[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4113 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4113

To allow States to require payment of State fees related to boating as 
a condition for issuance of a vessel number and to collect such fees in 
        conjunction with other fees related to vessel numbering.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               April 11 (legislative day, April 10), 2024

  Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. Risch) 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 allow States to require payment of State fees related to boating as 
a condition for issuance of a vessel number and to collect such fees in 
        conjunction with other fees related to vessel numbering.

    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 ``State Boating Act''.

SEC. 2. COLLECTION OF STATE FEES RELATED TO BOATING.

    Section 12307 of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``The authority'' and inserting 
                ``(a) In General.--The authority''; and
                    (B) by striking ``that are--'' and inserting 
                ``that--'';
            (2) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by inserting ``are'' before ``prescribed''; and
                    (B) by striking ``; or'' and inserting a semicolon;
            (3) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by inserting ``are'' before ``related''; and
                    (B) by striking the period and inserting ``; or''; 
                and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) require the payment of State fees related to boating, 
        which may include fees for search and rescue operations, 
        boating safety measures, or efforts to address aquatic invasive 
        species.
    ``(b) State Fees Related to Boating.--A State issuing authority may 
collect a fee described in subsection (a)(3) in conjunction with the 
collection of any other fee established under this section.''.
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