3.0.0 5287 2023-01-13T04:48:31Z 2023-01-13T04:48:31Z House H HR 2006-05-03 109 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii15 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Referred to 2006-05-09T22:14:08Z hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Referred to 2006-05-09T22:14:03Z hsii20 Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee Referred to 2006-05-09T22:13:58Z Referred to 2006-05-03T14:00:10Z Hunting Heritage Protection Act 109 1522 S 2005-07-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Identical bill CRS 2006-05-09 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Executive Comment Requested from Interior, USDA. Committee 2006-05-09 hsii15 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans. Committee 2006-05-09 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks. Committee 2006-05-09 hsii20 Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health. Committee 2006-05-03 Referred to the House Committee on Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2006-05-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-05-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001149 Rep. Sweeney, John E. [R-NY-20] JOHN SWEENEY R NY E. 20 N Public Lands and Natural Resources Animals Civil actions and liability Congress Congressional reporting requirements Federal-state relations Fishing Government Operations and Politics Hunting Injunctions Land use Law Legal fees Licenses Sports and Recreation State laws Trapping Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2006-05-03 Introduced in House 2006-06-19T21:02:57Z Hunting Heritage Protection Act - Requires that federal public lands be open to access and use for recreational hunting except: (1) as limited by the federal agency with responsibility for such lands for national security or public safety reasons, or for reasons authorized in applicable federal statutes as reasons for closure; and (2) as such hunting is limited by the state in which such lands are located.

Directs the head of each federal agency with authority to manage a natural resource or public land on which such a resource depends to exercise that authority in a manner so as to support, promote, and enhance recreational hunting opportunities.

Declares that federal land management decisions and actions should result in no net loss of land area available for hunting opportunities on federal public lands.

Requires the heads of federal agencies with authority to manage federal public lands on which recreational hunting occurs to report annually to specified congressional committees on areas administered that have been closed during the previous year to recreational hunting and reasons for such closures and on areas that were open to such hunting to compensate for closed areas.

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 Congress.

Grants states the right to file civil actions in district courts in cases where federal agencies fail to comply with state authority to manage or regulate fish and wildlife.

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