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In response to a legislative mandate in the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) conducted a review to examine recreational boating access, including the use of non-motorized vessels, as well as the use of federal funding from the Sport Fish Restoration Trust Fund to support recreational boating. This session will discuss 1) what is known about the use of non-motorized and motorized vessels in the U.S., 2) the extent that users of these vessels have contributed to the Trust Fund, and 3) the extent that the Trust Fund has been used for boating access and safety activities to benefit users of non-motorized and motorized vessels.