The following is a link to a brief Federal Register article that was just published. It provides an accounting overview of how the U.S. Coast Guard Office of Recreational Boating Safety spent $5.5 million in 2011 that was provided by the Sport Fish and Boating Safety Trust Fund. The Coast Guard reports this to comply with a requirement in the law when it was last passed by Congress. Click on the link below to see the report.
Federal Register, Volume 77 Issue 16
Larry Innis
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