Sportfish

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Sportfish Restoration And Boating Trust
Fund
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Predecessors to Wallop-Breaux

• Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act
  (Dingell-Johnson) -- 1950
• Federal excise tax on fishing equipment
• Federal Boat Safety Act -- 1971
• Seed money from general tax revenue
• Recreational Boating Safety and Facilities
  Improvement Act (Biaggi Act) -- 1980
• User fees from motorboat fuel tax (MFT)

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1982

• Language developed to apply a portion of MFT to
  Sport Fish Restoration Fund
• American League of Anglers Boaters (ALAB)
  formed
• Coalition of boating and fishing organizations

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1984

• Aquatic Resources Trust Fund created
• Legislation sponsored by Senator Wallop and
  Congressman Breaux
• Boating Safety authorized 45 million (70) of
  estimated motorboat fuel tax receipts
• States 30 million -- Coast Guard 15M
• 1988
• Boating safety authorization increased to 70M
• 35 million each for States and Coast Guard

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Wallop-BreauxRevenue Sources

• Sport Fish Restoration Administered by USFWS
• Motorboat Fuel Tax
• Fishing Equipment and Electronic Sonar Tax
• Small Engine Fuel Tax
• Import Duties on Boats and Fishing Equipment
• Interest on Account

• Boat SafetyAdministered by USCG
• Motorboat Fuel Tax
• Interest on Account

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BENEFICIARIES OF AQUATIC RESOURCES TRUST FUND
BOATING
FISHING
WETLANDS
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Trust Fund A dedicated fund Usually
with specific funding Permanent
Appropriation
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Wallop / Breaux 8 Designated Programs
All but two are percentage based
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Trust Fund Programs FWS Administration Multi-st
ate Grants SF Rest. and Boating Access 57
Boating Safety 18.5 Coastal
Wetlands 18.5 Clean Vessel
2 Boating Infrastructure
2 Outreach 2
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Total Trust Fund Receipts Annually 630
Million
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Wallop-BreauxRevenue Sources

• Sport Fish Restoration Administered by USFWS
• Motorboat Fuel Tax
• Fishing Equipment and Electronic Sonar Tax
• Small Engine Fuel Tax
• Import Duties on Boats and Fishing Equipment
• Interest on Account

• Boat SafetyAdministered by USCG
• Motorboat Fuel Tax
• Interest on Account

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Boating Safety Account Interest 96 Million
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Sportfish Restoration and Boating Access 51.5
Million 54 Boating Safety 36.5
Million 38
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Fiscal Year 07 Receipts Boating Safety
Percentage (18.5) 109 Million Boating Safety
Interest Drawdown 8 million Total Receipts
from Trust Fund 117 Million Actual Total To
States Is Higher
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How Much Reaches Your State?
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Total Receipts and Carry-forwards Deductions
from Total Non Profit Grants 5 USCG
Programs 5.5 Million USCG Administration
2 (Total Set Aside 13.3 Million)
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Fiscal 07 Receipts Distribution 106.3
Million State Allocation Based on 3-Part
Formula Equal Share Numbered Vessels State
Expenditures for Boating Safety
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NASBLA ISSUES Matching Share 50/50 to
75/25 Boating as a part of Boating Safety of
Total Trust Fund for Boating Safety Set Asides
Calculations Distribution of Funds to Other
Contributors
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Matching Share Underway Hopeful for an
amendment this year
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Maintenance of Effort (MOE)
Mechanism to protect State boating program funds
Existing State funding cannot be replaced with
Federal funds under new 75/25 match Additional
funding will provide growth in State boating
programs
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MOE (contd)
States must maintain current level of State
expenditures to receive full Federal RBS funding
Based on 3-year average Decrease in State
funding will result in corresponding percentage
decrease of Federal share Can be waived if
justification is provided and approved by Coast
Guard
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Boating and Boating Safety Clean
Vessel 2 Infrastructure 2 Outreach 2
Boating Access 15 of Sportfish
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Boating Access FY07 Access 49.4 Million
As a program share (8.3 ) As a facilities
percentage (12)
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Set Aside Funding Sportfish Account (not
counted as percentage) Boating Safety over
12 of total fund 2.2 of total fund (same as
Sportfish)
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Percentage Of Fund For Boating Safety Fuel Tax
is 55 of the Fund Receipt Fuel Tax is 79 of
the New Receipts (06 -07)
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• Boating Safety Equals 32 of Fuel Tax Receipts
• CVA, BIG, Outreach, Access (14.2 of total fund)
• CVA, BIG, Outreach, Access, B.S. (32.3 of
  total)
• Total of Above as a percentage of fuel tax 59

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NASBLA ORIGINAL GOAL 50 of Fuel Tax for
Boating Safety Boating Safety funds, not
including other boating programs, to reach 50
of fuel tax 27 (increase of 8.5) 156.1
million (increase of 49.2 million)
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Impact To Other Programs Sportfish (59 to
50.5) 298.7 million Wetlands (2 more than it
brings in)
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Miracles Do Happen
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