM.—
(1) MATCHING GRANTS.—The Secretary of the
Interior may obligate not less than 1⁄2 of the amount
made available for each of fiscal years 1998 and
1999 under section 4(b)(1)(C) of the Act of August
9, 1950, as amended by section 902(a)(1) of this
title, to make grants to any State to pay not more
than 75 percent of the cost of constructing or ren-
ovating public facilities for transient nontrailerable
vessels.
(2) PRIORITIES.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—In awarding grants
under this subsection, the Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall give priority to projects that consist
of the construction or renovation of public fa-
cilities for transient nontrailerable vessels in ac-
cordance with a plan submitted by a State sub-
mitted under subsection (b).
(B) WITHIN STATE.—In awarding grants
under this subsection for projects in a particu-
lar State, the Secretary of the Interior shall
give priority to projects that are likely to serve
the greatest number of nontrailerable vessels.
SEC. 904. DEFINITIONS.
For the purpose of this title the term—
(1) ‘‘Act of August 9, 1950’’ means the Act en-
titled ‘‘An Act to provide that the United States
shall aid the States in fish restoration and manage-
ment projects, and for other purposes’’, approved
August 9, 1950 (16 U.S.C. 777a et seq.);
(2) ‘‘nontrailerable vessel’’ means a recreational
vessel greater than 26 feet in length;
(3) ‘‘public facilities for transient nontrailerable
vessels’’ means mooring buoys, day-docks, seasonal
slips or similar structures located on navigable wa-
ters, that are available to the general public and de-
signed for temporary use by nontrailerable vessels;
(4) ‘‘recreational vessel’’ means a vessel—
(A) operated primarily for pleasure; or
(B) leased, rented, or chartered to another
for the latter’s pleasure; and
(5) ‘‘State’’ means each of the several States of
the United States, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American
Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.