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46 U.S.C. § 13101 — Definitions
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In this chapter:
(1) **Eligible State.—** — The term “eligible State” means a State that has a State recreational boating safety program accepted by the Secretary.
(2) **State Recreational Boating Safety Program.—** — The term “State recreational boating safety program” means education, assistance, and enforcement activities conducted for maritime casualty prevention, reduction, and reporting for recreational boating.
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In this chapter:
(1) **Eligible State.—** — The term “eligible State” means a State that has a State recreational boating safety program accepted by the Secretary.
(2) **State Recreational Boating Safety Program.—** — The term “State recreational boating safety program” means education, assistance, and enforcement activities conducted for maritime casualty prevention, reduction, and reporting for recreational boating.
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**(a)** To encourage greater State participation and uniformity in boating safety efforts, and particularly to permit the States to assume the greater share of boating safety education, assistance, and enforcement activities, the Secretary shall carry out a national recreational boating safety program. Under this program, the Secretary shall make contracts with, and allocate and distribute amounts to, eligible States to assist them in developing, carrying out, and financing State recreational boating safety programs.
**(b)** The Secretary shall establish guidelines and standards for the program. In doing so, the Secretary—
(1) shall consider, among other things, factors affecting recreational boating safety by contributing to overcrowding and congestion of waterways, such as the increasing number of recreational vessels operating on those waterways and their geographic distribution, the availability and geographic distribution of recreational boating facilities in and among applying States, and State marine casualty and fatality statistics for recreational vessels;
(2) shall consult with the Secretary of the Interior to minimize duplication with the purposes and expenditures of chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code,11 So in original. The words “United States Code,” probably should not appear. the Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act of 1950 ([16 U.S.C. 777–777k](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777–777k&num=0&edition=prelim)), and with the guidelines developed under those Acts; and
(3) shall maintain environmental standards consistent with the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 ([16 U.S.C. 1451–146](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1451–146&num=0&edition=prelim)4) and
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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)** 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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**(a)** The Secretary shall allocate amounts available for allocation and distribution under this chapter for State recreational boating safety programs as follows:
(1) One-third shall be allocated equally each fiscal year among eligible States.
(2) One-third shall be allocated among eligible States that maintain a State vessel numbering system approved under chapter 123 of this title and a marine casualty reporting system approved under this chapter so that the amount allocated each fiscal year to each eligible State will be in the same ratio as the number of vessels numbered in that State bears to the number of vessels numbered in all eligible States.
(3) One-third shall be allocated so that the amount allocated each fiscal year to each eligible State will be in the same ratio as the amount of State amounts expended by the State for the State recreational boating safety program during the prior fiscal year bears to the total State amounts expended during that fiscal year by all eligible States for State recreational boating safety programs.
**(b)** The amount received by a State under this section in a fiscal year may be not more than one-half of the total cost incurred by that State in developing, carrying out, and financing that State’s recreational boating safety program in that fiscal year.
**(c)** The Secretary may allocate not more than 5 percent of the amounts available for allocation and distribution in a fiscal year for national boating safety activities of national nonprofit public service organizations.
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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)** Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary shall expend in each fiscal year for State recreational boating safety programs, under contracts with States under this chapter, an amount equal to the amount transferred to the Secretary under subsections (a)(2) and (f) of section 4 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act ([16 U.S.C. 777c(a)(2)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777c/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim) and (f)). The amount shall be allocated as provided under [section 13104 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section13104&num=0&edition=prelim) and shall be available for State recreational boating safety programs as provided under the guidelines established under subsection (b) of this section. Amounts authorized to be expended for State recreational boating safety programs shall remain available until expended and are deemed to have been expended only if an amount equal to the total amounts authorized to be expended under this section for the fiscal year in question and all prior fiscal years have been obligated. Amounts previously obligated but released by payment of a final voucher or modification of a program acceptance shall be credited to the balance of unobligated amounts and are immediately available for expenditure.
**(b)** The Secretary shall establish guidelines prescribing the purposes for which amounts available under this chapter for State recreational boating safety programs may be used. Those purposes shall include—
(1) providing facilities, equipment, and supplies for boating safety education and law enforcement, including purchase, operation, maintenance, and repair;
(2) training personnel in skills related to boating safety and to the enforcemen
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**(a)** Amounts allocated and distributed under [section 13104 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section13104&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be computed and paid to the States as follows:
(1) During the second quarter of a fiscal year and on the basis of computations made under [section 13106 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section13106&num=0&edition=prelim) and submitted by the States for the preceding fiscal year, the Secretary shall determine the percentage of the amounts available to which each eligible State is entitled for the next fiscal year.
(2) Notice of the percentage and of the dollar amount, if it can be determined, for each State shall be provided to the States at the earliest practicable time.
(3) If the Secretary determines that an amount made available to a State for a prior fiscal year is greater or less than the amount that should have been made available to the State for the prior fiscal year, because of later or more accurate State expenditure information, the amount for the current fiscal year may be increased or decreased by the appropriate amount.
**(b)** The Secretary shall schedule the payment of amounts, consistent with the program purposes and applicable regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, to minimize the time elapsing between the transfer of amounts from the Treasury and the subsequent disbursement of the amounts by a State.
**(c)** The Secretary shall notify a State authority or agency that further payments will be made to the State only when the program complies with the prescribed standards or a failure to comply substantially with standards is corrected if the Secretary, after reasonable notice to the designated St
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**(a)** In carrying out responsibilities under this chapter, the Secretary may consult with State and local governments, public and private agencies, organizations and committees, private industry, and other persons having an interest in boating safety.
**(b)** The Secretary may advise, assist, and cooperate with the States and other interested public and private agencies in planning, developing, and carrying out boating safety programs. Acting under section 141 11 See References in Text note below. of title 14, the Secretary shall ensure the fullest cooperation between the State and United States Government authorities in promoting boating safety by making agreements and other arrangements with States when possible. Subject to chapter 23 1 of title 14, the Secretary may make available, on request of a State, the services of members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary to assist the State in promoting boating safety on State waters.
**(c)** The Secretary may prescribe regulations to carry out this chapter.
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In chapters 33, 45, 51, 81, and 87 of this title, “Aleutian trade” means the transportation of cargo (including fishery related products) for hire on board a fish tender vessel to or from a place in Alaska west of 153 degrees west longitude and east of 172 degrees east longitude, if that place receives weekly common carrier service by water, to or from a place in the United States (except a place in Alaska).
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TITLE 46—SHIPPING
§ 12506
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Jan. 1, 1989, with certain exceptions
and qualifications, see section 107 of Pub. L. 100–710, set
out as a note under section 31301 of this title.
ANNUAL FEE PRIOR TO JAN. 1, 1992
Pub. L. 100–710, title I, § 104(e)(1), Nov. 23, 1988, 102
Stat. 4751, provided that: ‘‘Before January 1, 1992, the
annual fee under section 12505 of title 46, United States
Code (as enacted by section 101 of this Act), is $1.00.’’
§ 12506. Delegation of authority
The Secretary of Transportation may delegate
to an agency, a State, or a qualified person the
authority to—
(1) establish and maintain the vessel identi-
fication system; and
(2) charge fees under section 12505 of this
title to a person making information available
to or requesting information from the vessel
identification system.
(Added Pub. L. 100–710, title I, § 101(a), Nov. 23,
1988, 102 Stat. 4737.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised section 12506
This section allows the Secretary to delegate the au-
thority to establish and maintain the vessel identifica-
tion system to an agency, a State, or a qualified per-
son. The Secretary may also delegate the authority to
charge fees under section 12505 for requesting informa-
tion from or making information available to the ves-
sel identification system.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Jan. 1, 1989, with certain exceptions
and qualifications, see section 107 of Pub. L. 100–710, set
out as a note under section 31301 of this title.
§ 12507. Penalties
(a) A person shall be fined under title 18, im-
prisoned for not more than 2 years, or both, if
the person with the intent to defraud—
(1) provides false informati
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