US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

16 U.S.C. § 777g–1

Boating infrastructure

(a)

Purpose

The purpose of this section is to provide funds to States for the development and maintenance of facilities for transient nontrailerable recreational vessels.

(b)

Omitted

(c)

Plan

section 777g(g) of this titleWithin 6 months after submitting a survey to the Secretary under , 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.

(d)

Grant program

(1)

Matching grants

1

1 See References in Text note below.
The Secretary of the Interior shall obligate amounts made available under section 777c(a)(4)  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.

(2)

Priorities

In awarding grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority to projects that—
(A)
consist of the construction, renovation, or maintenance of facilities for transient nontrailerable recreational vessels in accordance with a plan submitted by a State under subsection (c);
(B)
provide for public/private partnership efforts to develop, maintain, and operate facilities for transient nontrailerable recreational vessels; and
(C)
propose innovative ways to increase the availability of facilities for transient nontrailerable recreational vessels.
(e)

Definitions

For purposes of this section, the term—
(1)
“nontrailerable recreational vessel” means a recreational vessel 26 feet in length or longer—
(A)
operated primarily for pleasure; or
(B)
leased, rented, or chartered to another for the latter’s pleasure;
(2)
“facilities for transient nontrailerable recreational vessels” includes mooring buoys, day-docks, navigational aids, seasonal slips, safe harbors, or similar structures located on navigable waters, that are available to the general public (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior) and designed for temporary use by nontrailerable recreational vessels; and
(3)
“State” means each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Pub. L. 105–178, title VII, § 7404112 Stat. 486Pub. L. 105–206, title IX, § 9012(c)112 Stat. 864Pub. L. 109–59, title X, § 10115119 Stat. 1928(, , ; , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title X, § 10001(b)(1)(D)129 Stat. 1620section 777c(a)(3)(A) of this titleParagraph (4) of section 777c(a), referred to in subsec. (d)(1), was repealed by , , . See .

Codification

section 7404 of Pub. L. 105–178section 7404 of Pub. L. 105–178Pub. L. 105–206, § 9012(c)section 777g of this titleSection is comprised of . Subsec. (b) of , as amended by , amended .

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.

Amendments

Pub. L. 109–59section 777c(a)(4) of this titlesection 777c(b)(3)(B) of this title2005—Subsec. (d)(1). substituted “” for “”.

Pub. L. 105–206, § 9012(c)Pub. L. 105–178, § 7404(b)1998—Subsec. (b). , made a technical amendment to directory language of . See Codification note above.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2005 Amendments

Pub. L. 109–59section 101(b) of Pub. L. 109–74section 777b of this titleFrom , to end of fiscal year 2005, subsec. (d)(1) of this section considered to read as immediately before enactment of , see , set out as a note under .

Pub. L. 109–59section 10102 of Pub. L. 109–59section 777b of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .

Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Pub. L. 105–206Pub. L. 105–178Pub. L. 105–178Pub. L. 105–178Pub. L. 105–206section 9016 of Pub. L. 105–206section 101 of Title 23Title IX of effective simultaneously with enactment of and to be treated as included in at time of enactment, and provisions of , as in effect on day before , that are amended by title IX of to be treated as not enacted, see , set out as a note under , Highways.