[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3649 Engrossed in House (EH)]


109th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 3649

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                                 AN ACT

 To ensure funding for sportfishing and boating safety programs funded 
out of the Highway Trust Fund through the end of fiscal year 2005, and 
                          for other purposes.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3649

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT


 
 To ensure funding for sportfishing and boating safety programs funded 
out of the Highway Trust Fund through the end of fiscal year 2005, 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 ``Sportfishing and Recreational 
Boating Safety Amendments Act of 2005''.

   TITLE I--CORRECTIONS TO THE SPORTFISHING AND RECREATIONAL BOATING 
                           SAFETY ACT OF 2005

SEC. 101. EFFECTIVE DATE OF AMENDMENTS.

    (a) In General.--The Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Safety 
Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-59) is amended--
            (1) by striking section 10112(b)(2); and
            (2) by inserting after section 10101 the following:

``SEC. 10102. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    ``The amendments made by this subtitle shall take effect October 1, 
2005.''.
    (b) Temporary Preservation of Existing Law.--Except as provided by 
the amendments made by title II of this Act, during the period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of the Sportfishing and 
Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2005, and ending upon the expiration 
of fiscal year 2005, the provisions of law amended by the Sportfishing 
and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2005 (as amended by this Act) 
shall be considered to read as such laws read immediately before the 
enactment of that Act.

SEC. 102. RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY FUNDS.

    Section 10143 of the Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Safety 
Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-59) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``under section 10119 of 
        the Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2005'' 
        and inserting ``under section 15 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport 
        Fish Restoration Act'';
            (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ``subsection (a)(2) of 
        section 4 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 
        U.S.C. 777c(a)(2))'' and inserting ``subsections (a)(2) and (f) 
        of section 4 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act 
        (16 U.S.C. 777c(a)(2) and (f))'';
            (3) in paragraph (4)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B) by inserting a closed 
                parenthesis after ``(16 U.S.C. 777c(a)(2)''; and
                    (B) by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D) and 
                inserting the following:
                    ``(C) by striking `$5,000,000' and inserting 
                `$5,500,000'; and
                    ``(D) by inserting `not less than' before 
                `$2,000,000'; and''; and
            (4) in paragraph (5) by striking ``unexpected'' and 
        inserting ``unexpended''.

SEC. 103. EXPENDITURE OF REMAINING BALANCE IN BOAT SAFETY ACCOUNT.

    Section 10119 of the Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Safety 
Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-59) is amended in the text proposed to be 
inserted as section 15 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration 
Act--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(A)(v) of such text by striking ``of 
        this Act'' and inserting ``of that section'';
            (2) in paragraphs (1) through (4) of such text by striking 
        ``subsection (b) of that section'' each place it appears in 
        such text and inserting ``subsection (c) of that section''; and
            (3) in paragraph (5)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``subsection 
                (b)'' and inserting ``subsection (a)(2) of that 
                section''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``subsection 
                (h)'' and inserting ``subsection (c) of that section''.

TITLE II--EXTENSION OF RECREATIONAL BOATING FUNDING THROUGH THE END OF 
                            FISCAL YEAR 2005

SEC. 201. NATIONAL OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM FUNDING.

    Section 4(c)(7) of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act 
(16 U.S.C. 777c(c)(7)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(7) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;''.

SEC. 202. CLEAN VESSEL ACT FUNDING.

    Section 4(b)(4) of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act 
(16 U.S.C. 777c(b)(4)) is amended--
            (1) in the section heading by striking ``First 303 days of 
        fiscal'' and inserting ``Fiscal'';
            (2) by striking ``July 30, 2005'' and inserting ``September 
        30, 2005'';
            (3) by striking ``$68,071,233'' and inserting 
        ``$82,000,000'';
            (4) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``$8,301,370'' and 
        inserting ``$10,000,000''; and
            (5) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``$6,641,096'' and 
        inserting ``$8,000,000''.

SEC. 203. COAST GUARD EXPENSES.

    Section 13106(c)(1) of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``$4,150,685'' and inserting 
        ``$5,000,000''; and
            (2) by striking ``$1,660,274'' and inserting 
        ``$2,000,000''.

 TITLE III--EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF FUNDS IN BOAT SAFETY 
                                ACCOUNT

SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF FUNDS IN BOAT SAFETY 
              ACCOUNT FOR OBLIGATIONS BEFORE OCTOBER 1, 2005.

    (a) Boat Safety Account.--Subsection (c) of section 9504 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to expenditures from boat 
safety account) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``August 15, 2005'' and inserting ``October 
        1, 2005'', and
            (2) by striking ``Surface Transportation Extension Act of 
        2005, Part VI'' and inserting ``Sportfishing and Recreational 
        Boating Safety Amendments Act of 2005''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 13, 2005.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.