[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2978 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2978

     Relating to State regulation of access to hunting and fishing.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 11, 2004

 Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Burns, 
 Mr. Stevens and Mr. Ensign) introduced the following bill; which was 
       read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
     Relating to State regulation of access to hunting and fishing.

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

SECTION 1. STATE REGULATION OF ACCESS TO HUNTING AND FISHING.

    (a) Declaration of Policy.--Congress hereby declares that--
            (1) the continued regulation of access to hunting and 
        fishing by the several States is in the public interest; and
            (2) silence on the part of Congress shall not be construed 
        to impose any commerce clause barrier to the regulation of such 
        activities by the several States.
    (b) State Regulation of Access to Hunting and Fishing.--The 
licensing of hunting and fishing, or of other access thereto, and every 
person engaged in hunting or fishing, shall be subject to the laws of 
the several States which relate to the regulation of such activities.
    (c) Construction.--No Act of Congress shall be construed to 
invalidate, impair, or supersede any law enacted by any State for the 
purpose of regulating the access to hunting and fishing unless such Act 
specifically so states.
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