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Sport Fish Restoration and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2019

Introduced: October 23, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 6, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Oct 23, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Oct 23, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Oct 23, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Sport Fish Restoration and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2019

This bill reauthorizes through FY2024 the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund which provides funding for several things, including fisheries conservation and management, water and boating infrastructure, and recreational boating safety.

The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to report on (1) the increasing use of nonmotorized vessels and their impacts on motorized and nonmotorized vessel access, (2) user conflicts at waterway access points, (3) the use of Sport Fish Restoration Program funds to improve nonmotorized vessel access and the reasons for providing such access, and (4) the use of Recreational Boating Safety Program funds for nonmotorized boating safety programs.

What's happening now November 6, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 2 Related bill Moving Forward Act
  • S 4144 Related bill Sport Fish Restoration and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2020
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 2 Republican 3
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Murphy, Gregory F.
North Carolina · Dec 3, 2019
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Oct 30, 2019
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Oct 23, 2019
Graves, Garret
· Oct 23, 2019
 R
Scott, Austin
Georgia · Oct 23, 2019
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Oct 23, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4828: Sport Fish Restoration and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4828/
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"H.R. 4828: Sport Fish Restoration and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4828/.
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H.R. 4828, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4828/.
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