[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3255 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3255

 To prohibit a State from charging an individual more than $200 for a 
permit or license to hunt big game on Federal public lands within that 
                                 State.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 2007

  Mr. Hunter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit a State from charging an individual more than $200 for a 
permit or license to hunt big game on Federal public lands within that 
                                 State.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Teddy Roosevelt Bring Back Our 
Public Lands Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON FEE.

    A State may not charge more than $200 per year for the issuance to 
an individual (regardless of the State of residency of such individual) 
of a permit, license, or other similar document granting to such 
individual the right to hunt big game on Federal public lands in that 
State.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Big game.--The term ``big game'' means deer, elk, 
        antelope, or bear.
            (2) Federal public land.--The term ``Federal public land'' 
        means any land or water (other than any land or water held in 
        trust for the benefit of an Indian tribe or member of an Indian 
        tribe) that is--
                    (A) publicly accessible;
                    (B) owned by the United States; and
                    (C) managed by an executive agency for purposes 
                that include the conservation of natural resources.
            (3) Hunt.--The term ``hunt'' means the lawful pursuit, 
        trapping, shooting, capture, collection, or killing of big game 
        or the attempt to do the same.
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