[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
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[S. 834 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 834

 To amend the law relating to sport fish restoration and recreational 
                boating safety, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 23, 2015

    Mr. Thune (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Nelson, and Mr. Cardin) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the law relating 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 and 
Recreational Boating Safety Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 3 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 
U.S.C. 777b) is amended by striking ``57 percent'' and inserting 
``57.42 percent''.

SEC. 3. DIVISION OF ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 4 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 
U.S.C. 777c) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``2014 and for the period beginning on October 
                1, 2014, and ending on May 31, 2015,'' and inserting 
                ``2023,'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``18.5 percent'' 
                and inserting ``18.54 percent'';
                    (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ``18.5 percent'' 
                and inserting ``18.04 percent''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end ``Not 
                more than 25 percent of such amount may be used for 
                capital improvement and infrastructure projects to 
                support facilities that meet state requires for 
                minimizing the introduction of pollutants into the 
                waterways.'';
            (2) by amending the heading in subsection (b) to read as 
        follows: ``Set-Asides.--'';
            (3) in subsection (b)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``2014, and 
                for the period beginning on October 1, 2014, and ending 
                on May 31, 2015,'' and inserting ``2023,'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking clauses (i), 
                (ii), and (iii), and inserting the following:
                            ``(i) for each of the fiscal years 2016 
                        through 2022, 1.8468 percent of total annual 
                        collections under this Act for such fiscal 
                        year; and
                            ``(ii) not withstanding clause (i), an 
                        amount that is less than or equal to 
                        $12,299,000.''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Set-aside for boating safety.--
                            ``(i) In general.--From the annual 
                        appropriation made in accordance with section 
                        3, for each fiscal year through 2023, the 
                        Secretary shall transfer to the Secretary of 
                        the department in which the Coast Guard is 
                        operating--
                                    ``(I)(aa) 0.34325 percent of total 
                                annual collections under this Act for 
                                the purposes set forth in section 
                                13107(c) of title 46, United States 
                                Code; and
                                    ``(bb) notwithstanding item (aa), 
                                an amount that is less than or equal to 
                                $2,300,000;
                                    ``(II) not less than $5,500,000 for 
                                national boating safety activities of 
                                national nonprofit public service 
                                organizations, including the funding of 
                                National Boating Safety Advisory 
                                Council established under section 13110 
                                of title 46, United States Code, and 
                                the authorized activities of the 
                                Council, including travel for the 
                                council; and
                                    ``(III) $1,500,000 shall be made 
                                available for the National Recreational 
                                Boating Survey.
                            ``(ii) Limitation.--The amounts specified 
                        in clause (i) for a fiscal year may not be 
                        included in the amount of the annual 
                        appropriation distributed under subsection (a) 
                        of this section for the fiscal year.'';
            (4) in subsection (b)(2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``under 
                paragraph (1) shall remain available for obligation for 
                use under that paragraph'' and inserting ``under 
                paragraph (1)(B) shall remain available for obligation 
                for use under paragraph (1)(A)''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) by striking ``under paragraph (1)'' and 
                        inserting ``under paragraph (1)(B)''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``subsection (e)'' and 
                        inserting ``subsection (c)'';
            (5) in subsection (c), by striking ``57 percent'' and 
        inserting ``57.42 percent'';
            (6) in subsection (d), by striking ``So much of any sum not 
        allocated'' and inserting ``Except as otherwise provided in 
        this section, so much of any sum not allocated''; and
            (7) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``those 
                subsections'' and inserting ``those paragraphs'';
                    (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) Maximum amount.--For fiscal year 2016, the Secretary 
        of the Interior may use not more than $1,200,000 in accordance 
        with paragraph (1). For each fiscal year thereafter, the 
        maximum amount that the Secretary of the Interior may use in 
        accordance with paragraph (1) shall be determined under 
        paragraph (3).''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Annual adjusted maximum amount.--The maximum amount 
        referred to in paragraph (2) for fiscal year 2016 and each 
        fiscal year thereafter shall be the sum of--
                    ``(A) the available maximum amount for the 
                preceding fiscal year; and
                    ``(B) the amount determined by multiplying--
                            ``(i) the available maximum amount for the 
                        preceding fiscal year; and
                            ``(ii) the change, relative to the 
                        preceding fiscal year, in the Consumer Price 
                        Index for All Urban Consumers published by the 
                        Department of Labor.''.

SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF EXCEPTION TO LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS TO FUND.

    Section 9504(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 
by striking ``2015,'' and inserting ``2023,''.

SEC. 5. RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY ALLOCATIONS.

    Section 13104 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by 
striking subsection (c).

SEC. 6. RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY.

    Section 13107(c) of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``subsection (a)(2)'' and inserting 
                ``subsection (b)(1)(C)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``(16 U.S.C. 777c(a)(2))'' and all 
                that follows through the end and inserting ``(16 U.S.C. 
                777c(b)(1)(C))--
                    ``(A)(i) 0.34325 percent of total annual 
                collections under this Act is available to the 
                Secretary for payment of expenses of the Coast Guard 
                for personnel and activities directly related to 
                coordinating and carrying out the national recreational 
                boating safety program under this title; and
                    ``(ii) notwithstanding clause (i), the amount 
                referred to in (i) may not exceed $2,300,000; and
                    ``(B) not less than $5,500,000 is available for 
                national boating safety activities of national 
                nonprofit public service organizations, including the 
                funding of National Boating Safety Advisory Council 
                established under section 13110 of title 46, United 
                States Code, and the authorized activities of the 
                Council, including travel for the council.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``Amounts made 
        available'' and inserting ``Except for amounts made available 
        by paragraph (1)(B), amounts made available''.

SEC. 7. NATIONAL BOATING SAFETY ADVISORY COUNCIL.

    Section 13110(e) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``2020'' and inserting ``2023''.
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