3.0.0 642 2019-11-15T21:28:52Z 2019-11-15T21:28:52Z House H HR 2009-01-22 111 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Referred to 2009-02-04T23:48:46Z Referred to 2009-01-22T15:04:38Z 2009-02-04 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. Committee 2009-01-22 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2009-01-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-01-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000444 Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6] JEFF FLAKE R AZ 6 N Public Lands and Natural Resources Firearms and explosives Government liability Intergovernmental relations Land use and conservation Outdoor recreation State and local government operations Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2009-01-22 Introduced in House 2009-02-03T18:56:05Z Recreational Shooting Protection Act - Declares that, federal public land shall be open to access and use for recreational shooting, except as limited by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for one or more of the following: (1) reasons of national security; (2) reasons of public safety; (3) to comply with applicable federal law; or (4) to comply with a law (including regulations) of the state in which the land is located that is applicable to recreational shooting.

Requires management of federal public land in a manner that supports, promotes, and enhances recreational shooting opportunities.

Provides that, federal public land management decisions and actions, shall to the maximum extent practicable, result in no net loss of land area available for recreational shooting on federal public land. Requires that, if any federal public land is permanently closed to recreational shooting, new acres of federal public land of comparable size and a reasonable distance from the closed location be designated for recreational shooting and be opened for the number of user-days equal to those available at the closed area.

Requires the Director to submit annual reports describing: (1) any federal public land that was closed to recreational shooting; (2) the reason for the closure; and (3) federal public land that was opened to recreational hunting so as to compensate for the closure of such land.

Permits states a right of action for failure of the Director to comply with this Act.

]]> Recreational Shooting Protection Act Short Titles as Introduced Recreational Shooting Protection Act Display Title Recreational Shooting Protection Act Official Title as Introduced To provide opportunities for continued recreational shooting on certain Federal public land. Introduced in House 2009-01-22T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr642ih/xml/BILLS-111hr642ih.xml 2009-02-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. 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.