Title: Sport Fish Restoration, Recreational Boating Safety, and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2021
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Sport Fish Restoration, Recreational Boating Safety, and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2021
This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund, which provides funding for, including fisheries conservation and management, water and boating infrastructure, and recreational boating safety, among other things. The bill modifies use of the Federal Aid to Wildlife Restoration Fund, which supports wildlife restoration, conservation, and hunter education and safety programs.
Of the funds disbursed for the purposes of the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council, a portion of such funds remaining unobligated prior to FY2020 shall be used to study (1) the impact of derelict recreational vessels on recreational boating safety and recreational fishing, and (2) the options and methods for recycling for recreational vessels.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) shall conduct a study on recreational boating access. In carrying out the study, the GAO shall consult with the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council and the National Boating Safety Advisory Council on the design, scope, and priorities of such study.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3702 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3702

To amend the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act with respect to 
 sport fish restoration and recreational boating safety, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 4, 2021

Mrs. Dingell (for herself, Mr. Graves of Louisiana, Mr. Westerman, Mr. 
 Veasey, Mr. Wittman, Mrs. Murphy of Florida, and Mr. Austin Scott of 
   Georgia) introduced the following 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sport Fish Restoration, Recreational 
Boating Safety, and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. DIVISION OF ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 4 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish 
Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777c) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``2021'' and inserting 
        ``2025'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``2021'' and inserting ``2025''; and
                            (ii) by amending subparagraph (B) to read 
                        as follows--
                    ``(B) Available amounts.--The available amount 
                referred to in subparagraph (A) is--
                            ``(i) for fiscal year 2022, $12,786,434, 
                        adjusted for inflation as described in clause 
                        (ii)(II)(bb); and
                            ``(ii) for fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal 
                        year thereafter, the sum of--
                                    ``(I) the available amount for the 
                                preceding fiscal year; and
                                    ``(II) the amount determined by 
                                multiplying--
                                            ``(aa) the available amount 
                                        for the preceding fiscal year; 
                                        and
                                            ``(bb) the change, relative 
                                        to the preceding fiscal year, 
                                        in the Consumer Price Index for 
                                        All Urban Consumers published 
                                        by the Department of Labor.''; 
                                        and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``2016 
                        through 2021'' and inserting ``2022 through 
                        2025''; and
                            (ii) by amending subparagraph (B) to read 
                        as follows--
                    ``(B) Available amounts.--The available amount 
                referred to in subparagraph (A) is--
                            ``(i) for fiscal year 2021, $8,988,700; and
                            ``(ii) for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal 
                        year thereafter, the sum of--
                                    ``(I) the available amount for the 
                                preceding fiscal year; and
                                    ``(II) the amount determined by 
                                multiplying--
                                            ``(aa) the available amount 
                                        for the preceding fiscal year; 
                                        and
                                            ``(bb) the change, relative 
                                        to the preceding fiscal year, 
                                        in the Consumer Price Index for 
                                        All Urban Consumers published 
                                        by the Department of Labor.''; 
                                        and
            (3) in subsection (e)(2), by striking ``$900,000'' and 
        inserting ``$1,300,000''.
    (b) Administration.--Section 9(a) of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish 
Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777h(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``on a full-time basis''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``for work hours the employee 
                spends directly administering this Act, as such hours 
                are certified by the supervisor of the employee'' after 
                ``administer this Act'';
            (2) by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraphs 
        (3) through (12) as paragraphs (2) through (11), respectively;
            (3) by striking ``paragraphs (1) and (2)'' and inserting 
        ``paragraph (1)'' each place it appears;
            (4) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``full-time'';
            (5) in paragraph (8)(A), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``on a full-time basis'';
            (6) in paragraph (9), as so redesignated, by striking ``on 
        a full-time basis''; and
            (7) in paragraph (10), as so redesignated--
                    (A) by inserting ``or a part-time basis'' after 
                ``on a full-time basis''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``provided that the percentage of 
                relocation expenses paid with funds under this chapter 
                do not exceed the percentage of work hours the employee 
                spends administering this Act'' after ``at which the 
                relocation expenses are incurred''.
    (c) Other Activities.--Section 14(e) of the Dingell-Johnson Sport 
Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777m(e)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
            ``(3) A portion, as determined by the Sport Fishing and 
        Boating Partnership Council, of funds disbursed for the 
        purposes described in paragraph (2) but remaining unobligated 
        prior to fiscal year 2020 shall be used to study--
                    ``(A) the impact of derelict recreational vessels 
                on recreational boating safety and recreational 
                fishing; and
                    ``(B) identify options and methods for recycling 
                for recreational vessels.''.

SEC. 3. RECREATIONAL BOATING ACCESS.

    (a) In General.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
conduct a study on recreational boating access. In carrying out such 
study, the Comptroller General shall consult with the Sport Fishing and 
Boating Partnership Council and the National Boating Safety Advisory 
Council on the design, scope, and priorities of such study.
    (b) Contents.--To the extent practicable, the study required under 
subsection (a) shall contain a description of--
            (1) the use of nonmotorized vessels in each State and how 
        the increased use of nonmotorized vessels is impacting 
        motorized and nonmotorized vessel access to waterway entry 
        points;
            (2) recreational fishing and boating user conflicts 
        concerning motorized and nonmotorized vessels at waterway 
        access points; and
            (3) the use of funds provided under the Dingell-Johnson 
        Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777 et seq.) for--
                    (A) the sport fish restoration program to improve 
                nonmotorized vessel access at waterway entry points and 
                the reasons for providing such access; and
                    (B) the Recreational Boating Safety Program funds 
                for nonmotorized boating safety programs.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Sport Fishing and 
Boating Partnership Council, the Committees on Natural Resources and 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and 
the Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Environment 
and Public Works of the Senate a report containing the study required 
under this section.
    (d) State Defined.--In this section, the term ``State'' means any 
State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and 
the Northern Mariana Islands, and the territories of Guam, the U.S. 
Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.

SEC. 4. WILDLIFE RESTORATION FUND ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) Allocation and Apportionment of Available Amounts.--Section 4 
of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669c), is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)(B)--
                    (A) in clause (i) by striking ``for each of fiscal 
                years 2001 and 2002, $9,000,000;'' and inserting the 
                following: ``for fiscal year 2022, $12,786,434, 
                adjusted for inflation as described in clause 
                (ii)(II)(bb);''; and
                    (B) by striking clauses (ii) and (iii) and 
                inserting the following:
                            ``(ii) for fiscal year 2023, and each 
                        fiscal year thereafter, the sum of--
                                    ``(I) the available amount for the 
                                preceding fiscal year; and
                                    ``(II) the amount determined by 
                                multiplying--
                                            ``(aa) the available amount 
                                        for the preceding fiscal year; 
                                        and
                                            ``(bb) the change, relative 
                                        to the preceding fiscal year, 
                                        in the Consumer Price Index for 
                                        All Urban Consumers published 
                                        by the Department of Labor.''; 
                                        and
            (2) in subsection (a)(2)(A) by striking ``the end of the 
        fiscal year'' and inserting ``the end of the subsequent fiscal 
        year''.
    (b) Authorized Expenses for Administration.--Section 9(a) of the 
Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669h(a)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``on a full-time basis''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``for the work hours the employee 
                spends directly administering this Act, as such hours 
                are certified by the supervisor of the employee'' after 
                ``administer this Act'';
            (2) by striking ``paragraphs (1) and (2)'' and inserting 
        ``paragraph (1)'' each place it appears;
            (3) by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraphs 
        (3) through (12) as paragraphs (2) through (11), respectively;
            (4) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``full-time'';
            (5) in paragraph (8)(A), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``on a full-time basis'';
            (6) in paragraph (9), as so redesignated, by striking ``on 
        a full-time basis''; and
            (7) in paragraph (10), as so redesignated--
                    (A) by inserting ``or a part-time basis'' after 
                ``on a full-time basis''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``, provided that the percentage 
                of relocation expenses paid with funds under this 
                chapter do not exceed the percentage of work hours the 
                employee spends administering this Act'' after ``at 
                which the relocation expenses are incurred''.

SEC. 5. SPORT FISH RESTORATION AND BOATING TRUST FUND.

    Section 13107(c)(2) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``No funds available'' and inserting ``On or after October 1, 
2023 no funds available,''.

SEC. 6. SPORT FISHING AND BOATING PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL.

    The Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council established by 
the Secretary of the Interior shall be a Federal advisory committee of 
both the Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce, and 
the secretaries of Interior and Commerce shall jointly carry out the 
requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act with respect to the 
Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council.
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