text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Marine Navigation Safety Improvement 
  Act of 1993''.
  
  SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF MARINE NAVIGATION SAFETY ACCOUNT.
  
      Section 9505 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to the 
  Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund) is amended--
              (1) in subsection (c)--
                      (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``except as 
                  provided in paragraph (4)'', before ``to carry out'';
                      (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the 
                  end and inserting a comma; and
                      (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                  paragraph:
              ``(4) to carry out subsections (a)(3) and (c) of section 
          210 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986.''; and
              (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
      ``(e) Marine Navigation Safety Account.--
              ``(1) In general.--There is hereby established in the 
          Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund a separate account to be known as 
          the `Marine Navigation Safety Account', consisting of such 
          amounts as may be transferred or credited to the account 
          pursuant to this subsection or section 9602(b).
              ``(2) Transfers to account.--
                      ``(A) 1991 and 1992.--Not later than 30 days after 
                  the date of the enactment of the Marine Navigation 
                  Safety Improvement Act of 1993, the Secretary shall 
                  transfer to the Marine Navigation Safety Account an 
                  amount not to exceed the sum of--
                              ``(i) 8 percent of the amount of taxes 
                          received in the Treasury under section 4461 for 
                          the calendar years 1991 and 1992; and
                              ``(ii) interest on the amount referred to 
                          in clause (i) for the calendar years 1991 and 
                          1992, credited pursuant to section 9602(b)(3).
                      ``(B) 1993 and each subsequent year.--For calendar 
                  year 1993, and for each calendar year thereafter, the 
                  Secretary shall transfer to the Marine Navigation 
                  Safety Account an amount equal to the sum of--
                              ``(i) 8 percent of the amount of taxes 
                          received in the Treasury pursuant to section 
                          4461; and
                              ``(ii) interest on the amount referred to 
                          in clause (i) for the calendar year, credited 
                          pursuant to section 9602(b)(3).
              ``(3) Expenditures from account.--Amounts in the Marine 
          Navigation Safety Account shall be available, as provided in 
          appropriations Acts, to carry out the programs and activities 
          of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the 
          Department of Commerce related to commercial marine navigation 
          described in section 210(c) of the Water Resources Development 
          Act of 1986.''.
  
  SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO THE WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1986.
  
      Section 210 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 
  U.S.C. 2238) is amended--
              (1) in subsection (a)--
                      (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph 
                  (1);
                      (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph 
                  (2) and inserting ``; and''; and
                      (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                  paragraph:
              ``(3) from the Marine Navigation Safety Account established 
          under section 9505(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, to 
          carry out the programs and activities of the National Oceanic 
          and Atmospheric Administration of the Department of Commerce 
          related to commercial marine navigation described in subsection 
          (c).''; and
              (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
      ``(c) Commercial Marine Navigation.--The amounts authorized to be 
  appropriated under subsection (a)(3) shall remain available until 
  expended, and shall--
              ``(1) be made available to the Secretary of Commerce to 
          support, either directly or by contract, the nautical charting 
          and marine navigational safety programs and such other 
          activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
          Administration related to commercial marine navigation as the 
          Secretary determines to be appropriate, including--
                      ``(A) the nautical charting program;
                      ``(B) marine tides and circulation programs;
                      ``(C) charting survey ship support; and
                      ``(D) marine weather services applicable to 
                  commercial navigation safety in the waters of the 
                  United States; and
              ``(2) be used by the Secretary of Commerce, subject to the 
          following conditions:
                      ``(A)(i) Funds transferred to the Marine Navigation 
                  Safety Account pursuant to section 9505(e)(2)(A) of the 
                  Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be used only for 
                  the purposes of enabling, modernizing, enhancing, or 
                  expanding the capabilities of the National Oceanic and 
                  Atmospheric Administration to conduct the programs and 
                  activities referred to in paragraph (1).
                      ``(ii) No portion of the funds referred to in 
                  clause (i) may be used to offset funds made available 
                  for the purposes referred to in clause (i) through 
                  appropriations to the Operations, Research, and 
                  Facilities account of the National Oceanic and 
                  Atmospheric Administration.
                      ``(B)(i) Funds transferred to the Marine Navigation 
                  Safety Account pursuant to section 9505(e)(2)(B) of the 
                  Internal Revenue Code of 1986 may be used for the 
                  following purposes:
                              ``(I) Conducting the operational aspects of 
                          the programs and activities referred to in 
                          paragraph (1).
                              ``(II) Enabling, modernizing, enhancing, or 
                          expanding the capabilities of the National 
                          Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to 
                          conduct the programs and activities referred to 
                          in paragraph (1).
                      ``(ii) Not more than 50 percent of the funds 
                  referred to in clause (i) may be used to offset funds 
                  previously made available for the purposes referred to 
                  in clause (i) through appropriations to the Operations, 
                  Research and Facilities account of the National Oceanic 
                  and Atmospheric Administration.''.
target: Marine Navigation Safety Improvement Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish within the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund the Marine Navigation Safety Account.  Funds such Account with transfers of specified amounts from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund. Directs that amounts in the Account be available to carry out the programs and activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the Department of Commerce relating to nautical charting and marine navigational safety programs as specified.
feat_title: Marine Navigation Safety Improvement Act of 1993