Yacht documentation is paid for by yacht owners' fees
Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 5, Sec. 5.
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Yacht documentation is paid for by yacht owners' fees
The document says “shall not”Who acts: Commandant of the Coast GuardHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says
“None of the funds made available by this Act under the heading ``Coast Guard--Operations and Support'' shall be for expenses incurred for recreational vessels under section 12114 of title 46, United States Code, except to the extent fees are collected from owners of yachts”
Section 213(a). Coast Guard operations money may not pay the cost of documenting recreational vessels under section 12114 of title 46, except so far as fees collected from yacht owners are credited to that account. Subsection (b) allows staff who document other vessels to work on recreational applications where the fees fall short and a backlog has built up.
What the document actually says
“None of the funds made available by this Act under the heading ``Coast Guard--Operations and Support'' shall be for expenses incurred for recreational vessels under section 12114 of title 46, United States Code, except to the extent fees are collected from owners of yachts”
That sentence, in plain words
Coast Guard funds may not pay to register pleasure boats. Fees from yacht owners must cover that work.
What this is about
Boat owners file papers to register a boat. Here the owners pay for the work. If fees fall short, other staff may pitch in.
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Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026., Public Law 119-86, sec. 5, 140 Stat. 774 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ86/html/PLAW-119publ86.htm
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“Yacht documentation is paid for by yacht owners' fees,” Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026., section 5, Sec. 5. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/homeland-security-further-additional-continuing/proposal/sec05-sec213-recreational-vessel-documentation/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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