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Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Construction Reform Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CONSTRUCTION REFORMS.

(a) Application of Industry Standards; Assistance.--Section 8103 of
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsections:
''(f) To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall use
industry standards, standard designs, and best practices in carrying
out the construction of medical facilities.
''(g)(1) The Secretary shall provide to a non-Department Federal
entity with which the Secretary has entered into an agreement under
subsection (e)--
''(A) design, planning, and construction assistance before
the entity issues a request for proposals for the design or
construction of the super construction project covered by the
agreement;
''(B) any documents or information needed for the entity to
carry out the responsibilities of the entity with respect to
the super construction project; and
''(C) upon the request of the entity, any other assistance
that the entity determines necessary to carry out such
responsibilities.
''(2) Any assistance provided under paragraph (1) shall be provided
to the non-Department Federal entity on a non-reimbursable basis.
''(h)(1) With respect to a proposed change to a contract entered
into by a non-Department Federal entity with which the Secretary has
entered into an agreement under subsection (e) that is estimated at a
value of less than $250,000, the non-Department Federal entity shall
issue a final decision regarding such change not later than 30 days
after the date on which the change is proposed.
''(2) With respect to a proposed change to such a contract that is
estimated at a value of $250,000 or more--
''(A) the Secretary may provide to the entity the
recommendations of the Secretary regarding such change;
''(B) during the 30-day period beginning on the date on
which the entity furnishes to the Secretary information
regarding such change, the Secretary may issue the final
decision regarding such change; and
''(C) if the Secretary does not issue a final decision
under subparagraph (B), during the 30-day period following the
period described in such paragraph, the entity shall issue a
final decision regarding such a change no later than 90 days
from when the entity furnished information regarding such a
change to the Secretary.
''(i) The Secretary shall ensure that each employee of the
Department with responsibilities relating to the construction or
alteration of medical facilities, including such construction or
alteration carried out pursuant to contracts or agreements, undergoes a
program of ongoing professional training and development. Such program
shall be designed to ensure that employees maintain adequate expertise
relating to industry standards and best practices for the acquisition
of design and construction services. The Secretary may provide the
program under this subsection through a contract or agreement with a
non-Federal entity or with a non-Department Federal entity.''.
(b) Limitation on Planning and Design for Super Construction
Projects.--
(1) In general.--Section 8104(a) of title 38, United States
Code, is amended--
(A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph
(4);
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following
new paragraph (3):
''(3) The Secretary may not obligate or expend funds for advance
planning or design for any super construction project, until the date
that is 60 days after the date on which the Secretary submits to the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of
the Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives notice of such
obligation or expenditure.''; and
(C) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by paragraph
(1) of this subsection, by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:
''(C) The term 'super construction project' means a project
for the construction, alteration, or acquisition of a medical
facility involving a total expenditure of more than
$100,000,000, but such term does not include an acquisition by
exchange.''.
(2) Applicability.--The amendments made by paragraph (1)
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and
shall apply with respect to a construction project that is
initiated on or after that date.
(c) Congressional Approval of Certain Projects.--
(1) Projects that exceed specified amount.--Subsection (c)
of section 8104 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to
read as follows:
''(c)(1) The Secretary may not obligate funds for a major medical
facility project or a super construction project approved by a law
described in subsection (a)(2) in an amount that would cause the total
amount obligated for that project to exceed the amount specified in the
law for that project (or would add to total obligations exceeding such
specified amount) by more than 10 percent unless the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and
the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives each approve in writing the obligation
of those funds.
''(2) The Secretary shall--
''(A) enter into a contract with an appropriate non-
department Federal entity with the ability to conduct forensic
audits on medical facility projects for the conduct of an
external forensic audit of the expenditures relating to any
major medical facility or super construction project for which
the total expenditures exceed the amount specified in the law
for the project by more than 25 percent; and
''(B) enter into a contract with an appropriate non-
department Federal entity with the ability to conduct forensic
audits on medical facility projects for the conduct of an
external audit of the medical center construction project in
Aurora, Colorado.''.
(2) Use of extra amounts.--Subsection (d) of such section
is amended--
(A) in paragraph (2)(B), in the matter preceding
clause (i), by striking ''Whenever'' and inserting
''Before''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
''(3) The Secretary may not obligate any funds described in
paragraph (1) or amounts described in paragraph (2) before the date
that is 30 days after the notification submitted under paragraph (1) or
paragraph (2)(B), as the case may be, unless the Committee on Veterans'
Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives each approve in writing the obligation of
those funds or amounts.''.
(3) Notification requirements.--
(A) Committees required.--Subsection (d)(1) of such
section is amended by striking ''each committee'' and
inserting ''the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives''.
(B) Use of amounts from bid savings.--Subsection
(d)(2)(B) of such section is amended by adding at the
end the following new clause:
''(iv) With respect to the major construction project that
is the source of the bid savings--
''(I) the amounts already obligated or available in
the project reserve for such project;
''(II) the percentage of such project that has been
completed; and
''(III) the amount of such bid savings that is
already obligated or otherwise being used for a purpose
other than such project.''.
(d) Quarterly Report on Super Construction Projects.--
(1) In general.--At the end of subchapter I of chapter 81
of title 38, United States Code, add the following new section:
''Sec. 8120. Quarterly report on super construction projects
''(a) Quarterly Reports Required.--Not later than 30 days after the
last day of each fiscal quarter the Secretary shall submit to the
Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of
Representatives on the super construction projects carried out by the
Secretary during such quarter. Each such report shall include, for each
such project--
''(1) the budgetary and scheduling status of the project,
as of the last day of the quarter covered by the report; and
''(2) the actual cost and schedule variances of the
project, as of such day, compared to the planned cost and
schedules for the project.
''(b) Super Construction Project Defined.--In this section, the
term 'super construction project' has the meaning given such term in
section 8104(a)(4)(C) of this title.''.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of the chapter is amended by adding at the end of the
items relating to such subchapter the following new item:

''8120. Quarterly report on super construction projects.''.
(e) Accelerated Master Planning for Each Medical Facility of the
Department of Veterans Affairs.--
(1) Existing facilities.--Not later than December 31, 2016,
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall complete a master plan
described in paragraph (3) for each medical facility of the
Department of Veterans Affairs.
(2) New facilities.--For each medical facility of the
Department for which construction is completed after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a
master plan described in paragraph (3) for the facility by not
later than the earlier of the following dates:
(A) The date on which activation is completed.
(B) The date of the formal dedication of the
facility.
(3) Master plan described.--A master plan described in this
paragraph is, with respect to a medical facility of the
Department, a plan to inform investment decisions and funding
requests over a 10-year period for construction projects at
such medical facility--
(A) to meet the health care needs of a changing
veteran population through a combination of health care
from the Department and other community resources; and
(B) to maximize the best use of the land and
structures comprising such medical facility.

SEC. 3. ASSISTANT INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR CONSTRUCTION.

(a) In General.--Chapter 3 of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 312 the following new section:
''Sec. 312A. Assistant Inspector General for Construction
''(a) In General.--There is in the Office of Inspector General an
Assistant Inspector General for Construction. The Assistant Inspector
General for Construction is responsible for conducting, supervising,
and coordinating audits, evaluations, and investigations of the
planning, design, contracting, execution, and construction of
facilities and infrastructure of the Department, including major and
minor construction projects and leases.
''(b) Qualifications.--Each individual appointed as Assistant
Inspector General for Construction shall be an individual who has
expertise in construction and facilities management.
''(c) Reports.--(1) Not later than 60 days after the appointment of
an individual as the Assistant Inspector General for Construction, and
every calendar quarter thereafter, the Assistant Inspector General for
Construction shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the
Senate and House of Representatives a report summarizing the activities
of the Assistant Inspector General for Construction during the 120-day
period ending on the date of such report.
''(2) In addition to the report required in paragraph (1), and the
requirements contained in section 5 of the Inspector General Act of
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), the Assistant Inspector General for Construction
shall promptly provide to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the
Senate and House of Representatives the findings of any investigation
undertaken by the Assistant Inspector General for Construction, and
shall notify the Committees promptly if the Assistant Inspector General
for Construction identifies any serious or flagrant problem or
deficiency relating to the administration or operation of any
construction program of the Department, if, during the course of any
investigation, the Assistant Inspector General for Construction
determines that Congress should take immediate action.
''(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to authorize
the public disclosure of information that is--
''(A) specifically prohibited from disclosure by any other
provision of law;
''(B) specifically required by Executive Order to be
protected from disclosure in the interest of national defense
or national security or in the conduct of foreign affairs; or
''(C) a part of an ongoing criminal investigation.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section
312 the following new item:

''312A. Assistant Inspector General for Construction.''.

Passed the House of Representatives February 9, 2016.

Attest:

KAREN L. HAAS,

Clerk.
Example Output: Construction Reform Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to use industry standards, standard designs, and best practices in carrying out medical facility construction. A super construction project is one for the construction, alteration, or acquisition of a medical facility involving a total expenditure of more than $100 million (but does not include an acquisition by exchange). The VA shall provide, on a non-reimbursable basis, a non-VA federal entity with: (1) design, planning, and construction assistance; (2) project documents; and (3) other assistance upon request. With respect to a proposed change to a contract entered into by a non-VA federal entity with which the VA has entered into an agreement that is estimated at a value of less than $250,000, the entity shall issue a final decision regarding such change within 30 days. With respect to a proposed contract change estimated at a value of $250,000 or more: the VA may make recommendations to the entity; the VA may issue the final decision regarding the change within 30 days after the entity proposes it; and if the VA does not issue a final decision within 60 days after the entity proposes the contract change, the entity shall issue a final decision regarding the change no later than 90 days after it proposes the change. The VA shall ensure that each VA employee with responsibilities relating to the construction or alteration of medical facilities undergoes ongoing professional training and development. The VA is prohibited from: obligating or expending funds for advance planning or design for any super construction project until 60 days after congressional notification, obligating funds for a major medical facility project or a super construction project by more than 10% of the amount approved by law unless certain congressional committees approve the obligation, or using bid savings amounts or funds for other than their original purpose before 30 days after notifying those committees unless each committee approves the obligation. The VA shall enter into a contract with an appropriate non-department federal entity to conduct an external forensic audit of: (1) the medical center construction project in Aurora, Colorado; and (2) the expenditures relating to any major medical facility or super construction project when such expenditures exceed the amount approved by law by more than 25%. The VA must complete a 10-year master plan for: (1) each existing VA medical facility by December 31, 2016, and (2) each new VA medical facility by not later than the earlier of the date on which activation is completed or the date of the facility's formal dedication. (Sec. 3) There is established in the Office of Inspector General an Assistant Inspector General for Construction who shall be responsible for conducting, supervising, and coordinating audits, evaluations, and investigations of the planning, design, contracting, and construction of VA facilities and infrastructure, including major and minor construction projects and leases.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Stronger Tobacco Warning Labels to
Save Lives Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO FEDERAL CIGARETTE AND LABELING ADVERTISING ACT.

(a) Amendment.--The Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act
(15 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) is amended by striking section 4 and inserting
the following:

''SEC. 4. LABELING.

''(a) Label.--
''(1) In general.--It shall be unlawful for any person to
manufacture, package, or import for sale or distribution within
the United States any cigarettes the package of which fails to
bear, in accordance with the requirements of this section, a
warning label.
''(2) Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall promulgate
regulations describing the warning label required by paragraph
(1).
''(3) Content of label.--The regulations promulgated under
paragraph (2) shall ensure that the text of each warning label
addresses one of the following:
''(A) Diseases or fatal health conditions caused by
cigarette smoking.
''(B) Any physical addiction that results from
cigarette smoking.
''(C) The influence that cigarette smoking by
adults has on young children and teenagers and the
consequences of such use.
''(D) The health hazards of secondhand smoke from
cigarettes.
''(4) Graphics.--
''(A) In general.--The regulations promulgated
under paragraph (2) shall ensure that each warning
label contains a color graphic or picture that
illustrates or emphasizes to the greatest practicable
extent the message of the text of the corresponding
warning label.
''(B) Contents.--The graphics described in
subparagraph (A) shall enhance the message of the text
of the warning label and may include a color picture of
one of the following:
''(i) A diseased lung, heart, or mouth.
''(ii) An individual suffering from
addiction.
''(iii) Children watching an adult smoke a
cigarette.
''(iv) An individual adversely affected by
secondhand smoke from a cigarette, including
pregnant women or infants.
''(b) Advertising.--It shall be unlawful for any manufacturer or
importer of cigarettes to advertise or cause to be advertised within
the United States any cigarette unless the advertising bears, in
accordance with the requirements of this section, one of the warning
label statements required by subsection (a).
''(c) Requirements for Labeling.--
''(1) Location.--Each label statement required by
subsection (a) shall be located on the upper portion of the
front and back panels of the cigarette package (or carton) and
occupy not less than 50 percent of each panel.
''(2) Type and color.--Each label statement required by
subsection (a) shall be printed in at least 17 point type with
adjustments as determined appropriate by the Secretary. All the
letters in the label shall appear in conspicuous and legible
type, in contrast by typography, layout, or color with all
other printed material on the package, and be printed in a
black-on-white or white-on-black format as determined
appropriate by the Secretary.
''(d) Requirements for Advertising.--
''(1) Location.--Each label statement required by
subsection (b) shall occupy not less than 50 percent of the
area of the advertisement involved.
''(2) Type and color.--
''(A) Type.--Each label statement required by
subsection (b) shall be printed in a point type that is
not less than the following types:
''(i) With respect to whole page
advertisements on broadsheet newspaper--45
point type.
''(ii) With respect to half page
advertisements on broadsheet newspaper--39
point type.
''(iii) With respect to whole page
advertisements on tabloid newspaper--39 point
type.
''(iv) With respect to half page
advertisements on tabloid newspaper--27 point
type.
''(v) With respect to DPS magazine
advertisements--31.5 point type.
''(vi) With respect to whole page magazine
advertisements--31.5 point type.
''(vii) With respect to 28cm x 3 column
advertisements--22.5 point type.
''(viii) With respect to 20cm x 2 column
advertisements--15 point type.
The Secretary may revise the required type sizes as the
Secretary determines appropriate within the 50 percent
requirement.
''(B) Color.--All the letters in the label under
this paragraph shall appear in conspicuous and legible
type, in contrast by typography, layout, or color with
all other printed material and be printed in an
alternating black-on-white and white-on-black format as
determined appropriate by the Secretary.
''(e) Rotation of Label Statements.--
''(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
label statements specified in subsections (a) and (b) shall be
rotated by each manufacturer or importer of cigarettes
quarterly in alternating sequence on packages of each brand of
cigarettes manufactured by the manufacturer or importer and in
the advertisements for each such brand of cigarettes in
accordance with a plan submitted by the manufacturer or
importer and approved by the Federal Trade Commission. The
Federal Trade Commission shall approve a plan submitted by a
manufacturer or importer of cigarettes which will provide the
rotation required by this subsection and which assures that all
of the labels required by subsections (a) and (b) will be
displayed by the manufacturer or importer at the same time.
''(2) Application of other rotation requirements.--
''(A) In general.--A manufacturer or importer of
cigarettes may apply to the Federal Trade Commission to
have the label rotation described in subparagraph (C)
apply with respect to a brand style of cigarettes
manufactured or imported by such manufacturer or
importer if--
''(i) the number of cigarettes of such
brand style sold in the fiscal year by the
manufacturer or importer preceding the
submission of the application is less than /
4\ of 1 percent of all the cigarettes sold in
the United States in such year; and
''(ii) more than /2\ of the cigarettes
manufactured or imported by such manufacturer
or importer for sale in the United States are
packaged into brand styles which meet the
requirements of clause (i).
If an application is approved by the Commission, the
label rotation described in subparagraph (C) shall
apply with respect to the applicant during the 1-year
period beginning on the date of the application
approval.
''(B) Plan.--An applicant under subparagraph (A)
shall include in its application a plan under which the
label statements specified in subsection (a) will be
rotated by the applicant manufacturer or importer in
accordance with the label rotation described in
subparagraph (C).
''(C) Other rotation requirements.--Under the label
rotation which the manufacturer or importer with an
approved application may put into effect, each of the
labels specified in subsection (a) shall appear on the
packages of each brand style of cigarettes with respect
to which the application was approved an equal number
of times within the 12-month period beginning on the
date of the approval by the Commission of the
application.
''(f) Application of Requirement.--Subsection (a) does not apply to
a distributor or a retailer of cigarettes who does not manufacture,
package, or import cigarettes for sale or distribution within the
United States.
''(g) Cigars; Pipe Tobacco.--
''(1) In general.--The Secretary shall promulgate such
regulations as may be necessary to establish warning labels for
cigars and pipe tobacco. Such regulations shall require
content-specific messages regarding health hazards posed by
cigars and pipe tobacco, include graphic illustrations of such
content messages, as is required under subsection (a), and be
formatted in a clear and unambiguous manner, as is required
under subsection (a).
''(2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
''(A) Cigar.--The term 'cigar' means any roll of
tobacco wrapped in leaf tobacco or in any substance
containing tobacco (other than any roll of tobacco that
is a cigarette or cigarillo).
''(B) Pipe tobacco.--The term 'pipe tobacco' means
any loose tobacco that, because of the appearance,
type, packaging or labeling of such tobacco, is likely
to be offered to, or purchased by, consumers as a
tobacco to be smoked in a pipe.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
effect 1 year after the date of enactment of this section.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE SMOKELESS TOBACCO HEALTH
EDUCATION ACT OF 1986.

(a) Amendment.--The Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health
Education Act of 1986 (15 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.) is amended by striking
section 3 and inserting the following:

''SEC. 3. SMOKELESS TOBACCO WARNING.

''(a) General Rule.--
''(1) Label on package.--It shall be unlawful for any
person to manufacture, package, or import for sale or
distribution within the United States any smokeless tobacco
product unless the product package bears, in accordance with
the requirements of this section, a warning label.
''(2) Label in advertisements.--It shall be unlawful for
any manufacturer, packager, or importer of smokeless tobacco
products to advertise or cause to be advertised within the
United States any smokeless tobacco product unless the
advertising bears, in accordance with the requirements of this
Act, one of the labels required by paragraph (1).
''(b) Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations
describing the warning labels required under subsection (a).
''(c) Content of Label.--The regulations promulgated under
subsection (b) shall ensure that the text of each warning label
addresses one of the following:
''(1) Diseases resulting from use of smokeless tobacco
products.
''(2) Any physical addiction that results from using
smokeless tobacco products.
''(3) The influence that use of smokeless tobacco products
by adults has on young children and teenagers and the
consequences of such use.
''(d) Number of Labels.--The regulations promulgated under
subsection (b) shall ensure that not less than 2 warning labels are
created for each subject matter described in paragraphs (1), (2), and
(3) of subsection (c). Such regulations shall also require that each
package of smokeless tobacco bear 1 warning label that shall be rotated
in accordance with subsection (g).
''(e) Graphics.--
''(1) In general.--The regulations promulgated under
subsection (b) shall ensure that each warning label required by
subsection (a) contains a color graphic or picture that
illustrates or emphasizes to the greatest practicable extent
the message of the text of the corresponding warning label.
''(2) Contents.--The graphics described in paragraph (1)
shall enhance the message of the text of the warning label and
may include a color picture of one of the following:
''(A) A diseased mouth or other physical effect of
using smokeless tobacco products.
''(B) An individual using a smokeless tobacco
product.
''(C) Children watching an adult use a smokeless
tobacco product.
''(f) Format.--
''(1) Location.--Each label statement required by
subsection (a)(1) shall be located on the principal display
panel of the product and occupy not less than 50 percent of
such panel.
''(2) Type and color.--Each label statement required by
subsection (a)(1) shall be printed in 17 point type with
adjustments as determined appropriate by the Secretary to
reflect the length of the required statement. All the letters
in the label shall appear in conspicuous and legible type in
contrast by typography, layout, or color with all other printed
material on the package and be printed in an alternating black
on white and white on black format as determined appropriate by
the Secretary.
''(g) Advertising and Rotation.--The provisions of sections (d) and
(e)(1) of the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (as
amended by the Stronger Tobacco Warning Labels to Save Lives Act) shall
apply to advertisements for smokeless tobacco products required under
subsection (a)(2) and the rotation of the label statements required
under subsection (a)(1) on such products.
''(h) Application of Requirement.--Subsection (a) does not apply to
a distributor or a retailer of smokeless tobacco products who does not
manufacture, package, or import such products for sale or distribution
within the United States.
''(i) Television and Radio Advertising.--It shall be unlawful to
advertise smokeless tobacco or cigars on any medium of electronic
communications subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal
Communications Commission.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
effect 1 year after the date of enactment of this section.
Example Output: Stronger Tobacco Warning Labels to Save Lives Act - Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act and the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986 to make it unlawful for any person to manufacture, package, or import for sale or distribution within the United States any cigarettes or smokeless tobacco products unless the product package bears, in accordance with the specified requirements of this Act, a warning label on the upper portion of the front and back panels of the cigarette package or carton. Specifies label requirements for advertisements. Requires the rotation of labels for both packages and advertisements in accordance with a Federal Trade Commission approved plan.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Sportfishing and Boating Improvement
Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF 1950 ACT.

Whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision of the
1950 Act, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or
other provision of the Act entitled ''An Act to provide that the United
States shall aid the States in fish restoration and management
projects, and for other purposes,'' approved August 9, 1950 (16 U.S.C.
777 et seq.), popularly known as the Federal Aid in Fish Restoration
Act.

SEC. 3. OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMS.

(a) Definitions.--Section 2 of the 1950 Act (16 U.S.C. 777a) is
amended--
(1) by indenting the left margin of so much of the text as
precedes ''(a)'' by 2 ems;
(2) by inserting ''For purposes of this Act--'' after the
section caption;
(3) by striking ''For the purpose of this Act the'' in the
first paragraph and inserting ''(1) the'';
(4) by indenting the left margin of so much of the text as
follows ''include--'' by 4 ems;
(5) by striking ''(a)'', ''(b)'', ''(c)'', and ''(d)'' and
inserting ''(A)'', ''(B)'', ''(C)'', and ''(D)'', respectively;
(6) by striking ''department.'' and inserting
''department;''; and
(7) by adding at the end thereof the following:
''(2) the term 'outreach and communications program' means
a program to improve communications with anglers, boaters, and
the general public regarding angling and boating opportunities,
to reduce barriers to participation in these activities, to
advance adoption of sound fishing and boating practices, to
promote conservation and the responsible use of the nation's
aquatic resources, and to further safety in fishing and
boating; and
''(3) the term 'aquatic resource education program' means a
program designed to enhance the public's understanding of
aquatic resources and sport-fishing, and to promote the
development of responsible attitudes and ethics toward the
aquatic environment.''.
(b) Increase in State Allocation.--Section 8 of the 1950 Act (16
U.S.C. 777g) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b) by striking ''12/2\ per centum''
each place it appears and inserting ''15 percent'';
(2) in subsection (c) by striking ''10 per centum'' and
inserting ''15 percent'';
(3) in subsection (c) by inserting ''and communications''
after ''outreach''; and
(4) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (f); and
by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
''(d) National Outreach and Communications Program.--
''(1) Implementation.--Within 1 year after the date of
enactment of the Sportfishing and Boating Improvement Act of
1997, the Secretary of the Interior shall develop and
implement, in cooperation and consultation with the Sport
Fishing and Boating Partnership Council, a national plan for
outreach and communications.
''(2) Content.--The plan shall provide--
''(A) guidance, including guidance on the
development of an administrative process and funding
priorities, for outreach and communications programs;
and
''(B) for the establishment of a national program.
''(3) Secretary may match or fund programs.--Under the
plan, the Secretary may--
''(A) make grants to any State or private entity to
pay all or any portion of the cost of carrying out any
outreach or communications program under the plan; or
''(B) contract with States or private entities to
carry out such a program.
''(4) Review.--The plan shall be reviewed periodically, but
not less frequently than once every 3 years.
''(e) State Outreach and Communications Program.--Within 12 months
after the completion of the national plan under subsection (d)(1), a
State shall develop a plan for an outreach and communications program
and submit it to the Secretary. In developing the plan, a State shall--
''(1) review the national plan developed under subsection
(d);
''(2) consult with anglers, boaters, the sportfishing and
boating industries, and the general public; and
''(3) establish priorities for the State outreach and
communications program proposed for implementation.''.

SEC. 4. CLEAN VESSEL ACT FUNDING.

Section 4(b) of the 1950 Act (16 U.S.C. 777c(b)) is amended to read
as follows:
''(b) Use of Balance After Distribution.--
''(1) In general.--Of the balance of each annual
appropriation remaining after making the distribution under
subsection (a), an amount equal to $42,500,000 for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2003 shall be used as follows:
''(A) $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the
Secretary of Transportation and shall be expended for
State recreational boating safety programs under
section 13106(a)(1) of title 46, United States Code.
''(B) $10,000,000 shall be available to the
Secretary of the Interior for obligation for qualified
projects under section 5604(c) of the Clean Vessel Act
of 1992 (33 U.S.C. 1322 note).
''(C) $10,000,000 shall be available to the
Secretary of the Interior for obligation for qualified
projects under section (5)(d) of the Sportfishing and
Boating Improvement Act of 1997.
''(D) $7,500,000 shall be available to the
Secretary of the Interior for obligation for the
national outreach and communications program under
section 8(d).
The Secretary of the Interior shall publish a detailed
accounting of the projects, programs, and activities funded
under subparagraph (D) annually in the Federal Register. No
funds available to the Secretary under this subsection may be
used to replace funding traditionally provided through general
appropriations, nor for any purposes except those purposes
authorized by this Act.
''(2) Amount remaining unobligated after 3 years.--Amounts
available under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (1) that
are unobligated by the Secretary of the Interior after 3 years
shall be transferred to the Secretary of Transportation and be
expended for State recreational boating safety programs under
section 13106(a)(1) of title 46, United States Code.
''(3) Carryforward.--Amounts available for the national
outreach and education program under paragraph (1)(D) shall
remain available for 2 fiscal years after the fiscal year in
which the amounts are first available. Amounts available to the
program under that paragraph that are unobligated by the
Secretary of the Interior more than 2 years after the first
fiscal year in which the amounts are available shall be
available to the Secretary, in addition to amounts otherwise
available, for apportionment under section 4(d).''.

SEC. 5. BOATING INFRASTRUCTURE.

(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to provide funds to
States for the development and maintenance of public facilities for
transient nontrailerable recreational vessels.
(b) Survey.--Section 8 of the 1950 Act (16 U.S.C. 777g), as amended
by section 3, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
''(g) Surveys.--
''(1) National framework.--Within 6 months after the date
of enactment of the Sportfishing and Boating Improvement Act of
1997, the Secretary, in consultation with the States, shall
adopt a national framework for a public boat access needs
assessment which may be used by States to conduct surveys to
determine the adequacy, number, location, and quality of
facilities providing access to recreational waters for all
sizes of recreational boats.
''(2) State surveys.--Within 18 months after such date of
enactment, each State that agrees to conduct a public boat
access needs survey following the recommended national
framework shall report its findings to the Secretary for use in
the development of a comprehensive national recreational boat
access needs assessment.
''(3) Exception.--Paragraph (2) does not apply to a State
if, within 18 months after such date of enactment, the
Secretary certifies that the State has developed and is
implementing a plan that ensures there are and will be public
boat access adequate to meet the needs of recreational boaters
on its waters.
''(4) Funding.--A State that conducts a public boat access
needs survey under paragraph (2) may fund the costs of
conducting that assessment out of amounts allocated to it as
funding dedicated to motorboat access to recreational waters
under subsection (b)(1) of this section.''.
(c) Plan.--Within 6 months after submitting a survey to the
Secretary under section 8(g) of the Act entitled ''An Act to provide
that the United States shall aid the States in fish restoration and
management projects, and for other purposes,'' approved August 9, 1950
(16 U.S.C. 777g(g)), as added by subsection (b) of this section, a
State may develop and submit to the Secretary a plan for the
construction, renovation, and maintenance of public facilities, and
access to those facilities, for transient nontrailerable recreational
vessels to meet the needs of nontrailerable recreational vessels
operating on navigable waters in the State.
(d) Grant Program.--
(1) Matching grants.--The Secretary of the Interior shall
obligate amounts made available under section 4(b)(1)(C) of the
Act entitled ''An Act to provide that the United States shall
aid the States in fish restoration and management projects, and
for other purposes,'' approved August 9, 1950 (16 U.S.C.
777c(b)(1)(C)) to make grants to any State to pay not more than
75 percent of the cost to a State of constructing, renovating,
or maintaining public facilities for transient nontrailerable
recreational vessels.
(2) Priorities.--In awarding grants under paragraph (1),
the Secretary shall give priority to projects that--
(A) consist of the construction, renovation, or
maintenance of public facilities for transient
nontrailerable recreational vessels in accordance with
a plan submitted by a State under subsection (c);
(B) provide for public/private partnership efforts
to develop, maintain, and operate facilities for
transient nontrailerable recreational vessels; and
(C) propose innovative ways to increase the
availability of facilities for transient nontrailerable
recreational vessels.
(e) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the term--
(1) ''nontrailerable recreational vessel'' means a
recreational vessel 26 feet in length or longer--
(A) operated primarily for pleasure; or
(B) leased, rented, or chartered to another for the
latter's pleasure;
(2) ''public facilities for transient nontrailerable
recreational vessels'' includes mooring buoys, day-docks,
navigational aids, seasonal slips, or similar structures
located on navigable waters, that are available to the general
public and designed for temporary use by nontrailerable
recreational vessels; and
(4) ''State'' means each of the several States of the
United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
(f) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on October 1,
1997.

SEC. 6. AQUATIC RESOURCES TRUST FUND.

(a) Excise Tax Amendments.--Sections 4041(a)(2) and 4081(d)(1) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 are each amended by striking ''1999''
and inserting ''2005''.
(b) Trust Fund Amendments.--
(1) Section 9503 of such Code is amended--
(A) by striking ''1997'' in subsection (c)(4)(A)(i)
and inserting ''2005'';
(B) by striking subsection (c)(4)(A)(ii) and
inserting the following:
''(ii) Limit on transfers during any fiscal
year.--The aggregate amount transferred under
this subparagraph during any fiscal year shall
not exceed $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
for each fiscal year thereafter.''; and
(C) by striking ''1997'' in subsection (c)(5) and
inserting ''2005''.
(2) Section 9504 of such Code is amended--
(A) by striking ''(as in effect on October 1,
1988)'' in subsection (b)(2)(A) and in subsection (c);
and
(B) by striking ''April 1, 1998'' in subsection (c)
and inserting ''October 1, 2005''.
(c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 13106 of title 46, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) by striking the first sentence of subsection (a)(1) and
inserting the following: ''Subject to paragraph (2) and
subsection (c), the Secretary shall expend in each fiscal year
for State recreational boating safety programs, under contracts
with States under this chapter, an amount equal to the sum of
(A) the amount appropriated from the Boat Safety Account for
that fiscal year and (B) the amount transferred to the
Secretary under section 4(b) of the Act of August 9, 1950 (16
U.S.C. 777c(b)).''; and
(2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
''(c) Of the amount transferred for each fiscal year to the Boat
Safety Account under section 9503(c)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, $5,000,000 is available to the Secretary for payment of
expenses of the Coast Guard for personnel and activities directly
related to carrying out the national recreational boating safety
program under this title. No funds available to the Secretary under
this subsection may be used to replace funding traditionally provided
through general appropriations, nor for any purposes except those
purposes authorized by the Act of August 9, 1950 (16 U.S.C. 777 et
seq.). Amounts made available by this subsection shall remain available
until expended. The Secretary shall publish annually in the Federal
Register a detailed accounting of the projects, programs, and
activities funded under this subsection.''.
Example Output:
Sportfishing and Boating Improvement Act of 1997 - Amends the Act popularly known as the Federal Aid in Fish Restoration Act to increase: (1) the regional average that States must allocate from specified appropriations for certain recreational boating purposes; and (2) the limit on State funding for aquatic resource education, outreach, and communications (currently, for aquatic resource education and outreach) programs.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop and implement a national plan for outreach and communications. Authorizes grants and contracts to carry out the plan. Requires States to develop an outreach and communications plan.
(Sec. 4) Requires that, of the balance remaining after the annual initial distribution of funds from appropriations to carry out the Act, certain amounts be used for programs and projects under specified provisions of: (1) Federal law relating to State recreational boating safety programs; (2) the Clean Vessel Act of 1992; and (3) this Act.
(Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary to adopt a national framework for a public boat access needs assessment. Requires States to conduct the assessments unless the Secretary certifies that a State is implementing a plan that ensures adequate access. Allows States to fund the assessments from amounts dedicated to access to recreational waters under existing provisions.
Mandates matching grants to States for up to 75 percent of the cost of facilities for transient nontrailerable recreational vessels.
(Sec. 6) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the date on which the tax rate on diesel fuel and nonaviation gasoline decreases and the date until which amounts attributable to motorboat fuel taxes must be transferred from the Highway Trust Fund to the Boat Safety Account in the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund. Decreases the aggregate limit on transfers during any fiscal year and removes the limit on the amount in the Account. Extends the date until which amounts attributable to small-engine fuel taxes must be transferred from the Highway Trust Fund into the Sport Fish Restoration Account in the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund and the date until which Boat Safety Account funds are available for expenditures to carry out recreational boat safety provisions.