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§ 2238b. Funding for harbor maintenance programs
(a) Definitions
In this section:
(1) Total amount of harbor maintenance taxes received
(2) Total budget resources
(b) Target appropriations
(1) In general
Except as provided in subsection (c), the target total budget resources made available to the Secretary from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for a fiscal year shall be not less than the following:
(A) For fiscal year 2015, 67 percent of the total amount of harbor maintenance taxes received in fiscal year 2014.
(B) For fiscal year 2016, 69 percent of the total amount of harbor maintenance taxes received in fiscal year 2015.
(C) For fiscal year 2017, 71 percent of the total amount of harbor maintenance taxes received in fiscal year 2016.
(D) For fiscal year 2018, 74 percent of the total amount of harbor maintenance taxes received in fiscal year 2017.
(E) For fiscal year 2019, 77 percent of the total amount of harbor maintenance taxes received in fiscal year 2018.
(F) For fiscal year 2020, 80 percent of the total amount of harbor maintenance taxes received in fiscal year 2019.
(G) For fiscal year 2021, 83 percent of the total amount of harbor maintenance taxes received in fiscal year 2020.
(H) For fiscal year 2022, 87 percent of the total amount of harbor maintenance taxes received in fiscal year 2021.
(I) For fiscal year 2023, 91 percent of the total amount of harbor maintenance taxes received in fiscal year 2022.
(J) For fiscal year 2024, 95 percent of the total amount of harbor maintenance taxes received in fiscal year 2023.
(K) For fiscal year 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, 100 percent of the total amount of harbor maintenance taxes received in the previous fiscal year.
(2) Use of amounts
(c) Exception
If the target total budget resources for a fiscal year described in subparagraphs (A) through (J) of subsection (b)(1) is lower than the target total budget resources for the previous fiscal year, the target total budget resources shall be adjusted to be equal to the lesser of—
(1) 103 percent of the total budget resources appropriated for the previous fiscal year; or
(2) 100 percent of the total amount of harbor maintenance taxes received in the previous fiscal year.
(d) Impact on other funds
(1) Sense of Congress
(2) Application
(Pub. L. 113–121, title II, § 2101, June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1272; Pub. L. 114–322, title I, § 1108, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1634.)