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16 U.S.C. § 777c — Division of annual appropriations

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16 U.S.C. § 777c — Division of annual appropriations

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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 of the amount under subparagraph (A) shall be available for projects under either of the sections referred to in subparagraph (A). (4) **National outreach and communications** — An amount equal to 2.0 percent to the Secretary of the Interior for the National Outreach and Communications Program under [section 777g(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777g/d&num=0&edition=prelim). Such amounts shall remain available for 3 fiscal years, after which any portion thereof that is unobligated by the Secretary for that program may be expended by the Secretary under subsection (c) of this section. **(b) Set-aside for expenses for administration of this chapter** (1) **In general** (A) *Set-aside for administration* — From the annual appropriation made in accordance with [section 777b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777b&num=0&edition=prelim), for each fiscal year through fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of the Interior may use no more than the amount specified in subparagraph (B) for the fiscal year for expenses for administration incurred in the implementation of this chapter, in accordance with this section and [section 777h of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777h&num=0&edition=prelim). The amount specified in subparagraph (B) for a fiscal year may not be included in the amount of the annual appropriation distributed under subsection (a) for the fiscal year. (B) *Available amounts* — The available amount referred to in subparagraph (A) is— (i) for the fiscal year that includes November 15, 2021, the product obtained by multiplying— (I) $12,786,434; and (II) the change, relative to the preceding fiscal year, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Department of Labor; and (ii) for each fiscal year thereafter, the sum obtained by adding— (I) the available amount specified in this subparagraph for the preceding fiscal year; and (II) the product obtained by multiplying— (aa) the available amount specified in this subparagraph for the preceding fiscal year; and (bb) the change, relative to the preceding fiscal year, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Department of Labor. (2) **Set-aside for Coast Guard administration** (A) *In general* — From the annual appropriation made in accordance with [section 777b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777b&num=0&edition=prelim), for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may use no more than the amount specified in subparagraph (B) for the fiscal year for the purposes set forth in [section 13107(c) of title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section13107/c&num=0&edition=prelim). The amount specified in subparagraph (B) for a fiscal year may not be included in the amount of the annual appropriation distributed under subsection (a) for the fiscal year. (B) *Available amounts* — The available amount referred to in subparagraph (A) is— (i) for fiscal year 2022, $12,786,434; and (ii) for fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year thereafter, the sum obtained by adding— (I) the available amount specified in this subparagraph for the preceding fiscal year; and (II) the product obtained by multiplying— (aa) the available amount specified in this subparagraph for the preceding fiscal year; and (bb) the change, relative to the preceding fiscal year, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Department of Labor. (3) **Period of availability; apportionment of unobligated amounts** (A) *Period of availability* — For each fiscal year, the available amount under paragraph (1) shall remain available for obligation for use under that paragraph until the end of the subsequent fiscal year. (B) *Apportionment of unobligated amounts* — Not later than 60 days after the end of a fiscal year, the Secretary of the Interior shall apportion among the States any of the available amount under paragraph (1) that remains unobligated at the end of the fiscal year, on the same basis and in the same manner as other amounts made available under this chapter are apportioned among the States under subsection (c) for the fiscal year. **(c) Apportionment among States** (1) The Secretary, after the distribution, transfer, use and deduction under subsection (b), and after deducting amounts used 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 apportion 58.012 percent of the balance of each such annual appropriation among the several States in the following manner: 40 percent in the ratio which the area of each State including coastal and Great Lakes waters (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior) bears to the total area of all the States, and 60 percent in the ratio which the number of persons holding paid licenses to fish for sport or recreation in the State in the second fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which such apportionment is made, as certified to said Secretary by the State fish and game departments, bears to the number of such persons in all the States. Such apportionments shall be adjusted equitably so that no State shall receive less than 1 percent nor more than 5 percent of the total amount apportioned. Where the apportionment to any State under this section is less than $4,500 annually, the Secretary of the Interior may allocate not more than $4,500 of said appropriation to said State to carry out the purposes of this chapter when said State certifies to the Secretary of the Interior that it has set aside not less than $1,500 from its fish-and-game funds or has made, through its legislature, an appropriation in this amount of said purposes. (2) The Secretary shall deduct from the amount to be apportioned under paragraph (1) the amounts used for grants under [section 777m(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777m/a&num=0&edition=prelim). **(d) Unallocated funds** So much of any sum not allocated under the provisions of this section for any fiscal year is hereby authorized to be made available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of this chapter until the close of the succeeding fiscal year. The term fiscal year as used in this section shall be a period of twelve consecutive months from October 1 through the succeeding September 30, except that the period for enumeration of persons holding licenses to fish shall be a State’s fiscal or license year. **(e) Expenses for administration of certain programs** (1) **In general** — For each fiscal year, of the amounts appropriated under [section 777b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777b&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary of the Interior shall use only funds authorized for use under paragraphs (1), (3), (4), and (5) of subsection (a) to pay the expenses for administration incurred in carrying out the provisions of law referred to in those paragraphs, respectively. (2) **Maximum amount** — For each fiscal year, the Secretary of the Interior may use not more than $1,300,000 in accordance with paragraph (1). **(f) Transfer of certain funds** Amounts available under paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (a) that are unobligated by the Secretary of the Interior after 3 fiscal years shall be transferred to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating and shall be expended for State recreational boating safety programs under [section 13107(a) of title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section13107/a&num=0&edition=prelim).

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16 U.S.C. § 777b — Authorization of appropriations

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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16 U.S.C. § 777m — Multistate conservation grant program

**(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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5 U.S.C. § 5313 — Positions at level II

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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16 U.S.C. § 777h — Requirements and restrictions concerning use of amounts for expenses for administration

**(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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16 U.S.C. § 3951 — Definitions

As used in this chapter, the term— (1) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Army; (2) “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; (3) “development activities” means any activity, including the discharge of dredged or fill material, which results directly in a more than de minimus 11 So in original. Probably should be “de minimis”. change in the hydrologic regime, bottom contour, or the type, distribution or diversity of hydrophytic vegetation, or which impairs the flow, reach, or circulation of surface water within wetlands or other waters; (4) “State” means the State of Louisiana; (5) “coastal State” means a State of the United States in, or bordering on, the Atlantic, Pacific, or Arctic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, Long Island Sound, or one or more of the Great Lakes; for the purposes of this chapter, the term also includes Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands, and American Samoa; (6) “coastal wetlands restoration project” means any technically feasible activity to create, restore, protect, or enhance coastal wetlands through sediment and freshwater diversion, water management, or other measures that the Task Force finds will significantly contribute to the long-term restoration or protection of the physical, chemical and biological integrity of coastal wetlands in the State of Louisiana, and includes any such activity authorized under this chapter or under any other provision of law, including, but not limited to, new projects, completion or expansion of existing or on-going projects, individual phases, portions, or components of projects and operation, maintanence 22 So in original. Probably should be “maintenance”. and rehab

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33 U.S.C. § 1322 — Marine sanitation devices; discharges incidental to the normal operation of vessels

**(a) Definitions** In this section, the term— (1) “new vessel” includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on the navigable waters, the construction of which is initiated after promulgation of standards and regulations under this section; (2) “existing vessel” includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on the navigable waters, the construction of which is initiated before promulgation of standards and regulations under this section; (3) “public vessel” means a vessel owned or bareboat chartered and operated by the United States, by a State or political subdivision thereof, or by a foreign nation, except when such vessel is engaged in commerce; (4) “United States” includes the States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Canal Zone, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; (5) “marine sanitation device” includes any equipment for installation on board a vessel which is designed to receive, retain, treat, or discharge sewage, and any process to treat such sewage; (6) “sewage” means human body wastes and the wastes from toilets and other receptacles intended to receive or retain body wastes except that, with respect to commercial vessels on the Great Lakes, such term shall include graywater; (7) “manufacturer” means any person engaged in the manufacturing, assembling, or importation of marine sanitation devices, marine pollution control device equipment, or vessels subject to standards and regulations promulgated under this section; (8) “person” means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or

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16 U.S.C. § 777 — Federal-State relationships

**(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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23 U.S.C. § 101 — Definitions and declaration of policy

**(a) Definitions.—** In this title, the following definitions apply: (1) **Apportionment.—** — The term “apportionment” includes unexpended apportionments made under prior authorization laws. (2) **Asset management.—** — The term “asset management” means a strategic and systematic process of operating, maintaining, and improving physical assets, with a focus on both engineering and economic analysis based upon quality information, to identify a structured sequence of maintenance, preservation, repair, rehabilitation, and replacement actions that will achieve and sustain a desired state of good repair over the lifecycle of the assets at minimum practicable cost. (3) **Carpool project.—** — The term “carpool project” means any project to encourage the use of carpools and vanpools, including provision of carpooling opportunities to the elderly and individuals with disabilities, systems for locating potential riders and informing them of carpool opportunities, acquiring vehicles for carpool use, designating existing highway lanes as preferential carpool highway lanes, providing related traffic control devices, designating existing facilities for use for preferential parking for carpools, and real-time ridesharing projects, such as projects where drivers, using an electronic transfer of funds, recover costs directly associated with the trip provided through the use of location technology to quantify those direct costs, subject to the condition that the cost recovered does not exceed the cost of the trip provided. (4) **Construction.—** — The term “construction” means the supervising, inspecting, actual building, and incurrence of all costs incidental to the construction or reconstruction of a highway or any project eligible for assistance under this title, including bon

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46 U.S.C. § 13107 — Authorization of appropriations

**(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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16 U.S.C. § 777g — Maintenance of projects

**(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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