16 U.S.C. § 777g-1
The purpose of this section is to provide funds to States for the development and maintenance of facilities for transient nontrailerable recreational vessels.
Within 6 months after submitting a survey to the Secretary under section 777g(g) of this title, a State may develop and submit to the Secretary a plan for the construction, renovation, and maintenance of facilities for transient nontrailerable recreational vessels, and access to those facilities, to meet the needs of nontrailerable recreational vessels operating on navigable waters in the State.
The Secretary of the Interior shall obligate amounts made available under section 777c(a)(4)1 of this title to make grants to any State to pay not more than 75 percent of the cost to a State of constructing, renovating, or maintaining facilities for transient nontrailerable recreational vessels.
In awarding grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority to projects that-
For purposes of this section, the term-
1See References in Text note below.
16 U.S.C. § 777g-1
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTParagraph (4) of section 777c(a), referred to in subsec. (d)(1), was repealed by Pub. L. 114-94, div. A, title X, §10001(b)(1)(D), Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1620. See section 777c(a)(3)(A) of this title.
CODIFICATIONSection is comprised of section 7404 of Pub. L. 105-178. Subsec. (b) of section 7404 of Pub. L. 105-178 as amended by Pub. L. 105-206, §9012(c), amended section 777g of this title.Section was enacted as part of the Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act of 1998, and also as part of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, and not as part of the Fish Restoration and Management Projects Act which comprises this chapter.
AMENDMENTS2005-Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 109-59 substituted "section 777c(a)(4) of this title" for "section 777c(b)(3)(B) of this title". 1998-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-206, §9012(c), made a technical amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 105-178, §7404(b). See Codification note above.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2005 AMENDMENTSFrom Aug. 10, 2005, to end of fiscal year 2005, subsec. (d)(1) of this section considered to read as immediately before enactment of Pub. L. 109-59 see section 101(b) of Pub. L. 109-74 set out as a note under section 777b of this title.Amendment by Pub. L. 109-59 effective Oct. 1, 2005, see section 10102 of Pub. L. 109-59 set out as a note under section 777b of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1998 AMENDMENTTitle IX of Pub. L. 105-206 effective simultaneously with enactment of Pub. L. 105-178 and to be treated as included in Pub. L. 105-178 at time of enactment, and provisions of Pub. L. 105-178 as in effect on day before July 22, 1998, that are amended by title IX of Pub. L. 105-206 to be treated as not enacted, see section 9016 of Pub. L. 105-206 set out as a note under section 101 of Title 23, Highways.
- fish restoration and management projects
- the term "fish restoration and management projects" shall be construed to mean projects designed for the restoration and management of all species of fish which have material value in connection with sport or recreation in the marine and/or fresh waters of the United States and include-(A) such research into problems of fish management and culture as may be necessary to efficient administration affecting fish resources;(B) the acquisition of such facts as are necessary to guide and direct the regulation of fishing by law, including the extent of the fish population, the drain on the fish supply from fishing and/or natural causes, the necessity of legal regulation of fishing, and the effects of any measures of regulation that are applied;(C) the formulation and adoption of plans of restocking waters with food and game fishes according to natural areas or districts to which such plans are applicable, together with the acquisition of such facts as are necessary to the formulation, execution, and testing the efficacy of such plans;(D) the selection, restoration, rehabilitation, and improvement of areas of water or land adaptable as hatching, feeding, resting, or breeding places for fish, including acquisition by purchase, condemnation, lease, or gift of such areas or estates or interests therein as are suitable or capable of being made suitable therefor, and the construction thereon or therein of such works as may be necessary to make them available for such purposes, and such preliminary or incidental costs and expenses as may be incurred in and about such works; the term "State fish and game department" shall be construed to mean and include any department or division of department of another name, or commission, or official or officials, of a State empowered under its laws to exercise the functions ordinarily exercised by a State fish and game department;