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Panel backs reauthorization of Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund
Summary
Witnesses told the House Natural Resources Subcommittee that HR 3858 would preserve a long‑running excise‑tax funded conservation program that supports hatcheries, boating access and fisheries restoration, and that the fishing industry and states rely on continued funding and stable administration.
The Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries took testimony June 26 on HR 3858, the Sport Fish Restoration, Recreational Boating Safety and Wildlife Restoration Act, which would reauthorize the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund through 2030 and make technical adjustments to excise tax categories and grant priorities.
Sponsor Representative Debbie Dingell (D‑Mich.) and industry representatives described the program as a decades‑long, user‑funded conservation partnership that invests excise taxes from fishing equipment and motorboat fuels into hatcheries, public access and education. "This…
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