,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #caeb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bi1 #bjag,mr4 
,reichert 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,barragn1  
,mr4 ,heck1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,mr4       
,kilmer1 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,ms4        
,del,bene1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,washington1  
,ms4 ,jayapal1 and ,mr4 ,larsen of      
,washington7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure1 and in addition to the 
,committee on ,ways and ,means1 for a   
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require full spending of the ,harbor    
,maintenance ,trust ,fund1 to provide   
for expanded uses of the ,fund1 and to  
prevent cargo diversion1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,harbor ,maintenance
 ,trust ,fund ,reform ,act of #bjag4    

#b4 ,reform of spending from the ,harbor
 ,maintenance ,trust ,fund  7a7 ,in     
general ,section #ieje7;c7 of the       
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is    
amended to read as follows3  7c7        
,expenditures from ,harbor ,maintenance 
,trust ,fund  7#a7 ,required            
distributions  7,a7 ,in general ,in the 
case of any fiscal year beginning after 
,september #cj1 #bjag1 so much of the   
amounts in the ,harbor ,maintenance     
,trust ,fund as is equal to the         
applicable amount shall be available1   
without appropriation1 for making       
expenditures-- 7i7 to carry out section 
#baj of the ,water ,resources           
,development ,act of #aihf1  7ii7 for   
payments of rebates of tolls or charges 
pursuant to section #ac7;b7 of the ,act 
of ,may #ac1 #aied 7as in effect on     
,april #a1 #aihg71 and  7iii7 for the   
payment of all expenses of              
administration incurred by the          
,department of the ,treasury1 the ,army 
,corps of ,engineers1 and the           

,department of ,commerce related to the 
administration of subchapter ,a of      
chapter #cf 7relating to harbor         
maintenance tax74  7,b7 ,applicable     
amount ,for purposes of subparagraph    
7,a71 the applicable amount for any     
fiscal year is an amount equal to the   
sum of-- 7i7 the amount of taxes        
received in the ,treasury under section 
#ddfa for the immediately preceding     
fiscal year1 plus  7ii7 any amounts     
credited to the ,harbor ,maintenance    
,trust ,fund under section #ifjb7;b7    
which is attributable to the portion of 
the amounts described in clause 7i7 that
 are deposited in such ,trust ,fund4    
7,c7 ,allocation of amounts ,of the     
amounts available under this paragraph  
for any fiscal year--  7i7 #e1jjj1jjj   
shall be available for purposes         
described in subparagraph 7,a77iii71    
7ii7 #dj1jjj1jjj shall be available for 
purposes described in subparagraph      
7,a77ii71 and  7iii7 the remainder shall
 be available for purposes described in 

subparagraph 7,a77i74  7#b7 ,other      
amounts ,the amounts in the ,harbor     
,maintenance ,trust ,fund after         
application of paragraph 7#a7 shall be  
available1 as provided in appropriations
 ,acts1 for making expenditures for     
purposes described in paragraph         
7#a77;,a74  4  7b7 ,effective date ,the 
amendment made by this section shall    
apply to fiscal years beginning after   
the date of the enactment of this ,act4 
#c4 ,additional measures at donor ports 
and energy transfer ports ,section #bajf
 of the ,water ,resources ,reform and   
,development ,act of #bjad 7#cc         
,u4,s4,c4 #bbch;c7 is amended--  7#a7 in
 subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 in paragraph     
7#a71 by striking ,subject to the       
availability of appropriations1 the     
,secretary may and inserting ,the       
,secretary shall2 and  7,b7 in paragraph
 7#b7-- 7i7 in subparagraph 7,b71 by    
striking 2 and and inserting a          
semicolon2  7ii7 in subparagraph        
7,c77ii71 by striking the period at the 

end and inserting 2 and2 and  7iii7 by  
adding at the end the following3  7,d7  
shall be provided in equal amounts for  
each fiscal year to-- 7i7 donor ports   
and medium-sized donor ports2 and  7ii7 
energy transfer ports4  2  7#b7 by      
striking subsection 7f72 and  7#c7 by   
redesignating subsection 7g7 as         
subsection 7f74  #d4 ,expenditures from 
the harbor maintenance trust fund  7a7  
,operation and maintenance of harbor    
projects ,section #baj7;c7 of the ,water
 ,resources ,development ,act of #aihf  
7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #bbch7;c77 is amended--  
7#a7 in paragraph 7#c71 by striking     
fiscal year #bjab and inserting fiscal  
year #bjaf2  7#b7 by redesignating      
paragraph 7#d7 as paragraph 7#e72 and   
7#c7 by inserting after paragraph 7#c7  
the following3  7#d7 ,certain donor     
ports and energy transfer ports ,the    
,secretary shall allocate to carry out  
activities under section #bajf7;c7 of   
the ,water ,resources ,reform and       
,development ,act of #bjad 7#cc         

,u4,s4,c4 #bbch;c7c77 an amount that is 
not less than #bj percent of the funds  
made available under this section for   
each fiscal year4  4  7b7 ,definition of
 expanded uses ,section #baj7;f77#c7 of 
the ,water ,resources ,development ,act 
of #aihf 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #bbch7;f77#c77  
is amended by adding at the end the     
following3  7,c7 ,an in-water           
improvement1 if--  7i7 the improvement  
benefits commercial navigation at the   
harbor2 and  7ii7 the improvement is    
located in or adjacent to a berth that  
is accessible to a ,federal navigation  
project4  7,d7 ,an activity to maintain 
or improve slope stability at a berth in
 a harbor that is accessible to a       
,federal navigation project1 if the     
activity benefits commercial navigation 
at the harbor4  4