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S. 4250

Introduced

Sport Fish Restoration, Recreational Boating Safety, and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2026

Sponsor
RDan Sullivan· Alaska
Introduced
March 26, 2026
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Latest action
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.March 26, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4250 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4250

To amend the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act with respect to 
sport fish restoration and recreational boating safety, and for other 
purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 26, 2026

Mr. Sullivan (for himself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Peters, Mr. 
Sheehy, Ms. Rosen, Mrs. Blackburn, and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the 
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To amend the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act with respect to 
sport fish restoration and recreational boating safety, and for other 
purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Sport Fish Restoration, Recreational 
Boating Safety, and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF DINGELL-JOHNSON SPORT FISH RESTORATION ACT.

(a) Division of Annual Appropriations.--Section 4 of the Dingell-
Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777c) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by striking ``2026'' and inserting ``2031''; and
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), in the first sentence, by 
striking ``2026'' and inserting ``2031''; and
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), in the first sentence, by 
striking ``2026'' and inserting ``2031''.
(b) Multistate Conservation Grant Program.--Section 14(e) of the 
Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777m(e)) is 
amended--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
``Not more than $1,200,000 of each'' and inserting ``Each''; 
and
(2) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ``$200,000'' and inserting ``The greater of 
0.0375 percent of such appropriation or $200,000''.
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