SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sport Fish Restoration and 
Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. ALLOCATIONS.

    (a) Authorization.--Section 3 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish 
Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777b) is amended by striking ``57 percent'' 
and inserting ``58.012 percent''.
    (b) In General.--Section 4 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish 
Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777c) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``For each'' and all that 
                        follows through ``the balance'' and inserting 
                        ``For each fiscal year through fiscal year 
                        2020, the balance''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``multistate conservation 
                        grants under section 14'' and inserting 
                        ``activities under section 14(e)'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ``18.5'' percent 
                and inserting ``18.673 percent'';
                    (C) in paragraph (2) by striking ``18.5 percent'' 
                and inserting ``17.315 percent'';
                    (D) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4);
                    (E) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph 
                (4); and
                    (F) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) Boating infrastructure improvement.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An amount equal to 4 percent to 
                the Secretary of the Interior for qualified projects 
                under section 5604(c) of the Clean Vessel Act of 1992 
                (33 U.S.C. 1322 note) and section 7404(d) of the 
                Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 
                777g-1(d)).
                    ``(B) Limitation.--Not more than 75 percent of the 
                amount under subparagraph (A) shall be available for 
                projects under either of the sections referred to in 
                subparagraph (A).'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``for 
                        each'' and all that follows through ``the 
                        Secretary'' and inserting ``for each fiscal 
                        year through fiscal year 2020, the Secretary''; 
                        and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) in clause (i) by striking 
                                ``each of fiscal years 2001 and 2002, 
                                $9,000,000;'' and inserting ``fiscal 
                                year 2016, $11,000,000;'';
                                    (II) in clause (ii) by striking 
                                ``2003, $8,212,000; and'' and inserting 
                                ``2017, $11,300,000;''; and
                                    (III) by striking clause (iii) and 
                                inserting the following:
                            ``(iii) for fiscal year 2018, $11,600,000;
                            ``(iv) for fiscal year 2019, $11,800,000; 
                        and
                            ``(v) for fiscal year 2020, $11,900,000.'';
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph 
                (3);
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) Set-aside for coast guard administration.--
                    ``(A) In general.--From the annual appropriation 
                made in accordance with section 3, for each of fiscal 
                years 2016 through 2020, the Secretary of the 
                department in which the Coast Guard is operating may 
                use no more than the amount specified in subparagraph 
                (B) for the fiscal year for the purposes set forth in 
                section 13107(c) of title 46, United States Code. The 
                amount specified in subparagraph (B) for a fiscal year 
                may not be included in the amount of the annual 
                appropriation distributed under subsection (a) for the 
                fiscal year.
                    ``(B) Available amounts.--The available amount 
                referred to in subparagraph (A) is--
                            ``(i) for fiscal year 2016, $7,800,000;
                            ``(ii) for fiscal year 2017, $7,900,000;
                            ``(iii) for fiscal year 2018, $8,000,000;
                            ``(iv) for fiscal year 2019, $8,100,000; 
                        and
                            ``(v) for fiscal year 2020, $8,200,000.''; 
                        and
                    (D) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``until 
                        the end of the fiscal year.'' and inserting 
                        ``until the end of the subsequent fiscal 
                        year.''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B) by striking 
                        ``under subsection (e)'' and inserting ``under 
                        subsection (c)'';
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking ``(c) The Secretary'' and inserting 
                ``(c)(1) The Secretary,'';
                    (B) by striking ``grants under section 14 of this 
                title'' and inserting ``activities under section 
                14(e)'';
                    (C) by striking ``57 percent'' and inserting 
                ``58.012 percent''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) The Secretary shall deduct from the amount to be apportioned 
under paragraph (1) the amounts used for grants under section 14(a).''; 
and
            (4) in subsection (e)(1) by striking ``those subsections,'' 
        and inserting ``those paragraphs,''.
    (c) Submission and Approval of Plans and Projects.--Section 6(d) of 
the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777e(d)) is 
amended by striking ``for appropriations'' and inserting ``from 
appropriations''.
    (d) Unexpended or Unobligated Funds.--Section 8(b)(2) of the 
Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777g(b)(2)) is 
amended by striking ``57 percent'' and inserting ``58.012 percent''.
    (e) Cooperation.--Section 12 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish 
Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777k) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``57 percent'' and inserting ``58.012 
        percent''; and
            (2) by striking ``under section 4(b)'' and inserting 
        ``under section 4(c)''.
    (f) Other Activities.--Section 14 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish 
Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777m) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ``of each annual 
        appropriation made in accordance with section 3''; and
            (2) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 
                striking ``Of amounts made available under section 4(b) 
                for each fiscal year--'' and inserting ``Not more than 
                $1,200,000 of each annual appropriation made in 
                accordance with the provisions of section 3 shall be 
                distributed to the Secretary of the Interior for use as 
                follows:''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (1)(D) by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a period.
    (g) Repeal.--The Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 
U.S.C. 777 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by striking section 15; and
            (2) by redesignating section 16 as section 15.

SEC. 3. RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY.

    Section 13107 of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and 
                subsection (c),'' and inserting ``Subject to subsection 
                (c),'';
                    (B) by striking ``the sum of (A) the amount made 
                available from the Boat Safety Account for that fiscal 
                year under section 15 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish 
                Restoration Act and (B)''; and
                    (C) by striking paragraph (2); and
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking the subsection designation and 
                paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
    ``(c)(1)(A) The Secretary may use amounts made available each 
fiscal year under section 4(b)(2) of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish 
Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777c(b)(2)) for payment of expenses of the 
Coast Guard for investigations, personnel, and activities directly 
related to--
            ``(i) administering State recreational boating safety 
        programs under this chapter; or
            ``(ii) coordinating or carrying out the national 
        recreational boating safety program under this title.
    ``(B) Of the amounts used by the Secretary each fiscal year under 
subparagraph (A)--
            ``(i) not less than $2,500,000 is available to ensure 
        compliance with chapter 43 of this title; and
            ``(ii) not more than $1,500,000 is available to conduct a 
        survey, not more than once every 3 years, of levels of 
        recreational boating participation and related matters in the 
        United States.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by striking ``No funds'' and inserting 
                        ``On and after October 1, 2015, no funds''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``traditionally''.

SEC. 4. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT.

    (a) In General.--On the date on which the President submits to 
Congress a budget for fiscal year 2017 and for each fiscal year 
thereafter, the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
shall submit to Congress an assessment of the administrative services 
provided by such Service under the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish 
Restoration Act to the States and the sportfishing community.
    (b) Contents.--Each assessment under subsection (a) shall include 
the following:
            (1) The percentage of grant awards and amendments completed 
        within 45 days after receipt of a complete grant application, 
        the average number of days to process new grant applications, 
        and the average number of days to process grant amendment 
        requests.
            (2) Which wildlife and sport fish restoration policies are 
        currently being updated, the start time for each update, and 
        the anticipated completion time for each update.
            (3) The number of Federal assistance workshops held with 
        States and such Service in efforts to communicate fiscal 
        policies and procedures to State agencies.
            (4) The average time to respond to requests from States for 
        assistance, based on initial notification or assistance 
        requests initiated by a State.
            (5) The number of States with unresolved reconciliation of 
        land records and the number of corrective action plans with 
        open actions.
            (6) The number of employees of such Service with grants 
        management training and the number of such employees with 
        outstanding training requirements, and the number of State fish 
        and wildlife staff who have received training through the 
        Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Fund Program of such 
        Service.
            (7) The number of full-time positions of such Service 
        filled and vacant, including the associated position titles and 
        paygrades, that contribute to grant processing and related 
        grant management in each Service region and at Service 
        headquarters.
Sport Fish Restoration and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2015 This bill amends the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to reauthorize through FY2020 appropriations from the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund for various fish, boating, and coastal wetlands restoration programs. The bill also revises amounts allocated from the Fund to various programs, including amounts for programs concerning: (1) coastal wetlands, (2) boating safety, and (3) boating infrastructure. A separate amount is set aside each fiscal year through FY2020 for the Coast Guard's administration of the national recreational boating safety program. When the President submits a budget for FY2017 and each fiscal year thereafter, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must submit an assessment of the administrative services it provides under the Act to states and the sportfishing community.
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