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16 U.S.C. § 777b — Authorization of appropriations
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To carry out the provisions of this chapter for fiscal years after September 30, 1984, there are authorized to be appropriated from the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund established by [section 9504(a) of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section9504/a&num=0&edition=prelim) the amounts paid, transferred, or otherwise credited to that Trust Fund, except as provided in [section 9504(c) of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section9504/c&num=0&edition=prelim). For purposes of the provision of the Act of August 31, 1951, which refers to this section, such amounts shall be treated as the amounts that are equal to the revenues described in this section. The appropriation made under the provisions of this section for each fiscal year shall continue available during succeeding fiscal years. So much of such appropriation apportioned to any State for any fiscal year as remains unexpended at the close thereof is authorized to be made available for expenditure in that State until the close of the succeeding fiscal year. Any amount apportioned to any State under the provisions of this chapter which is unexpended or unobligated at the end of the period during which it is available for expenditure on any project is authorized to be made available for expenditure by the Secretary of the Interior to supplement the 58.012 percent of the balance of each annual appropriation to be apportioned among the States, as provided for in [section 777c(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777c/c&num=0&edition=prelim).
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To carry out the provisions of this chapter for fiscal years after September 30, 1984, there are authorized to be appropriated from the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund established by [section 9504(a) of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section9504/a&num=0&edition=prelim) the amounts paid, transferred, or otherwise credited to that Trust Fund, except as provided in [section 9504(c) of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section9504/c&num=0&edition=prelim). For purposes of the provision of the Act of August 31, 1951, which refers to this section, such amounts shall be treated as the amounts that are equal to the revenues described in this section. The appropriation made under the provisions of this section for each fiscal year shall continue available during succeeding fiscal years. So much of such appropriation apportioned to any State for any fiscal year as remains unexpended at the close thereof is authorized to be made available for expenditure in that State until the close of the succeeding fiscal year. Any amount apportioned to any State under the provisions of this chapter which is unexpended or unobligated at the end of the period during which it is available for expenditure on any project is authorized to be made available for expenditure by the Secretary of the Interior to supplement the 58.012 percent of the balance of each annual appropriation to be apportioned among the States, as provided for in [section 777c(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777c/c&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) In general** For each fiscal year through fiscal year 2026, the balance of each annual appropriation made in accordance with the provisions of [section 777b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777b&num=0&edition=prelim) remaining after the distributions for administrative expenses and other purposes under subsection (b) and for activities under [section 777m(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777m/e&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be distributed as follows:
(1) **Coastal wetlands** — An amount equal to 18.673 percent to the Secretary of the Interior for distribution as provided in the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection,11 So in original. The comma probably should not appear. and Restoration Act ([16 U.S.C. 3951](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3951&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
(2) **Boating safety** — An amount equal to 17.315 percent to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating for State recreational boating safety programs under [section 13107 of title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section13107&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Boating infrastructure improvement**
(A) *In general* — An amount equal to 4 percent to the Secretary of the Interior for qualified projects under section 5604(c) of the Clean Vessel Act of 1992 ([33 U.S.C. 1322](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1322&num=0&edition=prelim) note) and [section 777g–1(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777g–1/d&num=0&edition=prelim).
(B) *Limitation* — Not more than 75 percent o
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Level II of the Executive Schedule applies to the following positions, for which the annual rate of basic pay shall be the rate determined with respect to such level under chapter 11 of title 2, as adjusted by [section 5318 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5318&num=0&edition=prelim):
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**(a) Cooperation between Federal Government and State fish and game departments; expenditure of funds** The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to cooperate with the States through their respective State fish and game departments in fish restoration and management projects as hereinafter set forth: No money apportioned under this chapter to any State, except as hereinafter provided, shall be expended therein until its legislature, or other State agency authorized by the State constitution to make laws governing the conservation of fish, shall have assented to the provisions of this chapter and shall have passed laws for the conservation of fish, which shall include a prohibition against the diversion of license fees paid by fishermen for any other purpose than the administration of said State fish and game department, except that, until the final adjournment of the first regular session of the legislature held after passage of this chapter, the assent of the governor of the State shall be sufficient. The Secretary of the Interior and the State fish and game department of each State accepting the benefits of this chapter shall agree upon the fish restoration and management projects to be aided in such State under the terms of this chapter, and all projects shall conform to the standards fixed by the Secretary of the Interior.
**(b) Allocation of amounts by coastal States between marine fish projects and freshwater fish projects**
(1) **In general** — Subject to paragraph (2), each coastal State, to the extent practicable, shall equitably allocate amounts apportioned to such State under this chapter between marine fish projects and freshwater fish projects in the same proportion as the estimated number of resident marine anglers and the estimated numbe
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**(a)** Consistent with regulations prescribed by the Secretary, the computation by a State of amounts expended for the State recreational boating safety program shall include—
(1) the acquisition, maintenance, and operating costs of land, facilities, equipment, and supplies;
(2) personnel salaries and reimbursable expenses;
(3) the costs of training personnel;
(4) public boat safety education;
(5) the costs of carrying out the program; and
(6) other expenses that the Secretary considers appropriate.
**(b)** The Secretary shall decide an issue arising out of the computation made under subsection (a) of this section.
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**(a) Duty of States; status of projects; title to property** To maintain fish-restoration and management projects established under the provisions of this chapter shall be the duty of the States according to their respective laws. Beginning July 1, 1953, maintenance of projects heretofore completed under the provisions of this chapter may be considered as projects under this chapter. Title to any real or personal property acquired by any State, and to improvements placed on State-owned lands through the use of funds paid to the State under the provisions of this chapter, shall be vested in such State.
**(b) Funding requirements**
(1) Each State shall allocate 15 percent of the funds apportioned to it for each fiscal year under [section 777c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777c&num=0&edition=prelim) for the payment of up to 75 per centum of the costs of the acquisition, development, renovation, or improvement of facilities (and auxiliary facilities necessary to insure the safe use of such facilities) that create, or add to, public access to the waters of the United States to improve the suitability of such waters for recreational boating purposes. Notwithstanding this provision, States within a United States Fish and Wildlife Service Administrative Region may allocate more or less than 15 percent in a fiscal year, provided that the total regional allocation averages 15 percent over a 5 year period.
(2) So much of the funds that are allocated by a State under paragraph (1) in any fiscal year that remained unexpended or unobligated at the close of such year are authorized to be made available for the purposes described in paragraph (1) during the succeeding four fiscal years, but any portion of such funds that
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**(a) Purpose** The purpose of this section is to provide funds to States for the development and maintenance of facilities for transient nontrailerable recreational vessels.
**(b) Omitted**
**(c) Plan** Within 6 months after submitting a survey to the Secretary under [section 777g(g) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777g/g&num=0&edition=prelim), a State may develop and submit to the Secretary a plan for the construction, renovation, and maintenance of facilities for transient nontrailerable recreational vessels, and access to those facilities, to meet the needs of nontrailerable recreational vessels operating on navigable waters in the State.
**(d) Grant program**
(1) **Matching grants** — The Secretary of the Interior shall obligate amounts made available under section 777c(a)(4) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title to make grants to any State to pay not more than 75 percent of the cost to a State of constructing, renovating, or maintaining facilities for transient nontrailerable recreational vessels.
(2) **Priorities** — In awarding grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority to projects that—
(A) consist of the construction, renovation, or maintenance of facilities for transient nontrailerable recreational vessels in accordance with a plan submitted by a State under subsection (c);
(B) provide for public/private partnership efforts to develop, maintain, and operate facilities for transient nontrailerable recreational vessels; and
(C) propose innovative ways to increase the availability of facilities for transient nontrailerable recreational vessels.
**(e) Definitions** For purposes of this section, the term—
(1) “nontrailerable recreational vessel” means a recr
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**(a) Authorized expenses for administration** Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary of the Interior may use available amounts under [section 777c(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777c/b&num=0&edition=prelim) only for expenses for administration that directly support the implementation of this chapter that consist of—
(1) personnel costs of employees for the work hours of each employee spent directly administering this chapter, as those hours are certified by the supervisor of the employee;
(2) support costs directly associated with personnel costs authorized under paragraph (1), excluding costs associated with staffing and operation of regional offices of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Department of the Interior other than for the purposes of this chapter;
(3) costs of determining under [section 777e(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777e/a&num=0&edition=prelim) whether State comprehensive plans and projects are substantial in character and design;
(4) overhead costs, including the costs of general administrative services, that are directly attributable to administration of this chapter and are based on—
(A) actual costs, as determined by a direct cost allocation methodology approved by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget for use by Federal agencies; and
(B) in the case of costs that are not determinable under subparagraph (A), an amount per employee authorized under paragraph (1) that does not exceed the amount charged or assessed for costs per full-time equivalent employee for any other division or program of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;
(5) costs incurred in auditing, ev
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico, the Mayor of the District of Columbia, the Governor of Guam, the Governor of American Samoa, the Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Governor of the Virgin Islands, in the conduct of fish restoration and management projects, as defined in [section 777a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777a&num=0&edition=prelim), upon such terms and conditions as he shall deem fair, just, and equitable, and is authorized to apportion to Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands, out of money available for apportionment under this chapter, such sums as he shall determine, not exceeding for Puerto Rico 1 per centum, for the District of Columbia one-third of 1 per centum, for Guam one-third of 1 per centum, for American Samoa one-third of 1 per centum, for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands one-third of 1 per centum, and for the Virgin Islands one-third of 1 per centum of the total amount apportioned in any one year, but the Secretary shall in no event require any of said cooperating agencies to pay an amount which will exceed 25 per centum of the cost of any project. Any unexpended or unobligated balance of any apportionment made pursuant to this section shall be made available for expenditure in Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin Islands, as the case may be, in the succeeding year, on any approved projects, and if unexpended or unobligated at the end of such year is authorized to be made available for expenditure by
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**(a) In general**
(1) **Amount for grants** — Not more than $3,000,000 shall be distributed to the Secretary of the Interior for making multistate conservation project grants in accordance with this section.
(2) **Period of availability; apportionment**
(A) *Period of availability* — Amounts made available under paragraph (1) shall remain available for making grants only for the first fiscal year for which the amount is made available and the following fiscal year.
(B) *Apportionment* — At the end of the period of availability under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of the Interior shall apportion any amounts that remain available among the States in the manner specified in [section 777c(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777c/c&num=0&edition=prelim) for use by the States in the same manner as funds apportioned under [section 777c(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777c/c&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Selection of projects**
(1) **States or entities to be benefited** — A project shall not be eligible for a grant under this section unless the project will benefit—
(A) at least 26 States;
(B) a majority of the States in a region of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; or
(C) a regional association of State fish and game departments.
(2) **Use of submitted priority list of projects** — The Secretary of the Interior may make grants under this section only for projects identified on a priority list of sport fish restoration projects described in paragraph (3).
(3) **Priority list of projects** — A priority list referred to in paragraph (2) is a priority list of sport fish restoration projects that the International Association of Fi
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**(a)** The Secretary shall make a contract with, and allocate and distribute amounts from the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund established by section 9504 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ([26 U.S.C. 9504](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section9504&num=0&edition=prelim)) to, a State that has an approved State recreational boating safety program, if the State demonstrates to the Secretary’s satisfaction that—
(1) the program submitted by that State is consistent with this chapter and chapters 61 and 123 of this title;
(2) amounts distributed will be used to develop and carry out a State recreational boating safety program containing the minimum requirements of subsection (c) of this section;
(3) sufficient State matching amounts are available from general State revenue, undocumented vessel numbering and license fees, State marine fuels taxes, or from a fund constituted from the proceeds of those taxes and established to finance a State recreational boating safety program; and
(4) the program submitted by that State designates a State lead authority or agency that will carry out or coordinate carrying out the State recreational boating safety program supported by financial assistance of the United States Government in that State, including the requirement that the designated State authority or agency submit required reports that are necessary and reasonable to carry out properly and efficiently the program and that are in the form prescribed by the Secretary.
**(b)** Amounts of the Government (except amounts from sources referred to in subsection (a)(3) of this section) may not be used to provide a State’s share of the costs of the program described under this section. State matching amounts committed to a progr
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