To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act, to provide parity for United States territories and the District of Columbia, to make technical corrections to such Acts and related laws, and for other purposes.

IB Union Calendar No. 106 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1809 [Report No. 116–144] To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the Dingell- Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act, to provide parity for United States territories and the District of Columbia, to make technical corrections to such Acts and related laws, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 18, 2019 Mr. SABLAN (for himself, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, and Mr. SAN NICOLAS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on Natural Resources JULY 10, 2019 Additional sponsors: Ms. PLASKETT, Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N of Puerto Rico, and Mr. VAN DREW JULY 10, 2019 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:43 Jul 10, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H1809.RH H1809 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1809 RH A BILL To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act, to provide parity for United States territories and the District of Columbia, to make technical corrections to such Acts and related laws, and for other purposes. VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:43 Jul 10, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H1809.RH H1809 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1809 RH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. APPORTIONMENT UNDER PITTMAN-ROBERT- 3 SON WILDLIFE RESTORATION ACT. 4 (a) EQUIVALENT MINIMUM APPORTIONMENT AMONG 5 STATES AND TERRITORIES OF TAX REVENUES ACCRUING 6 TO FUND.—The first subsection (c) of section 4 of the 7 Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 8 669c), relating to apportionment of certain revenues ac- 9 cruing to the fund, is amended by striking ‘‘among the 10 States’’ and all that follows through the end of the first 11 sentence and inserting: ‘‘among the States and each of 12 American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, 13 Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands in pro- 14 portion to the ratio that the population of each State and 15 each such territory bears to the population of all the 16 States and such territories, except that each State shall 17 be apportioned not more than 3 percent of such revenues, 18 and each State and each such territory shall be appor- 19 tioned not less than 1 percent of such revenues.’’. 20 (b) APPORTIONMENT OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION 21 AND RESTORATION ACCOUNT AMONG TERRITORIES AND 22 THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.—The second subsection (c) 23 of section 4 of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration 24 Act (16 U.S.C. 669c), as added by section 902(e) of H.R. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:43 Jul 10, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1809.RH H1809 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 1809 RH 5548, as introduced in the 106th Congress and enacted 1 into law by section 1(a)(2) of Public Law 106–55, and 2 relating to apportionment of the Wildlife Conservation and 3 Restoration Account, is amended by striking paragraph 4 (1) and inserting the following: 5 ‘‘(1) The Secretary of the Interior shall appor- 6 tion from the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration 7 Account to each of the District of Columbia, Amer- 8 ican Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, 9 Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands a 10 sum equal to not more than one-half of 1 percent of 11 such Account.’’. 12 (c) REPEAL OF PERCENTAGE RESTRICTIONS ON AP- 13 PORTIONMENTS TO TERRITORIES.—Section 8A of the 14 Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 15 669g–1) is amended by striking ‘‘as he shall determine, 16 not exceeding’’ and all that follows through ‘‘, in any one 17 year,’’ and inserting ‘‘as the Secretary shall determine for 18 each year,’’. 19 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO PITTMAN-ROBERT- 20 SON WILDLIFE RESTORATION ACT. 21 (a) The first section and section 12 of the Pittman- 22 Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669, 669i) 23 are each amended by striking ‘‘Secretary of Agriculture’’ 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:43 Jul 10, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1809.RH H1809 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 1809 RH each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of the Inte- 1 rior’’. 2 (b) Paragraph (2) of section 3(a) of such Act (16 3 U.S.C. 669b(a)) is amended— 4 (1) by moving such paragraph 2 ems to the left; 5 and 6 (2) by striking ‘‘16 U.S.C. 669(b)(1))’’ and in- 7 serting ‘‘subsection (b)(1)’’. 8 (c)(1) Section 4 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 669c) is 9 amended by redesignating the second subsection (c) (as 10 added by section 902(e) of H.R. 5548, as introduced in 11 the 106th Congress and enacted into law by section 12 1(a)(2) of Public Law 106–55; relating to apportionment 13 of the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account) and 14 subsection (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively. 15 (2) Section 2(6) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 669a(6)) is 16 amended by striking ‘‘section 304(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec- 17 tion 4(e)’’. 18 (3) Section 3(c)(2) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 19 669b(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘sections 4(d) and (e) 20 of this Act,’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4(e),’’. 21 (d) Subsection (d) of section 4 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 22 669c), as redesignated by subsection (c)(1) of this section, 23 is further amended in paragraph (2)(A)— 24 (1) in clause (i)— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:43 Jul 10, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1809.RH H1809 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 1809 RH (A) by striking ‘‘one-third of which is 1 based’’ and inserting ‘‘One-third of such 2 amount shall be apportioned based’’; and 3 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a pe- 4 riod; and 5 (2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘two-thirds of 6 which is based’’ and inserting ‘‘Two-thirds of such 7 amount shall be apportioned based’’. 8 (e) Section 6 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 669e) is amend- 9 ed— 10 (1) in subsection (a)— 11 (A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before the first sen- 12 tence; 13 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 14 (2), as in effect before the enactment of this 15 paragraph, as subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 16 paragraph (1) (as designated by the amend- 17 ment made by subparagraph (A) of this para- 18 graph), and moving such subparagraphs 2 ems 19 to the right; and 20 (C) by inserting ‘‘(2)’’ before ‘‘The Sec- 21 retary of the Interior shall approve’’; and 22 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘option (1) of 23 subsection (a) of this section,’’ and inserting ‘‘sub- 24 section (a)(1)(A),’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:43 Jul 10, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1809.RH H1809 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 1809 RH SEC. 3. APPORTIONMENT UNDER DINGELL-JOHNSON 1 SPORT FISH RESTORATION ACT. 2 Section 12 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Res- 3 toration Act (16 U.S.C. 777K) is amended by striking ‘‘as 4 he shall determine, not exceeding for Puerto Rico’’ and 5 all that follows through ‘‘in any one year, but the Sec- 6 retary’’ and inserting ‘‘as the Secretary shall determine, 7 except the Secretary’’. 8 SEC. 4. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS RELATING TO DINGELL- 9 JOHNSON SPORT FISH RESTORATION ACT. 10 (a) CORRECTIONS TO DINGELL-JOHNSON SPORT 11 FISH RESTORATION ACT.—Section 4(a)(1) of the Dingell- 12 Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 13 777c(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘Protection,’’ and in- 14 serting ‘‘Protection’’. 15 (b) CORRECTIONS TO RELATED LAWS.— 16 (1) Section 111(f)(3) of Public Law 101–593 17 (16 U.S.C. 777e–1(f)(3)) is amended by striking 18 ‘‘section’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection’’. 19 (2) Section 7404(d)(1) of Public Law 105–178 20 (16 U.S.C. 777g–1(d)(1)) is amended by striking 21 ‘‘section 4(a)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 22 4(a)(3)(A)’’. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:43 Jul 10, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1809.RH H1809 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS Union Calendar No. 106 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1809 [Report No. 116–144] A BILL To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restora- tion Act and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act, to provide parity for United States territories and the District of Columbia, to make technical corrections to such Acts and related laws, and for other purposes. JULY 10, 2019 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:43 Jul 10, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H1809.RH H1809 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS