Gun lobby must love this: H.R. 1825:
All 55 Sponsors are GOP! There's a shock.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SUMMARY
The summary below was written by the Congressional Research Service, which is a nonpartisan division of the Library of Congress.
5/3/2013--Introduced.
Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act - Requires federal public land management officials to facilitate the use of, and access to, federal public lands, including National Monuments, Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Study Areas, or lands administratively classified as wilderness eligible or suitable and primitive or semi-primitive areas, for fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting, except as limited by:
(1) statutory authority that authorizes or withholds action for reasons of national security, public safety, or resource conservation;
(2) any other federal statute that specifically precludes recreational fishing, hunting, or shooting on specific federal public lands or waters; and
(3) discretionary limitations on recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting determined to be necessary and reasonable.
Requires Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Forest Service lands, excluding lands on the Outer Continental Shelf, to be open to recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting unless the managing agency acts to close such lands to such activity for purposes of resource conservation, public safety, energy production, water supply facilities, or national security.
Requires the heads of federal agencies to use their authorities to:
(1) lease their lands or permit use of their lands for shooting ranges, and
(2) designate specific lands for recreational shooting activities.
Sets forth requirements for a permanent or temporary withdrawal, change of classification, or change of management status that effectively closes or significantly restricts 640 or more contiguous acres of federal public lands for fishing or hunting or related activities.
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