Coast Guard Details 2024 Boating Safety Spending Splash
Published Date: 5/2/2025
Notice
Summary
The Coast Guard is sharing how it’s using money from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to keep recreational boating safe in 2024. This update shows who’s getting funds, what projects are happening, and how much cash is involved, all wrapped up by September 30, 2024. Boaters and communities can expect safer waters thanks to these smart investments.
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IIJA boating safety funding used
If you are a recreational boater or live in a boating community, the Coast Guard used money from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to fund projects, programs, and activities intended to keep recreational boating safe in fiscal year 2024. The notice covers funds the Coast Guard committed, obligated, or expended as of September 30, 2024.
Annual accounting of boating funds
The Coast Guard published the required annual accounting under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that lists who received funds, what projects were funded, and the amounts the Coast Guard committed, obligated, or expended during fiscal year 2024 as of September 30, 2024. Boaters, communities, and other stakeholders can review these details in the Federal Register notice.
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