The sportfishing industry applauds the recent introduction of the Sport Fish Restoration, Recreational Boating Safety, and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2021. Led in the U.S. Senate by Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and in the House of Representatives by Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) and Garret Graves (R-La.), this bill would reauthorize the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund (SFRBTF), which is funded in part by the federal excise tax on fishing equipment paid by the sportfishing…

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