[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5875 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5875

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT


 
    To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the 
 Dingell-Johnson Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act, to provide 
 parity for United States territories and the District of Columbia, to 
make technical corrections to such Acts and related laws, 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. APPORTIONMENT UNDER PITTMAN-ROBERTSON WILDLIFE RESTORATION 
              ACT.

    (a) Equivalent Minimum Apportionment Among States and Territories 
of Tax Revenues Accruing to Fund.--The first subsection (c) of section 
4 of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669c), 
relating to apportionment of certain revenues accruing to the fund, is 
amended by striking ``among the States'' and all that follows through 
the end of the first sentence and inserting: ``among the States and 
each of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto 
Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands in proportion to the ratio 
that the population of each State and each such territory bears to the 
population of all the States and such territories, except that each 
State shall be apportioned not more than 3 percent of such revenues, 
and each State and each such territory shall be apportioned not less 
than 1 percent of such revenues.''.
    (b) Apportionment of Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account 
Among Territories and the District of Columbia.--The second subsection 
(c) of section 4 of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 
U.S.C. 669c), as added by section 902(e) of H.R. 5548, as introduced in 
the 106th Congress and enacted into law by section 1(a)(2) of Public 
Law 106-55, and relating to apportionment of the Wildlife Conservation 
and Restoration Account, is amended by striking paragraph (1) and 
inserting the following:
            ``(1) The Secretary of the Interior shall apportion from 
        the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account to each of 
        the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern 
        Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin 
        Islands a sum equal to not more than one-half of 1 percent of 
        such Account.''.
    (c) Repeal of Percentage Restrictions on Apportionments to 
Territories.--Section 8A of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration 
Act (16 U.S.C. 669g-1) is amended by striking ``as he shall determine, 
not exceeding'' and all that follows through ``, in any one year,'' and 
inserting ``as the Secretary shall determine for each year,''.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO PITTMAN-ROBERTSON WILDLIFE RESTORATION 
              ACT.

    (a) The first section and section 12 of the Pittman-Robertson 
Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669, 669i) are each amended by 
striking ``Secretary of Agriculture'' each place it appears and 
inserting ``Secretary of the Interior''.
    (b) Paragraph (2) of section 3(a) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 669b(a)) 
is amended--
            (1) by moving such paragraph 2 ems to the left; and
            (2) by striking ``16 U.S.C. 669(b)(1))'' and inserting 
        ``subsection (b)(1)''.
    (c)(1) Section 4 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 669c) is amended by 
redesignating the second subsection (c) (as added by section 902(e) of 
H.R. 5548, as introduced in the 106th Congress and enacted into law by 
section 1(a)(2) of Public Law 106-55; relating to apportionment of the 
Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account) and subsection (d) as 
subsections (d) and (e), respectively.
    (2) Section 2(6) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 669a(6)) is amended by 
striking ``section 304(d)'' and inserting ``section 4(e)''.
    (3) Section 3(c)(2) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 669b(c)(2)) is amended 
by striking ``sections 4(d) and (e) of this Act,'' and inserting 
``section 4(e),''.
    (d) Subsection (d) of section 4 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 669c), as 
redesignated by subsection (c)(1) of this section, is further amended 
in paragraph (2)(A)--
            (1) in clause (i)--
                    (A) by striking ``one-third of which is based'' and 
                inserting ``One-third of such amount shall be 
                apportioned based''; and
                    (B) by striking ``; and'' and inserting a period; 
                and
            (2) in clause (ii), by striking ``two-thirds of which is 
        based'' and inserting ``Two-thirds of such amount shall be 
        apportioned based''.
    (e) Section 6 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 669e) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(1)'' before the first sentence;
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2), as in 
                effect before the enactment of this paragraph, as 
                subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) (as 
                designated by the amendment made by subparagraph (A) of 
                this paragraph), and moving such subparagraphs 2 ems to 
                the right; and
                    (C) by inserting ``(2)'' before ``The Secretary of 
                the Interior shall approve''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``option (1) of 
        subsection (a) of this section,'' and inserting ``subsection 
        (a)(1)(A),''.

SEC. 3. APPORTIONMENT UNDER DINGELL-JOHNSON SPORT FISH RESTORATION ACT.

    Section 12 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 
U.S.C. 777K) is amended by striking ``as he shall determine, not 
exceeding for Puerto Rico'' and all that follows through ``in any one 
year, but the Secretary'' and inserting ``as the Secretary shall 
determine, except the Secretary''.

SEC. 4. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS RELATING TO DINGELL-JOHNSON SPORT FISH 
              RESTORATION ACT.

    (a) Corrections to Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act.--
Section 4(a)(1) of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 
U.S.C. 777c(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``Protection,'' and inserting 
``Protection''.
    (b) Corrections to Related Laws.--
            (1) Section 111(f)(3) of Public Law 101-593 (16 U.S.C. 
        777e-1(f)(3)) is amended by striking ``section'' and inserting 
        ``subsection''.
            (2) Section 7404(d)(1) of Public Law 105-178 (16 U.S.C. 
        777g-1(d)(1)) is amended by striking ``section 4(a)(4)'' and 
        inserting ``section 4(a)(3)(A)''.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 23, 2018.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 5875

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

    To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the 
 Dingell-Johnson Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act, to provide 
 parity for United States territories and the District of Columbia, to 
make technical corrections to such Acts and related laws, and for other 
                               purposes.