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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1980

PUBLIC LAW 96-451—OCT. 14, 1980

94 STAT. 1987

(6) In section 28 by striking subsections (a) and (d) and redesignat- 46 USC 1477. ing subsections (b) and (c) as (a) and (b), respectively. (7) In section 29 by (A) striking the words "boating safety program" 46 USC 1478. and substituting "State recreational boating safety and facilities improvement program" and (B) by inserting the word "land," immediately after the words "costs o f the first time they appear therein. (8) Section 30 is amended to read as follows: AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

"SEC. 30. (a) For the purpose of providing financial assistance for State recreational boating safety programs, there is authorized to be appropriated from the National Recreational Boating Safety and Facilities Improvement Fund $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983, such appropriations to remain available until expended. "(b) For the purpose of providing financial assistance for State recreational boating facilities improvement programs, there is authorized to be appropriated from the National Recreational Boating Safety and Facilities Improvement Fund $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983, such appropriations to remain available until expended.". (9) Section 31 is amended— (a) in subsection (a) to read as follows: "(a) Amounts allocated and distributed under section 27 of this Act shall be computed and paid to the States as follows: The Secretary shall determine, during the last quarter of a fiscal year, on the basis of computations made pursuant to section 29 of this Act and submitted by the States, the percentage of the funds available for the next fiscal year to which each eligible State shall be entitled. Notice of the percentage and of the dollar amount, if it can be determined, for each State shall be furnished to the States at the earliest practicable time. If the Secretary finds that an amount made available to a State for a prior year is greater or less than the amount which should have been made available to that State for the prior year, because of later or more accurate State expenditure information, the amount for the current fiscal year may be increased or decreased by the appropriate amount."; and (b) in subsection (c) by striking the words "boating safety program" each time they appear and substituting "State recreational boating safety and facilities improvement program". (10) Section 32 is amended— (a) by striking in subsection (a) the words "boating and boating safety" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "boating safety and facilities improvement."; and (b) by adding in the first sentence of subsection (b) following the word' safety" the words "and facilities improvement".

TITLE II—ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the "Recreational Boating Fund Act of 1980".

46 USC 1479.

46 USC 1480. Ante, p. 1986.

46 USC 1481.

Recreational Boating Fund Act of 1980. 46 USC 1451 note.

SEC. 202. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL RECREATIONAL BOATING 46 USC 1479a. SAFETY AND FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT FUND.

There is established in the Treasury of the United States a separate fund to be known as the "National Recreational Boating Safety and