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Sport Fish Restoration and Recreational Boating Safety Act

Introduced: March 23, 2015 Introduced by: Thune, John Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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Jul 23, 2015
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 162.
Jul 23, 2015
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-91.
Mar 25, 2015
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Mar 23, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Mar 23, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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Sport Fish Restoration and Recreational Boating Safety Act

(Sec. 3) This bill amends the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to reauthorize the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund through FY2023.

The bill revises the formula used to distribute funds from the trust fund. Amounts are set aside through FY2023 for Coast Guard recreational boating safety personnel and activities and the National Recreational Boating Survey.

(Sec. 4) The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend trust fund transfer restriction exceptions until October 1, 2023.

(Sec. 5) The bill revokes a limitation on the amount the Coast Guard is authorized to allocate for national boating safety activities of national nonprofit public service organizations.

(Sec. 7) The National Boating Safety Advisory Council is extended through FY2023.

(Sec. 8) The bill amends the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act to require the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to report on the effectiveness of coastal wetlands restoration projects in improving the quality of fish and wildlife habitat conditions in Louisiana.

(Sec. 9) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must evaluate and report its administrative services for the trust fund each year.

What's happening now July 23, 2015

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 162.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 834: Sport Fish Restoration and Recreational Boating Safety Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-834/
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"S. 834: Sport Fish Restoration and Recreational Boating Safety Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-834/.
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S. 834, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-834/.
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