H.R. 615
Referred to CommitteeProtecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2023
Latest Action
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
5/1/2024 • Senate
Summary
Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2023
This bill bars the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture from prohibiting or regulating the use of lead ammunition or tackle on federal land or water that is under the jurisdiction of such departments and made available for hunting or fishing. The bill makes exceptions for specified existing regulations and where the applicable department determines that a decline in wildlife population at the specific unit of federal land or water is primarily caused by the use of lead in ammunition or tackle, based on the field data from such unit, and the state approves the regulations.
Reported to House, Part I • 9/20/2023
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This bill has 1 amendment proposed or adopted.
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On Passage
April 30, 2024
On Motion to Recommit
April 30, 2024
Related Federal Spending
Sponsor & Cosponsors (51)
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Cosponsors (50)
Bill Journey
Originated in the House
Introduced
January 27, 2023
Committee Review
May 10, 2023
Floor Debate
April 30, 2024
Passed Chamber
Other Chamber
President
Failed
April 30, 2024
Text Versions (4)
Committee Reports (2)
Related Bills (3)
H.R. 9088
Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2022
H.Res. 1173
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 615) to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from prohibiting the use of lead ammunition or tackle on certain Federal land or water under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2925) to amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to provide for security of tenure for use of mining claims for ancillary activities, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3195) to rescind Public Land Order 7917, to reinstate mineral leases and permits in the Superior National Forest, to ensure timely review of Mine Plans of Operations, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 764) to require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue regulations removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3397) to require the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to withdraw a rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to conservation and landscape health; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6285) to ratify and approve all authorizations, permits, verifications, extensions, biological opinions, incidental take statements, and any other approvals or orders issued pursuant to Federal law necessary for the establishment and administration of the Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing program, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6090) to provide for the consideration of a definition of antisemitism set forth by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance for the enforcement of Federal antidiscrimination laws concerning education programs or activities, and for other purposes.
S. 1185
Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2023