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16 U.S.C. § 777 — Federal-State relationships
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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) 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 number of resident freshwater anglers, respectively, bear to the estimated number of all resident anglers in that State.
(2) **Preservation of freshwater project allocation at 1988 level**
(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the amount allocated by a State pursuant to this subsection to freshwater fish projects for each fiscal year shall not be less than the amount allocated by such State to such projects for fiscal year 1988.
(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a State with respect to any fiscal year for which the amount apportioned to the State under this chapter is less than the amount apportioned to the State under this chapter for fiscal year 1988.
(3) **“Coastal State” defined** — As used in this subsection, the term “coastal State” means any one of the States of Alabama, Alaska, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and Washington. The term also includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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### Statutory Notes
Section, act Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 658, § 15, as added Pub. L. 109–59, title X, § 10119, Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1929; amended Pub. L. 109–74, title I, § 103, Sept. 29, 2005, 119 Stat. 2031, related to expenditure of remaining balance in the Boat Safety Account.
A prior section 15 of act Aug. 9, 1950, was renumbered section 16 and is set out as a note under [section 777 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777&num=0&edition=prelim).
#### Effective Date of Repeal
Repeal by Pub. L. 114–94 effective Oct. 1, 2015, see section 1003 of Pub. L. 114–94, set out as an Effective Date of 2015 Amendment note under [section 5313 of Title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5313&num=0&edition=prelim), Government Organization and Employees.
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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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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) 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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**(a) Creation of Trust Fund** There is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the “Highway Trust Fund”, consisting of such amounts as may be appropriated or credited to the Highway Trust Fund as provided in this section or section 9602(b).
**(b) Transfer to Highway Trust Fund of amounts equivalent to certain taxes and penalties**
(1) **Certain taxes** — There are hereby appropriated to the Highway Trust Fund amounts equivalent to the taxes received in the Treasury before October 1, 2028, under the following provisions—
(A) section 4041 (relating to taxes on diesel fuels and special motor fuels),
(B) section 4051 (relating to retail tax on heavy trucks and trailers),
(C) section 4071 (relating to tax on tires),
(D) section 4081 (relating to tax on gasoline, diesel fuel, and kerosene), and
(E) section 4481 (relating to tax on use of certain vehicles).
For purposes of this paragraph, taxes received under sections 4041 and 4081 shall be determined without reduction for credits under section 6426 and taxes received under section 4081 shall be determined without regard to tax receipts attributable to the rate specified in section 4081(a)(2)(C).
(2) **Liabilities incurred before October 1, 2028** — There are hereby appropriated to the Highway Trust Fund amounts equivalent to the taxes which are received in the Treasury after September 30, 2028, and before July 1, 2029, and which are attributable to liability for tax incurred before October 1, 2028, under the provisions described in paragraph (1).
(3) **Repealed. Pub. L. 109–59, title XI, § 11161(c)(2)(C), Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1972]**
(4) **Certain taxes not transferred to Highway Trust Fund** — For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), there shall not be taken into
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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) 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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**(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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The Secretary of the Interior shall encourage States and local subdivisions thereof to consider, in their comprehensive planning and proposals for financial assistance under the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (50 Stat. 917), as amended ([16 U.S.C. 669](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section669&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), the Federal Aid in Fish Restoration Act (64 Stat. 430), as amended ([16 U.S.C. 777](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), chapter 2003 of title 54, the Commercial Fisheries Research and Development Act of 1964 11 See References in Text note below. (78 Stat. 197) [[16 U.S.C. 779](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section779&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], and the Anadromous and Great Lakes Fisheries Conservation Act of October 30, 1965 (79 Stat. 1125) [[16 U.S.C. 757a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section757a&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], the needs and opportunities for protecting and restoring estuaries in accordance with the purposes of this chapter. In approving grants made pursuant to said laws for the acquisition of all or part of an estuarine area by a State, the Secretary shall establish such terms and conditions as he deems desirable to insure the permanent protection of such areas, including a provision that the lands or interests therein shall not be disposed of by sale, lease, donation, or exchange without the prior approval of the Secretary.
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**(a) Approval by Secretary of plans**
(1) Any State may apply to the Secretary for approval of a conservation plan.
(2) Applications for the approval of conservation plans shall be made and reviewed by the Secretary in such manner as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe.
(3) As soon as practicable, but not later than 180 days, after the date on which a State submits (or resubmits in the case of prior disapproval) an application for the approval of a conservation plan the Secretary shall—
(A) approve the conservation plan, and designate it as an approved conservation plan, if he determines that the plan—
(i) meets the requirements set forth in [section 2903 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2903&num=0&edition=prelim), and
(ii) is substantial in character and design; or
(B) disapprove the conservation plan if he determines that—
(i) the plan does not meet the requirements set forth in [section 2903 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2903&num=0&edition=prelim), or
(ii) to implement any part of the plan on the basis of the specifications, determinations, identifications, or priorities therein would threaten the natural stability and continued viability of any of the plan species concerned.
If the Secretary disapproves a plan, he shall give the State concerned a written statement of the reasons for disapproval and provide the State opportunity for consultation with respect to deficiencies in the plan and the modifications required for approval.
**(b) Effect of approval of plans** If the Secretary approves the conservation plan of any State under subsection (a)—
(1) that portion of such plan that pertains to wildlife conserv
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