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HR 3858 · 119th Congress · HouseOther

Sport Fish Restoration, Recreational Boating Safety, and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2025

In plain language: This legislation extends federal funding through 2031 for state-level sport fish conservation, recreational boating safety, and regional fishery management. It expands boating infrastructure grants so marinas can build fueling stations for renewable and alternative marine fuels. Additionally, it cuts the federal excise tax on portable, electronically aerated live bait containers from 10 percent to 3 percent.

Provisional: our plain-language summary, pending review.

Provisionalunreviewed: impact, issue tags, provisions, stakeholders, summary
People affected—Not determinable from the text provided; the bill affects recreational boaters, anglers, state fisheries commissions, and bait container manufacturers/retailers without specifying counts.
Fiscal magnitude—no CBO estimate published
Reach30provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
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Issues

What this bill touches.

Federal lands & resources+30Public works+30Overall tax level−20Energy sources+25

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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

Who it helps

  • Manufacturers and importers of portable aerated bait containersSection 5 reduces the federal excise tax rate on portable, electronically aerated bait containers from 10 percent to 3 percent for sales after enactment.provisional
  • Interstate marine fisheries commissionsSection 3 removes the $1.2 million annual funding cap and guarantees funding equal to the greater of $200,000 or 0.0375 percent of annual appropriations under the Dingell-Johnson Act.provisional
  • Alternative marine fuel station operators and developersSection 4 makes projects that build, renovate, maintain, or transport fuel to alternative marine fuel facilities for transient recreational vessels eligible as priorities for boating infrastructure grants.provisional
  • State sport fish restoration and boating safety programsSection 2 extends federal funding allocations for sport fish restoration, coastal wetlands conservation, and recreational boating safety programs through fiscal year 2031.provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. Extends annual funding authorizations and allocations for federal sport fish restoration, coastal wetlands conservation, and recreational boating safety programs through fiscal year 2031.

    Sec. 2provisional

  2. Adjusts annual funding for interstate marine fisheries commissions to whichever is higher between $200,000 and 0.0375 percent of the total appropriation, while eliminating the previous $1.2 million overall cap.

    Sec. 3provisional

  3. Expands boating infrastructure grant priorities to include building, maintaining, or delivering renewable and alternative marine fuels for recreational vessels.

    Sec. 4provisional

  4. Reduces the federal excise tax on portable, electronically aerated bait containers from 10 percent to 3 percent for sales made after enactment.

    Sec. 5(a)provisional

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Timeline

How it moved.

  1. Jul 15, 2025Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
  2. Jun 10, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Jun 10, 2025Introduced in House

The original text

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Sources & provenance

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