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	2	+	Union Calendar No. 164
1	3		118THCONGRESS
2		-	2
3		-	DSESSION H. R. 615
4		-	AN ACT
	4	+	1
	5	+	STSESSION H. R. 615
	6	+	[Report No. 118–203, Part I]
	7	+	To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture
	8	+	from prohibiting the use of lead ammunition or tackle on certain Federal
	9	+	land or water under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior
	10	+	and the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
	11	+	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
	12	+	JANUARY27, 2023
	13	+	Mr. W
	14	+	ITTMAN(for himself, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mrs. WAG-
	15	+	NER, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. GUEST, Mr. HUDSON, Mr.
	16	+	G
	17	+	ROTHMAN, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. WEBSTERof Florida, Mr. AUSTINSCOTT
	18	+	of Georgia, Mr. B
	19	+	ALDERSON, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr.
	20	+	S
	21	+	TAUBER, Mr. BOST, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. CARTERof Georgia, Mr.
	22	+	E
	23	+	DWARDS, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. FULCHER, Mr.
	24	+	R
	25	+	OSENDALE, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. FINSTAD, and Ms. STEFANIK) intro-
	26	+	duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural
	27	+	Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period
	28	+	to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
	29	+	ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
	30	+	concerned
	31	+	S
	32	+	EPTEMBER20, 2023
	33	+	Additional sponsors: Mr. J
	34	+	ACKSONof Texas, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. OWENS, Ms.
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	36	+	AGEMAN, Mr. MOOREof Alabama, Ms. DELACRUZ, Mr. RUTHER-
	37	+	FORD, Mr. THOMPSONof Pennsylvania, Mrs. BOEBERT, Mr. DONALDS,
	38	+	Mr. A
	39	+	MODEI, Mr. GOODof Virginia, Mr. CARTERof Texas, Mr. ZINKE,
	40	+	Mr. C
	41	+	ARL, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. PFLUGER, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. ROGERSof
	42	+	Alabama, Mr. T
	43	+	ONYGONZALESof Texas, Mrs. SPARTZ, Mr. LAMBORN,
	44	+	Mrs. K
	45	+	IGGANSof Virginia, and Mr. FITZGERALD
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	49	+	SEPTEMBER20, 2023
	50	+	Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment
	51	+	[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
	52	+	SEPTEMBER20, 2023
	53	+	Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the
	54	+	Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
	55	+	[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 27, 2023]
	56	+	A BILL
5	57		To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary
6	58		of Agriculture from prohibiting the use of lead ammuni-
7	59		tion or tackle on certain Federal land or water under
8	60		the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the
9	61		Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
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10	65		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
11		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
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13		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
14		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Access for 2
15		-	Hunters and Anglers Act of 2023’’. 3
16		-	SEC. 2. PROTECTING ACCESS FOR HUNTERS AND ANGLERS 4
17		-	ON FEDERAL LAND AND WATER. 5
	66	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
	67	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
	68	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Access for 4
	69	+	Hunters and Anglers Act of 2023’’. 5
	70	+	SEC. 2. PROTECTING ACCESS FOR HUNTERS AND ANGLERS 6
	71	+	ON FEDERAL LAND AND WATER. 7
18	72		(a) I
19		-	NGENERAL.—Except as provided in section 6
20		-	20.21 or 20.108 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations 7
21		-	(as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act), and 8
22		-	subsection (b), the Secretary of the Interior, acting 9
23		-	through the Director of the United States Fish and Wild-10
24		-	life Service or the Director of the Bureau of Land Man-11
25		-	agement, and the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through 12
26		-	the Chief of the Forest Service (referred to in this section 13
27		-	as the ‘‘applicable Secretary’’), may not— 14
28		-	(1) prohibit the use of lead ammunition or tack-15
29		-	le on Federal land or water that is— 16
30		-	(A) under the jurisdiction of the applicable 17
31		-	Secretary; and 18
32		-	(B) made available for hunting or fishing 19
33		-	activities; or 20
34		-	(2) issue regulations relating to the level of lead 21
35		-	in ammunition or tackle to be used on Federal land 22
36		-	or water described in paragraph (1). 23
37		-	(b) E
38		-	XCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 24
39		-	a prohibition or regulations described in that subsection 25 3
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41		-	that are limited to a specific unit of Federal land or water, 1
42		-	if the applicable Secretary determines that— 2
43		-	(1) a decline in wildlife population at the spe-3
44		-	cific unit of Federal land or water is primarily 4
45		-	caused by the use of lead in ammunition or tackle, 5
46		-	based on the field data from the specific unit of Fed-6
47		-	eral land or water; and 7
48		-	(2) the prohibition or regulations, as applicable, 8
49		-	are— 9
50		-	(A) consistent with the law of the State in 10
51		-	which the specific Federal land or water is lo-11
52		-	cated; 12
53		-	(B) consistent with an applicable policy of 13
54		-	the fish and wildlife department of the State in 14
55		-	which the specific Federal land or water is lo-15
56		-	cated; or 16
57		-	(C) approved by the applicable fish and 17
58		-	wildlife department of the State in which the 18
59		-	specific Federal land or water is located. 19
	73	+	NGENERAL.—Except as provided in section 20.21 8
	74	+	or 20.108 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (as in 9
	75	+	effect on the date of enactment of this Act), and subsection 10
	76	+	(b), the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Direc-11
	77	+	tor of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service or the 12
	78	+	Director of the Bureau of Land Management, and the Sec-13
	79	+	retary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest 14
	80	+	Service (referred to in this section as the ‘‘applicable Sec-15
	81	+	retary’’), may not— 16
	82	+	(1) prohibit the use of lead ammunition or tackle 17
	83	+	on Federal land or water that is— 18
	84	+	(A) under the jurisdiction of the applicable 19
	85	+	Secretary; and 20
	86	+	(B) made available for hunting or fishing 21
	87	+	activities; or 22
	88	+	(2) issue regulations relating to the level of lead 23
	89	+	in ammunition or tackle to be used on Federal land 24
	90	+	or water described in paragraph (1). 25
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	94	+	(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to a 1
	95	+	prohibition or regulations described in that subsection that 2
	96	+	are limited to a specific unit of Federal land or water, if 3
	97	+	the applicable Secretary determines that— 4
	98	+	(1) a decline in wildlife population at the spe-5
	99	+	cific unit of Federal land or water is primarily 6
	100	+	caused by the use of lead in ammunition or tackle, 7
	101	+	based on the field data from the specific unit of Fed-8
	102	+	eral land or water; and 9
	103	+	(2) the prohibition or regulations, as applicable, 10
	104	+	are— 11
	105	+	(A) consistent with the law of the State in 12
	106	+	which the specific Federal land or water is lo-13
	107	+	cated; 14
	108	+	(B) consistent with an applicable policy of 15
	109	+	the fish and wildlife department of the State in 16
	110	+	which the specific Federal land or water is lo-17
	111	+	cated; or 18
	112	+	(C) approved by the applicable fish and 19
	113	+	wildlife department of the State in which the 20
	114	+	specific Federal land or water is located. 21
60	115		(c) F
61		-	EDERALREGISTERNOTICE.—The applicable 20
62		-	Secretary shall include in a Federal Register notice with 21
63		-	respect to any prohibition or regulations that meet the re-22
64		-	quirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) 23 4
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66		-	an explanation of how the prohibition or regulations, as 1
67		-	applicable, meet those requirements. 2
68		-	Passed the House of Representatives April 30, 2024.
69		-	Attest:
70		-	Clerk. 118
	116	+	EDERALREGISTERNOTICE.—The applicable Sec-22
	117	+	retary shall include in a Federal Register notice with re-23
	118	+	spect to any prohibition or regulations that meet the re-24
	119	+	quirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) an 25
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	123	+	explanation of how the prohibition or regulations, as appli-1
	124	+	cable, meet those requirements. 2
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	127	+	164
	128	+	118
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72	130		CONGRESS
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	132	+	ST
75	133		S
76	134		ESSION
77	135
78	136		H. R. 615
79		-	AN ACT
	137	+	[Report No. 118–203, Part I]
	138	+	A BILL
80	139		To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the
81	140		Secretary of Agriculture from prohibiting the use
82	141		of lead ammunition or tackle on certain Federal
83	142		land or water under the jurisdiction of the Sec-
84	143		retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri-
85	144		culture, and for other purposes.
	145	+	S
	146	+	EPTEMBER
	147	+	20, 2023
	148	+	Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with
	149	+	an amendment
	150	+	S
	151	+	EPTEMBER
	152	+	20, 2023
	153	+	Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the
	154	+	Committee of the Whole House on the State of the
	155	+	Union and ordered to be printed
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