[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3649 Introduced in House (IH)]
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3649
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.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 6, 2005
Mr. Young of Alaska (for himself and Mr. Oberstar) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means
and Resources, 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 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.
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