3.0.0 4959 2023-01-14T22:48:21Z 2023-01-14T22:48:21Z House H HR 2004-07-22 108 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii20 Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee Referred to 2004-08-02T20:16:24Z hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Referred to 2004-08-02T20:16:13Z hsii15 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Referred to 2004-08-02T20:16:02Z Referred to 2004-07-22T14:04:30Z 2004-08-02 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Executive Comment Requested from Interior. Committee 2004-08-02 hsii20 Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health. Committee 2004-08-02 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands. Committee 2004-08-02 hsii15 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans. Committee 2004-07-22 Referred to the House Committee on Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2004-07-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-07-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress J000110 Rep. John, Christopher [D-LA-7] CHRISTOPHER JOHN D LA 7 N Public Lands and Natural Resources Animals Civil actions and liability Congress Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Federal-state relations Fishery management Fishing Government Operations and Politics Hunting Injunctions Land use Law Legal fees Licenses Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Sports and Recreation State laws Trapping Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2004-07-22 Introduced in House 2004-10-21T19:38:29Z Hunting Heritage and Fishing Preservation Act of 2004 - Hunting Heritage Protection Act - Requires that Federal public lands be open to access and use for recreational hunting with certain exceptions.

Directs the head of each relevant Federal agency to support, promote, and enhance recreational hunting opportunities.

Declares that Federal land management decisions and actions should, to the extent practicable, result in no net loss of land area available for hunting opportunities on Federal public lands.

Prohibits a withdrawal, change of classification, or change of management status that effectively closes 5,000 or more acres of Federal public land for use for recreational hunting from occurring unless the head of the Federal agency with authority to manage the land has submitted written notice of the action to specified congressional committees.

Freedom to Fish Act - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require that any fishery management plan, which is prepared by any Council or by the Secretary of Commerce, not establish geographic areas where recreational fishing is prohibited unless: (1) clear indication exists that recreational fishing in such area is the cause of a specific conservation problem; (2) no alternative conservation measures will adequately provide for conservation and management of the fishery; (3) the management plan provides for specific measurable criteria to assess whether the prohibition provides conservation benefits to the fishery, and requires periodic review to assess the continued need for the prohibition; (4) the best available scientific information supports the need to close the area to recreational fishing; and (5) the prohibition is terminated as soon as the condition that was the basis of the prohibition no longer exists.]]>

Hunting Heritage and Fishing Preservation Act of 2004 Display Title Hunting Heritage and Fishing Preservation Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced To recognize the heritage of hunting and provide opportunities for continued hunting on Federal public land, to protect the public's ability to fish for sport, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Hunting Heritage and Fishing Preservation Act of 2004 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Freedom to Fish Act Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Hunting Heritage Protection Act Introduced in House 2004-07-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-108hr4959ih/xml/BILLS-108hr4959ih.xml 2004-08-02 Executive Comment Requested from Interior. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.