[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1391 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1391

   To provide certain protections for wildlife on public lands from 
               airborne hunting, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 1993

 Mr. DeFazio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide certain protections for wildlife on public lands from 
               airborne hunting, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. LIMITATION OF PURPOSES FOR WHICH AIRBORNE HUNTING 
              AUTHORIZED; REPORTS.

    (a) Limitation of Authorized Purposes of Airborne Hunting.--Section 
13(b)(1) of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742j-1(b)(1)) 
is amended by striking ``wildlife,'' and inserting ``a native species 
of wildlife that is included in a list of endangered species or 
threatened species published under section 4(c) of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973,''.
    (b) Reporting by States.--Section 13(b) of the Fish and Wildlife 
Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742j-1(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(3)(A) A State proposing to authorize a person, pursuant to 
paragraph (1), to perform an act that is otherwise prohibited by 
subsection (a)(1) shall submit to the Secretary of the Interior a 
report which contains the information described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (D) of paragraph (2) with respect to the license or permit, if 
the act--
            ``(i) will be performed for the purpose of administering or 
        protecting a native species of wildlife that is included in a 
        list of endangered species or threatened species published 
        under section 4(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973; or
            ``(ii) affects lands or other resources administered by the 
        Bureau of Land Management or the National Park Service.
    ``(B) A State shall submit a report required by this paragraph 
before the 90-day period ending on the date on which the State 
authorizes the action (or in the case of a license or permit, issues 
the license or permit) to which the report relates.''.
    (c) Reporting by Secretary of the Interior.--Section 13(b) of the 
Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742j-1(b)) is further amended 
by adding after paragraph (3) (as added by subsection (b) of this 
section) the following:
    ``(4)(A) If the Secretary of the Interior receives a report from a 
State under paragraph (3) regarding a proposed authorization, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Natural Resources and 
Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives and to 
the Senate a report describing whether or not the acts proposed to be 
authorized by the State--
            ``(i) may be authorized by the State pursuant to subsection 
        (b); or
            ``(ii) affect lands or other resources administered by the 
        Bureau of Land Management or the National Park Service.
    ``(B) The Secretary of the Interior shall submit a report under 
this paragraph before the end of the 30-day period beginning on the 
date the Secretary receives a report from a State under paragraph 
(3).''.

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