,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bah  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #d1 #bjac 
,mr4 ,levin 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,isakson1
 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,chambliss1 ,ms4
 ,landrieu1 ,mr4 ,portman1 ,ms4         
,stabenow1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,wisconsin1 
,mr4 ,blunt1 ,mr4 ,coons1 ,mr4 ,roberts1
 ,mr4 ,warner1 ,mr4 ,brown1 ,mr4 ,hatch1
 ,mr4 ,franken1 ,mr4 ,graham1 ,mr4      
,merkley1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 ,mr4         
,schumer1 ,mr4 ,coburn1 ,mr4 ,casey1    
,mr4 ,wyden1 ,mr4 ,kirk1 ,mr4 ,cornyn1  
,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,mr4 ,begich1 ,mr4   
,cardin1 ,ms4 ,collins1 and ,mrs4       
,boxer7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,environment and ,public 
,works  ,a ,,bill  ,to ensure that      
amounts credited to the ,harbor         
,maintenance ,trust ,fund are used for  
harbor maintenance4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,harbor  
,maintenance ,act of #bjac4  #b4        
,funding for harbor maintenance programs

  7a7 ,harbor maintenance trust fund    
guarantee  7#a7 ,in general ,the total  
budget resources made available from the
 ,harbor ,maintenance ,trust ,fund each 
fiscal year pursuant to section         
#ieje7;c7 of the ,internal ,revenue     
,code of #aihf 7relating to expenditures
 from the ,harbor ,maintenance ,trust   
,fund7 shall be equal to the level of   
receipts plus interest credited to the  
,harbor ,maintenance ,trust ,fund for   
that fiscal year4 ,such amounts may be  
used only for harbor maintenance        
programs described in section #ieje7;c7 
of such ,code4  7#b7 ,guarantee ,no     
funds may be appropriated for harbor    
maintenance programs described in such  
section unless the amount described in  
paragraph 7#a7 has been provided4  7b7  
,definitions ,in this section1 the      
following definitions apply3  7#a7      
,total budget resources ,the term total 
budget resources means the total amount 
made available by appropriations ,acts  
from the ,harbor ,maintenance ,trust    

,fund for a fiscal year for making      
expenditures under section #ieje7;c7 of 
the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf4  
7#b7 ,level of receipts plus interest   
,the term level of receipts plus        
interest means the level of taxes and   
interest credited to the ,harbor        
,maintenance ,trust ,fund under section 
#ieje of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of
 #aihf for a fiscal year as set forth in
 the ,president's budget baseline       
projection as defined in section #beg of
 the ,balanced ,budget and ,emergency   
,deficit ,control ,act of #aihe 7,public
 ,law #ii-agg2 #ii ,stat4 #ajib7 for    
that fiscal year submitted pursuant to  
section #aaje of title #ca1 ,united     
,states ,code4  7c7 ,enforcement of     
guarantees ,it shall not be in order in 
the ,house of ,representatives or the   
,senate to consider any bill1 joint     
resolution1 amendment1 motion1 or       
conference report that would cause total
 budget resources in a fiscal year for  
harbor maintenance programs described in

 subsection 7b77#a7 for such fiscal year
 to be less than the amount required by 
subsection 7a77#a7 for such fiscal year4