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§13106 Computation Decisions About State Amounts Expended

Title 46 › Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part I — State Boating Safety Programs › CHAPTER 131 — RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY › § 13106

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

States must count these costs when figuring how much they spent on their recreational boating safety program, following rules the Secretary sets: (1) buying, keeping up, and running land, facilities, equipment, and supplies; (2) staff pay and reimbursed expenses; (3) training; (4) public boat-safety education; (5) carrying out the program; and (6) other expenses the Secretary allows. The Secretary will decide any question or dispute about those calculations.

Full Legal Text

Title 46, §13106

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(a)Consistent with regulations prescribed by the Secretary, the computation by a State of amounts expended for the State recreational boating safety program shall include—
(1)the acquisition, maintenance, and operating costs of land, facilities, equipment, and supplies;
(2)personnel salaries and reimbursable expenses;
(3)the costs of training personnel;
(4)public boat safety education;
(5)the costs of carrying out the program; and
(6)other expenses that the Secretary considers appropriate.
(b)The Secretary shall decide an issue arising out of the computation made under subsection (a) of this section.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 1310546:1478 section 13105 prescribes what amounts expended or obligated by a State will be counted toward the State’s share. This section also authorizes the Secretary to settle any dispute over the computations required by this section.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 13106 was renumbered section 13107 of this title.

Amendments

2006—Pub. L. 109–304 renumbered section 13105 of this title as this section. 1990—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–595 struck out “or obligated” after “expended” in provisions preceding par. (1). 1984—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–369 struck out “and facilities improvement” after “boating safety” in provisions preceding par. (1).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1984 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 98–369 effective Oct. 1, 1984, to apply with respect to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1984, see section 1013 of Pub. L. 98–369, set out as a note under section 13101 of this title.

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Citation

46 U.S.C. § 13106

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Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

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