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§ 9504.
Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund
(a)
Creation of Trust Fund
(b)
Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund
(1)
Transfer of certain taxes to Trust Fund
There is hereby appropriated to the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund amounts equivalent to the following amounts received in the Treasury on or after October 1, 1984
(A)
the taxes imposed by section 4161(a) (relating to sport fishing equipment), and
(B)
the import duties imposed on fishing tackle under heading 9507 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202) and on yachts and pleasure craft under chapter 89 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
(2)
Expenditures from Trust Fund
Amounts in the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund shall be available, as provided by appropriation Acts, for making expenditures—
(A)
to carry out the purposes of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (as in effect on the date of the enactment of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act),
(B)
to carry out the purposes of section 7404(d) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (as in effect on the date of the enactment of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act), and
(C)
to carry out the purposes of the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (as in effect on the date of the enactment of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act).
Amounts transferred to such account under section 9503(c)(4) may be used only for making expenditures described in subparagraph (C) of this paragraph.
(c)
Expenditures from Boat Safety Account
(d)
Limitation on transfers to Trust Fund
(1)
In general
Except as provided in paragraph (2), no amount may be appropriated or paid to the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund on and after the date of any expenditure from such Trust Fund which is not permitted by this section. The determination of whether an expenditure is so permitted shall be made without regard to—
(A)
any provision of law which is not contained or referenced in this title or in a revenue Act, and
(B)
whether such provision of law is a subsequently enacted provision or directly or indirectly seeks to waive the application of this subsection.
(2)
Exception for prior obligations
(e)
Cross reference
(Added Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title X, § 1016(a), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1019; amended Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1214(p)(2), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1159; Pub. L. 100–448, § 6(a)(2), (c)(3), Sept. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 1839, 1841; Pub. L. 101–508, title XI, § 11211(i)(2), (3), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–428; Pub. L. 102–240, title VIII, § 8002(d)(2)(C), (i), Dec. 18, 1991, 105 Stat. 2204, 2205; Pub. L. 105–130, § 9(b), Dec. 1, 1997, 111 Stat. 2561; Pub. L. 105–178, title IX, § 9005(b)–(d), (f), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 505; Pub. L. 105–206, title IX, § 9015(b), July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 867; Pub. L. 106–408, title I, § 126, Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1775; Pub. L. 108–88, § 12(b), Sept. 30, 2003, 117 Stat. 1129; Pub. L. 108–202, § 12(b), Feb. 29, 2004, 118 Stat. 491; Pub. L. 108–224, § 10(b), Apr. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 639; Pub. L. 108–263, § 10(b), June 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 710; Pub. L. 108–280, § 10(b), July 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 888; Pub. L. 108–310, § 13(b), Sept. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 1163; Pub. L. 109–14, § 9(b), May 31, 2005, 119 Stat. 335; Pub. L. 109–20, § 9(b), July 1, 2005, 119 Stat. 357; Pub. L. 109–35, § 9(b), July 20, 2005, 119 Stat. 391; Pub. L. 109–37, § 9(b), July 22, 2005, 119 Stat. 406; Pub. L. 109–40, § 9(b), July 28, 2005, 119 Stat. 422; Pub. L. 109–42, § 7(b), (d)(2), (3), July 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 437, 438; Pub. L. 109–59, title XI, §§ 11101(d)(2), 11115(b)(1)–(2)(D), (c), 11151(c), (e)(1), Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1945, 1949, 1950, 1968, 1969; Pub. L. 109–74, title III, § 301(a), Sept. 29, 2005, 119 Stat. 2032; Pub. L. 109–304, § 16(c)(2), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1706; Pub. L. 110–181, div. C, title XXXV, § 3529(c)(1), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 603; Pub. L. 111–68, div. B, § 161(a), Oct. 1, 2009, 123 Stat. 2052; Pub. L. 111–88, div. B, § 103, Oct. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 2972; Pub. L. 111–147, title IV, §§ 444(b)(5)–(7), 445(b), Mar. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 94, 95; Pub. L. 111–322, title II, § 2401(b), Dec. 22, 2010, 124 Stat. 3531; Pub. L. 112–5, title IV, § 401(b), Mar. 4, 2011, 125 Stat. 22; Pub. L. 112–30, title I, § 141(b), Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 355; Pub. L. 112–102, title IV, § 401(b), Mar. 30, 2012, 126 Stat. 281; Pub. L. 112–140, title IV, § 401(b), June 29, 2012, 126 Stat. 402; Pub. L. 112–141, div. D, title I, § 40101(b), July 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 844; Pub. L. 113–159, title II, § 2001(b), Aug. 8, 2014, 128 Stat. 1848; Pub. L. 114–21, title II, § 2001(b), May 29, 2015, 129 Stat. 226; Pub. L. 114–41, title II, § 2001(b), July 31, 2015, 129 Stat. 454; Pub. L. 114–73, title II, § 2001(b), Oct. 29, 2015, 129 Stat. 582; Pub. L. 114–87, title II, § 2001(b), Nov. 20, 2015, 129 Stat. 685; Pub. L. 114–94, div. C, title XXXI, § 31101(b), Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1727; Pub. L. 116–159, div. B, title II, § 1202, Oct. 1, 2020, 134 Stat. 727; Pub. L. 117–44, title II, § 201(b), Oct. 2, 2021, 135 Stat. 386; Pub. L. 117–52, § 4(b), Oct. 31, 2021, 135 Stat. 409; Pub. L. 117–58, div. H, title I, § 80101(b), Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1327.)
cite as: 26 USC 9504