To allow States to require payment of State fees related to boating as a condition for issuance of a vessel number and to collect such fees in conjunction with other fees related to vessel numbering.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9636 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9636

To allow States to require payment of State fees related to boating as 
a condition for issuance of a vessel number and to collect such fees in 
        conjunction with other fees related to vessel numbering.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 17, 2024

 Mr. Pappas (for himself, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Mr. Moore of Utah, 
and Mr. Molinaro) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
           the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To allow States to require payment of State fees related to boating as 
a condition for issuance of a vessel number and to collect such fees in 
        conjunction with other fees related to vessel numbering.

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

SECTION 1. COLLECTION OF STATE FEES RELATED TO BOATING.

    Section 12307 of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``The authority'' and inserting 
                ``(a) In General.--The authority'';
                    (B) by striking ``that are--'' and inserting 
                ``that--'';
            (2) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by inserting ``are'' before ``prescribed''; and
                    (B) by striking ``; or'' and inserting a semicolon;
            (3) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by inserting ``are'' before ``related''; and
                    (B) by striking the period and inserting ``; or''; 
                and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) require the payment of State fees related to boating, 
        which may include fees for search and rescue operations, 
        boating safety measures, or efforts to address aquatic invasive 
        species.
    ``(b) State Fees Related to Boating.--A State issuing authority may 
collect a fee described in subsection (a)(3) in conjunction with the 
collection of any other fee established under this section.
    ``(c) Use of Fees.--Fees collected by States under the authority 
this section may only be used to fund activities directly related to 
improving recreational boating, boater safety, boater access, use of 
waterways by recreational boaters, and aquatic invasive species.''.
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