PROHIBITION ON NAVIGATION FEES.

SEC. 445. PROHIBITION ON NAVIGATION FEES. Section 4 of the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1884 (33 U.S.C. 5) is amended as follows: (1) The existing text is designated as subsection (a). (2) The following is added at the end: “(b) No taxes, tolls, operating charges, fees, or any other impositions whatever shall be levied upon or collected from any vessel or other water craft, or from its passengers or crew, by any non-Federal interest, if the vessel or water craft is operating on any navigable waters subject to the authority of the United States, or under the right to freedom of navigation on those waters, except for— “(1) fees charged under section 208 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2236); or “(2) reasonable fees charged on a fair and equitable basis that— “(A) are used solely to pay the cost of a service to the vessel or water craft; “(B) enhance the safety and efficiency of interstate and foreign commerce; and “(C) do not impose more than a small burden on interstate or foreign commerce.”.