2003 NASBLA Futures Form presentation

1. National Boating Issues- U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Division of Federal Assistance
Perspectives

2. Wallop-Breaux Reauthorization
• Three main strategies being brought
forward by American League of Anglers
and Boaters
a) Extension of existing TEA-21
Highway Bill
b) ALAB Consensus Position
c) Recapture of fuels taxes

3. Sport Fish Restoration Account
Funding Sources
($ Millions)
Sonar
Interest $35 $2
Import Duties
$37
Fishing $221 Motorboat Fuels
Equipment $101
$69
Small Engine Fuels

4. Federal Assistance
Sport Fish Restoration Program
Excise Tax Coastal
fishing equipment
Sport Fish Wetlands
Restoration Act (18%)
Excise Tax Account Outreach
trolling motors $5-$10M
& flashers Aquatic Coast Guard Boating 5yr
Interest Resources Safety $64M/yr
(permanent) $9M MAX
Aquatic Trust Trust for Admin
Fund
Fund Clean Vessel Act
Pumpout grants FY
Import Duties
1999 to 2003
tackle, pleasure
$10 million/yr
boats, yachts
Fuels Tax Boating Infrastructure
Highway Trust Grants $8M/year
Fund motor boat & FY 2000-2003 FY 2002 State
small engine fuels Apportionments
$294.3M)

5. Aquatic Resources Trust Fund
(ALAB proposal)
Excise Tax Sport Fish Restoration
fishing equipment 55.3%
(includes boating access)
Excise Tax
trolling motors &
flashers Coastal Wetlands Act -- 18%
Interest
Aquatic Boating Safety--18%
Safety--18%
Aquatic Trust Resources
Fund Clean Vessel Act
Import Duties
Trust Fund Pumpout grants
$$$$
1.9%
tackle, pleasure
boats, yachts Outreach -- 1.9%
Fuels Tax Highway
Trust Fund motor Boating Infrastructure --1.9%
--1.9%
boat & small engine
fuels
Multi-state grants -- 0.9%
Unappropriated Administration (includes dedicated
Trust Fund accounts) -- 2.1%

6. Boating Infrastructure Grant
Program Tier-2 Awards
California
$3,000,000.00 Florida
Illinois
$2,500,000.00 Iowa
Louisiana
$2,000,000.00
Maine
$1,500,000.00 Mississippi
New Jersey
$1,000,000.00 New York
Ohio
$500,000.00
Oregon
$0.00 South Carolina
Virginia
Washington

7. Boating Infrastructure Grant
Program
• Initial authorization expires at the end of Fiscal
Year 2003.
• Initial Fiscal Years 2000, 2001 projects being
completed or unobligated funds being recovered.
• Tier-2 funds are some of the Service’s most
sought after grants. FWS received 60 proposals
from 21 States requesting $28.7 million of funds
from Tier-2 portion of BIG program in Fiscal Year
2003.

12. Clean Vessel Act Program
• Authorization expires at the end of Fiscal Year
2003.
• Proposal request exceed funds available.
• ALAB consensus position proposes to remove the
coastal project scoring preference.
• FWS is working to update regulations and prepare
a draft Service Manual to provide additional
program guidance.

13. Program Funding Requests
25000000
20000000
15000000
Proposed
Granted
10000000
5000000
0
1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

18. Regional Boating Access
Allocations Status
• Joint Task Force on Federal Assistance
Policy may consider the issue of motorized
boat issue associated with Sport Fish
Restoration funds.
• Some FWS regions are noticing increased
amounts of unobligated boating access
funds at the regional level.

19. Number of Numbered Boats
(Millions)
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000