The purpose of the state recreational boating safety program is to encourage greater state participation and uniformity in boating safety efforts, and particularly to permit the states to assume the…

The Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard awarded the Fish & Boat Commission, Pennsylvania $2.846 million under the Boating Safety Financial Assistance program (CFDA 97.012) on October 1, 2025, for the period of performance October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028.

The award funds boating safety education, law enforcement personnel training in boating safety and regulatory enforcement, public boating safety education programs, vessel numbering and titling programs, boating safety inspections and marine casualty investigations, and the establishment and maintenance of emergency search-and-rescue facilities. The recipient may also use funds to acquire, construct, or repair public access sites used primarily by recreational boaters, establish and maintain waterway markers and aids to navigation, and provide emergency search-and-rescue assistance.

The Fish & Boat Commission, Pennsylvania is a state agency and child entity of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Work is performed throughout Pennsylvania.

The purpose of the state recreational boating safety program is to encourage greater state participation and uniformity in boating safety efforts, and particularly to permit the states to assume the greater share of boating safety education, assistance, and enforcement activities. Federal funds provided for a state's boating safety program may be used for any of the following expenses. 1. Providing facilities, equipment, and supplies for boating safety education and law enforcement, including purchase, operation, maintenance, and repair. 2. Training personnel in skills related to boating safety and to the enforcement of boating safety laws and regulations. 3. Providing public boating safety education, including educational programs and lectures, to the boating community and the public school system. 4. Acquiring, constructing, or repairing public access sites used primarily by recreational boaters. 5. Conducting boating safety inspections and marine casualty investigations. 6. Establishing and maintaining emergency or search and rescue facilities, and providing emergency or search and rescue assistance. 7. Establishing and maintaining waterway markers and other appropriate aids to navigation. 8. Providing state recreational vessel numbering and titling programs.