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Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act

Program Information

Popular name

Boating Infrastructure Grants (BIG)

Program Number

15.622

Program objective

This program provides funding to States, the District of Columbia, Commonwealths, and territories for the construction, renovation, and maintenance of docking, mooring, and other facilities for transient, recreational boats 26 feet or greater in length.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2017

    The program received 65 applications and funded 49. Anticipated accomplishments include funding approximately 400 new, renovated or protected slips, plus other amenities—including restrooms, showers, wave attenuators, and navigational aids—for the use and enjoyment of the transient recreational boating public.

  2. 2018

    The program received 60 applications and funded 43 of them.

  3. 2019

    The program received 64 applications and funded 56 of them.

  4. 2020

    The program received 44 applications and funded 36 of them.

  5. 2021

    The program received 42 applications and anticipates funding 37 of them.

  6. 2022

    The program received 45 applications and funded 36 of them.

  7. 2023

    Program received 40 eligible applications and funded 37 of them.

  8. 2024

    Program received 38 eligible applications and anticipates funding 36 of them.

  9. 2025

    Program anticipates receiving 40 eligible applications and funding 35 of them.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

50 CFR Part 86.

  1. Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act—Boating infrastructure (16 U.S.C. §777g-1); and Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. §777 et seq.).

Program details

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • State
  • U.S. Territories

Additional resources