{"data":{"id":"us/50-cfr-86.16","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"50 CFR 86.16","heading":"What actions are ineligible for BIG funding?","body":"(a) These actions or costs are ineligible for BIG funding:\n(1) Law enforcement.\n(2) Direct administration and operation of the facility, such as salaries, utilities, and janitorial duties. Janitorial duties may include:\n(i) Routine cleaning;\n(ii) Trash and litter collection and removal; and\n(iii) Restocking paper products.\n(3) Developing a State plan to construct, renovate, or maintain boating infrastructure.\n(4) Acquiring land or any interest in land.\n(5) Constructing, renovating, or maintaining roads or parking lots, except limited action as described at § 86.11(a)(1).\n(6) Constructing, renovating, or maintaining boating infrastructure for:\n(i) Shops, stores, food service, other retail businesses, or lodging;\n(ii) Facility administration or management, such as a harbormaster's or dockmaster's office; or\n(iii) Transportation, storage, or services for boats on dry land, such as dry docks, haul-outs, and boat maintenance and repair shops.\n(7) Purchasing or operating service boats to transport boaters to and from mooring areas.\n(8) Marketing. Examples of ineligible marketing actions include:\n(i) Giveaway items promoting the business or agency;\n(ii) General marina or agency newsletters or Web sites promoting the marina or agency;\n(iii) Exhibits at trade shows promoting anything other than the BIG-funded facility; and\n(iv) Outreach efforts directed at the marina as a business or the agency as a whole and not focused on BIG or the BIG-funded facility.\n(9) Constructing, renovating, or maintaining boating infrastructure that does not:\n(i) Include design features as described at § 86.13;\n(ii) Serve eligible vessels or users; and\n(iii) Allow public access as described at § 86.92.\n(10) Purchase of supplies and other expendable personal property not directly related to achieving the project objectives.\n(b) Other activities may be ineligible for BIG funding if they are inconsistent with the:\n(1) Purpose of BIG; or\n(2) Applicable Cost Principles at 2 CFR part 200, subpart F.","path":["Title 50—Wildlife and Fisheries","CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER F—FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE—WILDLIFE AND SPORT FISH RESTORATION PROGRAM","PART 86—BOATING INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM","Subpart B—Program Eligibility"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-50.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:39Z","sha256":"1d11b7a30e67bf0b8023754da29166642201c99820063950c16c5d28b89ad546","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/50-cfr-86.15","next":"us/50-cfr-86.17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}