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HR 3918 100th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Armed Forces and National Security Boating accidents Boats and boating Coast guard Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to fisheries Fisheries Fishery management Fishing Fuel Government trust funds Intergovernmental fiscal relations Public safety Recreation Recreation and Recreational Facilities Recreational surveys Sports and Athletics State finance States

A bill to authorize expenditures for boating safety programs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 8, 1988 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 16 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 28, 1988
See H.R.2342.
Jul 26, 1988
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Report No: 100-786 (Part I).
May 25, 1988
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
May 25, 1988
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 12, 1988
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
May 12, 1988
Joint Consideration and Mark-up Session Held by the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment and by the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation.
May 12, 1988
Joint Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment and by the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation.
May 12, 1988
Joint Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation and by the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
May 12, 1988
Joint Consideration and Mark-up Session Held by the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation and by the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
Apr 28, 1988
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Feb 11, 1988
Referred to Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
Feb 11, 1988
Referred to Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation.
Feb 11, 1988
Executive Comment Requested from DOT, Interior, Treasury.
Feb 8, 1988
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 8, 1988
Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Feb 8, 1988
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the Boat Safety Account in the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund to: (1) authorize transfers into the account of motorboat fuel taxes received before October 1, 1999 (current law provides authorization until October 1, 1988); (2) increase from $45,000,000 to $60,000,000 the amount permissible in the Account without triggering a prohibition of Highway Trust Fund transfers into the Account for FY 1988 and thereafter; and (3) extend from April 1, 1989, to October 1, 1999, the date before which expenditures may be made from the Account for recreational boating safety programs.

Grants the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating liquidating contract authority with respect to State recreational boating safety programs in an amount equal to one-half (currently two-thirds) of the amount of motorboat fuel taxes transferred to the Account in FY 1988 and thereafter. Increases from one-third to one-half the portion of such funds available for Coast Guard services in connection with recreational boating safety services. Prohibits fiscal year expenditures for Coast Guard expenses from exceeding those for State boating safety programs generally.

Amends Federal law to permit a State to use contributions of funds, materials, lands, and services to carry out certain fish restoration and management projects in lieu of paying its share of the activity.

What's happening now September 28, 1988

See H.R.2342.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1