119-hr3858

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3858 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3858

To amend the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act with respect to 
 sport fish restoration and recreational boating safety, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 June 10, 2025

 Mrs. Dingell (for herself and Mr. Wittman) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in 
 addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 
 Ways and Means, 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

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 A BILL

To amend the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act with respect to 
 sport fish restoration and recreational boating safety, and for other 
 purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Sport Fish Restoration, Recreational 
Boating Safety, and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. DIVISION OF ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

 

Section 4 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 
U.S.C. 777c) is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a) by striking ``2026'' and inserting 
 ``2031''; and

    (2) in subsection

    (b) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (1)
        (A) by striking ``2026'' and 
 inserting ``2031''; and
        (B) in paragraph

    (2)
        (A) , by striking ``2026'' and 
 inserting ``2031''.

SEC. 3. FUNDING FOR INTERSTATE FISHERIES COMMISSION ACTIVITIES.

 

Section 14

    (e) of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 
U.S.C. 777m

    (e) ) is amended--

    (1) by striking ``Not more than $1,200,000 of each'' and 
 inserting ``Each''; and

    (2) in paragraph

    (1) , by striking ``$200,000'' and 
 inserting ``The greater amount of either 0.0375 percent of such 
 appropriation or $200,000''.

SEC. 4. BOATING INFRASTRUCTURE PRIORITIES.

 

Section 7404 of the Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act of 1998 (16 
U.S.C. 777g-1) is amended--

    (1) in subsection
            (d) (2) --
        (A) subparagraph
        (B) by striking ``and'';
        (B) in subparagraph
            (C) by striking the period and 
 inserting ``; and''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following new 
 subparagraph:
 ``
            (D) consist of the construction, renovation, or 
 maintenance of alternative fuel facilities or 
 transportation of alternative marine fuels to marine 
 fuel facility for use by transient nontrailerable 
 recreational vessels.''; and

    (2) in subsection

    (e) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (2) by striking ``and'';
        (B) in paragraph

    (3) by striking the period and 
 inserting a semicolon; and
            (C) by inserting after paragraph

    (3) the following:
 ``

    (4) `alternative fuel station facility' means a facility 
 that has a bulk fuel storage tank to dispense drop-in 
 alternative marine fuels into marine vessels;
 ``

    (5) `alternative marine fuels' means motor fuels derived 
 from cooking oil waste, animal fats, plant-based materials or 
 other production methods that meet the requirements of a drop-
 in fuel for gasoline or diesel marine engines;
 ``

    (6) `drop-in fuels' means finished gasoline with 
 renewable content of at least 12.5 percent by volume not 
 exceeding 3.7 percent oxygen by weight for use in marine 
 applications meeting ASTM D4814 specifications. Renewable 
 diesel up to 100 percent by volume and biodiesel blends up to 5 
 percent by volume meeting ASTM D975 paraffinic fuel 
 specifications; and
 ``

    (7) `facility' means an alternative marine fuel 
 station.''.

SEC. 5. THREE PERCENT RATE FOR PORTABLE, ELECTRONICALLY-AERATED BAIT 
 CONTAINERS.

    (a) In General.--

Section 4161

    (a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by redesignating paragraph

    (4) as paragraph

    (5) and by 
inserting after paragraph

    (3) the following new paragraph:
 ``

    (4) 3 percent rate for portable, electronically-aerated 
 bait containers.--In the case of portable, electronically 
 aerated bait containers, paragraph

    (1) shall be applied by 
 substituting `3 percent' for `10 percent'.''.

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to articles sold by the manufacturer, producer, or importer after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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