[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 655 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 655

To provide for the transfer of funds from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 
   Fund to support nautical charting and marine navigational safety 
programs, and other activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
    Administration related to commercial navigation, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               March 25 (legislative day, March 3), 1993

 Mr. Lieberman (for himself, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. 
     Inouye, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Pell, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Stevens, and Mrs. 
  Feinstein) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the transfer of funds from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 
   Fund to support nautical charting and marine navigational safety 
programs, and other activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
    Administration related to commercial navigation, 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 ``Marine Navigation Safety Improvement 
Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF MARINE NAVIGATION SAFETY ACCOUNT.

    Section 9505 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to the 
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``except as 
                provided in paragraph (4)'', before ``to carry out'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting a comma; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(4) to carry out subsections (a)(3) and (c) of section 
        210 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Marine Navigation Safety Account.--
            ``(1) In general.--There is hereby established in the 
        Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund a separate account to be known as 
        the `Marine Navigation Safety Account', consisting of such 
        amounts as may be transferred or credited to the account 
        pursuant to this subsection or section 9602(b).
            ``(2) Transfers to account.--
                    ``(A) 1991 and 1992.--Not later than 30 days after 
                the date of the enactment of the Marine Navigation 
                Safety Improvement Act of 1993, the Secretary shall 
                transfer to the Marine Navigation Safety Account an 
                amount not to exceed the sum of--
                            ``(i) 8 percent of the amount of taxes 
                        received in the Treasury under section 4461 for 
                        the calendar years 1991 and 1992; and
                            ``(ii) interest on the amount referred to 
                        in clause (i) for the calendar years 1991 and 
                        1992, credited pursuant to section 9602(b)(3).
                    ``(B) 1993 and each subsequent year.--For calendar 
                year 1993, and for each calendar year thereafter, the 
                Secretary shall transfer to the Marine Navigation 
                Safety Account an amount equal to the sum of--
                            ``(i) 8 percent of the amount of taxes 
                        received in the Treasury pursuant to section 
                        4461; and
                            ``(ii) interest on the amount referred to 
                        in clause (i) for the calendar year, credited 
                        pursuant to section 9602(b)(3).
            ``(3) Expenditures from account.--Amounts in the Marine 
        Navigation Safety Account shall be available, as provided in 
        appropriations Acts, to carry out the programs and activities 
        of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the 
        Department of Commerce related to commercial marine navigation 
        described in section 210(c) of the Water Resources Development 
        Act of 1986.''.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO THE WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1986.

    Section 210 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 
U.S.C. 2238) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph 
                (1);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph 
                (2) and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(3) from the Marine Navigation Safety Account established 
        under section 9505(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, to 
        carry out the programs and activities of the National Oceanic 
        and Atmospheric Administration of the Department of Commerce 
        related to commercial marine navigation described in subsection 
        (c).''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Commercial Marine Navigation.--The amounts authorized to be 
appropriated under subsection (a)(3) shall remain available until 
expended, and shall--
            ``(1) be made available to the Secretary of Commerce to 
        support, either directly or by contract, the nautical charting 
        and marine navigational safety programs and such other 
        activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
        Administration related to commercial marine navigation as the 
        Secretary determines to be appropriate, including--
                    ``(A) the nautical charting program;
                    ``(B) marine tides and circulation programs;
                    ``(C) charting survey ship support; and
                    ``(D) marine weather services applicable to 
                commercial navigation safety in the waters of the 
                United States; and
            ``(2) be used by the Secretary of Commerce, subject to the 
        following conditions:
                    ``(A)(i) Funds transferred to the Marine Navigation 
                Safety Account pursuant to section 9505(e)(2)(A) of the 
                Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be used only for 
                the purposes of enabling, modernizing, enhancing, or 
                expanding the capabilities of the National Oceanic and 
                Atmospheric Administration to conduct the programs and 
                activities referred to in paragraph (1).
                    ``(ii) No portion of the funds referred to in 
                clause (i) may be used to offset funds made available 
                for the purposes referred to in clause (i) through 
                appropriations to the Operations, Research, and 
                Facilities account of the National Oceanic and 
                Atmospheric Administration.
                    ``(B)(i) Funds transferred to the Marine Navigation 
                Safety Account pursuant to section 9505(e)(2)(B) of the 
                Internal Revenue Code of 1986 may be used for the 
                following purposes:
                            ``(I) Conducting the operational aspects of 
                        the programs and activities referred to in 
                        paragraph (1).
                            ``(II) Enabling, modernizing, enhancing, or 
                        expanding the capabilities of the National 
                        Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to 
                        conduct the programs and activities referred to 
                        in paragraph (1).
                    ``(ii) Not more than 50 percent of the funds 
                referred to in clause (i) may be used to offset funds 
                previously made available for the purposes referred to 
                in clause (i) through appropriations to the Operations, 
                Research and Facilities account of the National Oceanic 
                and Atmospheric Administration.''.

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