1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act of
2012
.
(b)The table of
contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and
Opportunities
Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Findings.
Sec. 103. Definition.
Sec. 104. Recreational fishing, hunting, and
shooting.
Title II—Recreational Shooting Protection
Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Definitions.
Sec. 203. Recreational shooting.
Title III—Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness
Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Permits for importation of polar bear trophies taken
in sport hunts in Canada.
Title IV—Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting
Protection
Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Modification of definition.
Title V—Hunting in Kisatchie National Forest
Sec. 501. Hunting in Kisatchie National Forest.
Title VI—DESIGNATION OF AND RESTRICTIONS ON NATIONAL
MONUMENTS
Sec. 601. Designation of and restrictions on national
monuments.
<enum>I</enum><header>Recreational
Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities</header>
<section id="HC7036CB6F3BB43B9BB0028C4BEDDF736" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Recreational Fishing and
Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H1840D668AE1742D98D3335071ADC8607"><enum>102.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="HC2734B3ADC3141D99E096A15F443D2DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>recreational
fishing and hunting are important and traditional activities in which millions
of Americans participate;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H154F1EB8E1904838978B55C5F7BC6A41"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recreational
anglers and hunters have been and continue to be among the foremost supporters
of sound fish and wildlife management and conservation in the United
States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAE7595AE9A6242EC90CDD3B2841B50B7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>recreational
fishing and hunting are environmentally acceptable and beneficial activities
that occur and can be provided on Federal public lands and waters without
adverse effects on other uses or users;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H71C536F0699041398F1790B3042CAA23"><enum>(4)</enum><text>recreational
anglers, hunters, and sporting organizations provide direct assistance to fish
and wildlife managers and enforcement officers of the Federal Government as
well as State and local governments by investing volunteer time and effort to
fish and wildlife conservation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6C854F7CF2D54341A8CA3DE77E8D0FD7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>recreational
anglers, hunters, and the associated industries have generated billions of
dollars of critical funding for fish and wildlife conservation, research, and
management by providing revenues from purchases of fishing and hunting
licenses, permits, and stamps, as well as excise taxes on fishing, hunting, and
shooting equipment that have generated billions of dollars of critical funding
for fish and wildlife conservation, research, and management;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3AB69CC7625549CD9DC1514C55A7A8BE"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recreational shooting is also an important
and traditional activity in which millions of Americans participate, safe
recreational shooting is a valid use of Federal public lands, including the
establishment of safe and convenient shooting ranges on such lands, and
participation in recreational shooting helps recruit and retain hunters and
contributes to wildlife conservation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H55A86756CC2641ACBE0F4E021FFC7B43"><enum>(7)</enum><text>opportunities to
recreationally fish, hunt, and shoot are declining, which depresses
participation in these traditional activities, and depressed participation
adversely impacts fish and wildlife conservation and funding for important
conservation efforts; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H29B77C1F22E04F7D8834D8782479C1A0"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the public
interest would be served, and our citizens’ fish and wildlife resources
benefitted, by action to ensure that opportunities are facilitated to engage in
fishing and hunting on Federal public land as recognized by Executive Order No.
12962, relating to recreational fisheries, and Executive Order No. 13443,
relating to facilitation of hunting heritage and wildlife conservation.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H2CC93A355CCF41B4AA22683B536CCECE"><enum>103.</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="H922807AD0D8C4830A860B20FA4F3A062"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal public
land</header>
<subparagraph id="HAF385D9DD7614B5D9171FDEB96D24F2E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term
<term>Federal public land</term> means any land or water that is—</text>
<clause id="H3348E6218BDB46039C6FF5C94CE9310C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>owned by the
United States; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6FBDD34A36A444FE97C47A05189BAE31"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>managed by a
Federal agency (including the Department of the Interior and the Forest
Service) for purposes that include the conservation of natural
resources.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE786313C8B7641928E0EB80AA51BFD2C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>The
term <term>Federal public land</term> does not include any land or water held
in trust for the benefit of Indians or other Native Americans.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA436B33C84414021AF7CD2A6ED7448E9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Hunting</header>
<subparagraph id="H0378828276E341CA80E34450A5A08D06"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term
<term>hunting</term> means use of a firearm, bow, or other authorized means in
the lawful—</text>
<clause id="HCD1BBC0138AE4950AD750920668EB506"><enum>(i)</enum><text>pursuit, shooting,
capture, collection, trapping, or killing of wildlife;</text>
</clause><clause id="H96FA713BA61843F5A01CBE500689D035"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>attempt to
pursue, shoot, capture, collect, trap, or kill wildlife; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H05F9D70872AE4707AD3315F4EF887A94"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the training of hunting dogs, including
field trials.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE4DD1D4066394BD9AA0749D96EF535B9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>The
term <term>hunting</term> does not include the use of skilled volunteers to
cull excess animals (as defined by other Federal law, including laws applicable
to the National Park System).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2D7E7BEEB1D746419D872229A7B9DDF9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Recreational
fishing</header><text>The term <term>recreational fishing</term> means the
lawful—</text>
<subparagraph id="H98B054A5B45B4C7E8BBA7F2C13DA0AA5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>pursuit, capture,
collection, or killing of fish; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD2B9528496F2425BB66FAD59908888CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>attempt to
capture, collect, or kill fish.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB5FF99E1626A4A3F92996C4B6D308328"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Recreational
shooting</header><text>The term <term>recreational shooting</term> means any
form of sport, training, competition, or pastime, whether formal or informal,
that involves the discharge of a rifle, handgun, or shotgun, or the use of a
bow and arrow.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H60EBA879A2284C51A616153D6B139206"><enum>104.</enum><header>Recreational
fishing, hunting, and shooting</header>
<subsection id="H7D2CB612AB96441C95E4CB2140771445"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to valid
existing rights and subsection (g), and cooperation with the respective State
and fish and wildlife agency, Federal public land management officials shall
exercise their authority under existing law, including provisions regarding
land use planning, to facilitate use of and access to Federal public lands,
including Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Study Areas, or lands administratively
classified as wilderness eligible or suitable and primitive or semi-primitive
areas, for fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting except as limited
by—</text>
<paragraph id="H2380FF39E85C445581EAB0862E1D157D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>statutory
authority that authorizes action or withholding action for reasons of national
security, public safety, or resource conservation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA3F4E5F44BA44860B38C70183D7A6ABA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any other Federal
statute that specifically precludes recreational fishing, hunting, or shooting
on specific Federal public lands, waters, or units thereof; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H66CF3F0A332043119F30BDB774B2E206"><enum>(3)</enum><text>discretionary
limitations on recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting determined to be
necessary and reasonable as supported by the best scientific evidence and
advanced through a transparent public process.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD56F406F59F5472AA6126BC4DBE2A4BA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Management</header><text>Consistent
with subsection (a), the head of each Federal public land management agency
shall exercise its land management discretion—</text>
<paragraph id="H20699F72708F4570A6EFC9BF4D0390AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in a manner that
supports and facilitates recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting
opportunities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6DBEC2EEC4054AC9A5A0C43E9CBBA58A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to the extent
authorized under applicable State law; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H363D40A6E0D342C6909733707357AB1A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in accordance with
applicable Federal law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7F18512C61D14FFAADF0793B438B2B1A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Planning</header>
<paragraph id="HE2845412E46048D78247890E3B882EA4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Effects of plans
and activities</header>
<subparagraph id="H43416EC548344D10B88CF4449C4ECE67"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Evaluation of
effects on opportunities to engage in recreational fishing, hunting, or
shooting</header><text>Federal public land planning documents, including land
resources management plans, resource management plans, travel management plans,
general management plans, and comprehensive conservation plans, shall include a
specific evaluation of the effects of such plans on opportunities to engage in
recreational fishing, hunting, or shooting.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEB8C454062924370BD5B6F23BA43E7F0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Not major
Federal action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No action
taken under this title, or under section 4 of the National Wildlife Refuge
System Administration Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/668dd">16 U.S.C. 668dd</external-xref>),
as amended by the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997,
either individually or cumulatively with other actions involving Federal public
lands, shall be considered to be a major Federal action significantly affecting
the quality of the human environment, and no additional identification,
analysis, or consideration of environmental effects, including cumulative
effects, is necessary or required.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0D7043219C2F48A3A9CBFD3040204208"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Other activity
not considered</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal public
land management officials are not required to consider the existence or
availability of recreational fishing, hunting, or shooting opportunities on
adjacent or nearby public or private lands in the planning for or determination
of which Federal public lands are open for these activities or in the setting
of levels of use for these activities on Federal public lands, unless the
combination or coordination of such opportunities would enhance the
recreational fishing, hunting, or shooting opportunities available to the
public.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6679E92AC500485AA6832E0C62575CB0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of
volunteers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If hunting is
prohibited by law, all Federal public land planning documents listed in
paragraph (1)(A) of an agency shall, after appropriate coordination with State
fish and wildlife agencies, allow the participation of skilled volunteers in
the culling and other management of wildlife populations on Federal public
lands unless the head of the agency demonstrates, based on the best scientific
data available or applicable Federal statutes, why skilled volunteers shall not
be used to control overpopulations of wildlife on the land that is the subject
of the planning documents.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA8D5281F04C249FEAEFA8CFF41542835"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Bureau of Land
Management and Forest Service lands</header>
<paragraph id="H667D0746FEC0421AB47801CF0DFD03C4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Lands
open</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lands under the
jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service, including
Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Study Areas, lands designated as wilderness or
administratively classified as wilderness eligible or suitable and primitive or
semi-primitive areas but excluding lands on the Outer Continental Shelf, shall
be open to recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting unless the managing
Federal agency acts to close lands to such activity. Lands may be subject to
closures or restrictions if determined by the head of the agency to be
necessary and reasonable and supported by facts and evidence, for purposes
including resource conservation, public safety, energy or mineral production,
energy generation or transmission infrastructure, water supply facilities,
protection of other permittees, protection of private property rights or
interests, national security, or compliance with other law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCFDFF5AB9C68439E9CFEFE29A5848105"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Shooting
ranges</header>
<subparagraph id="H67DF87F3AC36459D803E4754971154A4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of each
Federal agency shall use his or her authorities in a manner consistent with
this Act and other applicable law, to—</text>
<clause id="H77A1D5945E0E48F3AD104C541B52033D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>lease or permit
use of lands under the jurisdiction of the agency for shooting ranges;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H13449C5F08AD46048A8AC94BA6EAC881"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>designate
specific lands under the jurisdiction of the agency for recreational shooting
activities.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H486A33EC27124CF4BAFC0ACAD59E05CD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation on
liability</header><text>Any designation under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall not
subject the United States to any civil action or claim for monetary damages for
injury or loss of property or personal injury or death caused by any activity
occurring at or on such designated lands.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H10F694F8DBB6451F825D861D03B575D1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Necessity in
wilderness areas and <quote>within and supplemental to</quote> wilderness
purposes</header>
<paragraph id="H672F86DAEAD54AE09C7D983936CBE4CD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Minimum
requirements for administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provision of opportunities for hunting,
fishing and recreational shooting, and the conservation of fish and wildlife to
provide sustainable use recreational opportunities on designated wilderness
areas on Federal public lands shall constitute measures necessary to meet the
minimum requirements for the administration of the wilderness area.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H89F632C4634B46189A9AB75F1FF7B05A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>within and supplemental
to</quote> Wilderness purposes in section 4(a) of
<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/88/577">Public Law
88–577</external-xref>, means that any requirements imposed by that Act shall
be implemented only insofar as they do not prevent Federal public land
management officials and State fish and wildlife officials from carrying out
their wildlife conservation responsibilities or providing recreational
opportunities on the Federal public lands subject to a wilderness
designation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H70212395045E4E3BA99C4009BCE785E5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Paragraphs (1) and
(2) are not intended to authorize or facilitate commodity development, use, or
extraction, or motorized recreational access or use.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA3038BE4D33C44D78011DD7C17494DF7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than October 1 of every other
year, beginning with the second October 1 after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the head of each Federal agency who has authority to manage Federal
public land on which fishing, hunting, or recreational shooting occurs shall
submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report that
describes—</text>
<paragraph id="HBBA1CEBEC8E345B1B3B6D1C63110C256"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any Federal public land administered by the
agency head that was closed to recreational fishing, sport hunting, or shooting
at any time during the preceding year; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA03AD72D61B64FB78596EFB3C9C5CD1E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the reason for the
closure.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H299AD26A11E944818CC859CD8141084E"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Closures or
significant restrictions of 640 or more acres</header>
<paragraph id="HDC7F21E93E2C47C8B7857F66F7F44C9A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other than closures
established or prescribed by land planning actions referred to in subsection
(d) or emergency closures described in paragraph (3) of this subsection, a
permanent or temporary withdrawal, change of classification, or change of
management status of Federal public land that effectively closes or
significantly restricts 640 or more contiguous acres of Federal public land to
access or use for fishing or hunting or activities related to fishing and
hunting (or both) shall take effect only if, before the date of withdrawal or
change, the head of the Federal agency that has jurisdiction over the Federal
public land—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEE7D4689B77C4D4FBA64EC88D4D194CE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>publishes
appropriate notice of the withdrawal or change, respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H80A15C071F544E1D90855FFF158421F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>demonstrates that
coordination has occurred with a State fish and wildlife agency; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H042619578AC440549B3C7269FFDB5AC9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>submits to the
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate written notice of the
withdrawal or change, respectively.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H533188C98A1E4DAA982514DBE59606FD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Aggregate or
cumulative effects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the
aggregate or cumulative effect of separate withdrawals or changes effectively
closes or significantly restricts 1280 or more acres of land or water, such
withdrawals and changes shall be treated as a single withdrawal or change for
purposes of paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8E1F8F04B17B4D3982626429D1BFDD1A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Emergency
closures</header><text>Nothing in this Act prohibits a Federal land management
agency from establishing or implementing emergency closures or restrictions of
the smallest practicable area to provide for public safety, resource
conservation, national security, or other purposes authorized by law. Such an
emergency closure shall terminate after a reasonable period of time unless
converted to a permanent closure consistent with this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H15A4F737AF78441ABCA10232C593AC16"><enum>(4)</enum><header>National
wildlife refuge system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this Act is intended to amend or
modify the provisions of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act
of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/668dd">16 U.S.C.
668dd et seq.</external-xref>), except as expressly provided herein.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAF40E4FAE59A46F0BCBA2830B2075339"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Areas not
affected</header><text>Nothing in this title requires the opening of national
park or national monuments under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service
to hunting or recreational shooting.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8F4FD2220FB84733B1669F10A54278A5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>No
priority</header><text>Nothing in this title requires a Federal agency to give
preference to recreational fishing, hunting, or shooting over other uses of
Federal public land or over land or water management priorities established by
Federal law.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HABCD1E4016924F1E93C87C7DF700F91A"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Consultation
with councils</header><text>In fulfilling the duties set forth in this title,
the heads of Federal agencies shall consult with respective advisory councils
as established in Executive Order Nos. 12962 and 13443.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1359DD0D9E7A43509C6F9620730CC905"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Authority of the
States</header>
<paragraph id="HCCCF5FE8D8A74F4FAA09144E312FAF5A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Nothing in this title shall be construed as interfering
with, diminishing, or conflicting with the authority, jurisdiction, or
responsibility of any State to manage, control, or regulate fish and wildlife
under State law (including regulations) on land or water within the State,
including on Federal public land.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3C111BA1F726401AA370066C21F05539"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal
licenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this
title authorizes the head of a Federal agency head to require a license, fee,
or permit to fish, hunt, or trap on land or water in a State, including on
Federal public land in the States, except that this paragraph shall not affect
the Migratory Bird Stamp requirement set forth in the Migratory Bird Hunting
and Conservation Stamp Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/718">16 U.S.C. 718 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Recreational
Shooting Protection</header>
<section id="H9B254C58D66342F984028C337A859611" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Recreational Shooting
Protection Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H4E752D484DC742B2A9B75702F10C65FB"><enum>202.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="H964112F3AEF64FF3B2774B5E4BB84655"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The
term <term>Director</term> means the Director of the Bureau of Land
Management.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8FC4B25ADF6F465D80DE05672A63120C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>National
monument land</header><text>The term <term>National Monument land</term> has
the meaning given that term in the Act of June 8, 1908 (commonly known as the
<quote>Antiquities Act</quote>;
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/431">16 U.S.C. 431 et
seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9539BC9EC1904173BA07481A66D1F82A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Recreational
shooting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>recreational shooting</term> includes any form of sport, training,
competition, or pastime, whether formal or informal, that involves the
discharge of a rifle, handgun, or shotgun, or the use of a bow and
arrow.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HC3BA0648A93041D4ADC54823222F56A5"><enum>203.</enum><header>Recreational
shooting</header>
<subsection id="H501976605B5A400688F30F67A5A298CC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to valid
existing rights, National Monument land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of
Land Management shall be open to access and use for recreational shooting,
except such closures and restrictions determined by the Director to be
necessary and reasonable and supported by facts and evidence for one or more of
the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H4FEEEDBF7EC44767B81F6E36CE9F5739"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Reasons of
national security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE9973E0A46CA45398D81195BFE54D624"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Reasons of public
safety.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF51104559FF842249D9F3DA5C1AEC0FC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To comply with an
applicable Federal statute.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6DFBA6999CCF4CD5B54F923871272C3F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>To comply with a
law (including regulations) of the State in which the National Monument land is
located that is applicable to recreational shooting.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4C4A07FD3D82473387716BC7672E2178"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notice;
report</header>
<paragraph id="H82FA457328224675B04F34C173D83662"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>Except
as set forth in paragraph (2)(B), before a restriction or closure under
subsection (a) is made effective, the Director shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H18B80EF1F1534EC98F5EB30D392C24C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">publish public notice of such closure or
restriction in a newspaper of general circulation in the area where the closure
or restriction will be carried out; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5D59FDCB8C704BF4BE62A1EC61B771F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit to Congress a report detailing the
location and extent of, and evidence justifying, such a closure or
restriction.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCC649767B6204C4D97AAFA818C28795E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>The
Director shall issue the notice and report required under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6A724D5D90D94D2EA30AFF5435E4809D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>before the closure
if practicable without risking national security or public safety; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCFAEB5B945314E1EBF0D69BCEC62D858"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in cases where
such issuance is not practicable for reasons of national security or public
safety, not later than 30 days after the closure.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H221D82787EBC4627BEE52B22D0EAE029"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cessation of
closure or restriction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
closure or restriction under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) shall cease
to be effective—</text>
<paragraph id="HC62178BA282F4641882422190BE4DD92"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">effective on the day after the last day of
the six-month period beginning on the date on which the Director submitted the
report to Congress under subsection (b)(2) regarding the closure or
restriction, unless the closure or restriction has been approved by Federal
law; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE3E8509314C0446C93B485177648ACBA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">30 days after the date of the enactment of
a Federal law disapproving the closure or restriction.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H503CD9D35B2A4004B9E9BADAC75D68B2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Management</header><text>Consistent
with subsection (a), the Director shall manage National Monument land under the
jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management—</text>
<paragraph id="HFE8BC6B622E14A15A01B0792E6A2B0F2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in a manner that
supports, promotes, and enhances recreational shooting opportunities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H96AE75E2336448C4BFD0DA999A6A12CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to the extent
authorized under State law (including regulations); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC2333653190841AA8989E5B1CBF505D0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in accordance with
applicable Federal law (including regulations).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4B9E3D090D1E4C8F806F62A44C6895D0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitation on
duplicative closures or restrictions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unless supported by criteria under
subsection (a) as a result of a change in circumstances, the Director may not
issue a closure or restriction under subsection (a) that is substantially
similar to closure or restriction previously issued that was not approved by
Federal law.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3E6537C026C44627BA131D7AE6459AAE"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Effective date
for prior closures and restrictions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On the date that is 6 months after the date
of the enactment of this Act, this title shall apply to closures and
restrictions in place on the date of the enactment of this title that relate to
access and use for recreational shooting on National Monument land under the
jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEAE7B3E848724E26AB89746879CB04C8"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than October
1 of each year, the Director shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate a report that describes—</text>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C105BD423DE43C885A480F10D5F1FC8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any National
Monument land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management that was
closed to recreational shooting or on which recreational shooting was
restricted at any time during the preceding year; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDEA1AE2A26A74D5B818D94C126B0F502"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the reason for the
closure.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H19C181C69F01422F9C4DC22A71DA096D"><enum>(h)</enum><header>No
priority</header><text>Nothing in this title requires the Director to give
preference to recreational shooting over other uses of Federal public land or
over land or water management priorities established by Federal law.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7F1227E40C544D36A701773EEBA55808"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authority of the
states</header>
<paragraph id="H20DFC3D7FFA644EE864D14882CB077A0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Savings</header><text>Nothing
in this title affects the authority, jurisdiction, or responsibility of a State
to manage, control, or regulate fish and wildlife under State law (including
regulations) on land or water in the State, including Federal public
land.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H86D8113AC77542F281BEE5701DBEC2ED"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal
licenses</header><text>Nothing in this title authorizes the Director to require
a license for recreational shooting on land or water in a State, including on
Federal public land in the State.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC1E72AF180ED418598E4FB92F662515C"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Controlling
provisions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any instance
when one or more provisions in title I and in this title may be construed to
apply in an inconsistent manner to National Monument land, the provisions in
this title shall take precedence and apply.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Polar Bear
Conservation and Fairness</header>
<section id="H28420950D59C4F1F8850C1F1EDCEE953" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Polar Bear Conservation and
Fairness Act of 2012</short-title></quote> .</text>
</section><section id="H3FB4BA5DD7E941B1BC340CFE712BF8AF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header> Permits for
importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 104(c)(5)(D) of the Marine Mammal
Protection Act of 1972 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1374">16 U.S.C. 1374(c)(5)(D)</external-xref>) is amended
to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7B216E0E6CB146D9B78DEE193000002C" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H2595A2E47502449DA88B2C91AC523ECE" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8CA78C2536E84CD1BB3AB5849C5D1F38"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior shall,
expeditiously after the expiration of the applicable 30-day period under
subsection (d)(2), issue a permit for the importation of any polar bear part
(other than an internal organ) from a polar bear taken in a sport hunt in
Canada to any person—</text>
<subclause id="H1D4A1755A42E478090974AFF38EFA543" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who submits, with the permit application,
proof that the polar bear was legally harvested by the person before February
18, 1997; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H4D2D4EAA5B744E519A9951BA64222185" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who has submitted, in support of a permit
application submitted before May 15, 2008, proof that the polar bear was
legally harvested by the person before May 15, 2008, from a polar bear
population from which a sport-hunted trophy could be imported before that date
in accordance with
<external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/50/18.30">section
18.30(i)</external-xref> of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HD74CED34F0A54DECA7E8FFEE61BE9C8E" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall issue permits under
clause (i)(I) without regard to subparagraphs (A) and (C)(ii) of this
paragraph, subsection (d)(3), and sections 101 and 102. Sections 101(a)(3)(B)
and 102(b)(3) shall not apply to the importation of any polar bear part
authorized by a permit issued under clause (i)(I). This clause shall not apply
to polar bear parts that were imported before June 12, 1997.</text>
</clause><clause id="H6C3D202FD8F9446A9DE8AACAAD168816" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall issue permits under
clause (i)(II) without regard to subparagraph (C)(ii) of this paragraph or
subsection (d)(3). Sections 101(a)(3)(B) and 102(b)(3) shall not apply to the
importation of any polar bear part authorized by a permit issued under clause
(i)(II). This clause shall not apply to polar bear parts that were imported
before the date of enactment of the <short-title>Polar
Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of
2012</short-title>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>Hunting, Fishing,
and Recreational Shooting Protection</header>
<section id="H98ABA669FA5E419CAD4D72FDA71898D2"><enum>401.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Hunting, Fishing, and
Recreational Shooting Protection Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HE25F9A9F51844C0CA55CD76C9318795C"><enum>402.</enum><header>Modification of
definition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3(2)(B) of
the Toxic Substances Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2602">15 U.S.C. 2602(2)(B)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H39D2A05A509A46248A3561F811DB4AF4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (v), by
striking <quote>, and</quote> and inserting <quote>, or any component of any
such article including, without limitation, shot, bullets and other
projectiles, propellants, and primers,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDF32863783044A138D076AE3255768ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (vi) by
striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>, and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H990AA34F171841608BCE732B8E745D65"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
clause (vi) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H6EF162ED8C864B8FB00BBE9684E57A6D" style="OLC">
<clause id="H2EEBE374527C4299B0A9C378BA79B62C"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>any sport
fishing equipment (as such term is defined in subsection (a) of
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/4162">section
4162</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) the sale of which is
subject to the tax imposed by section 4161(a) of such Code (determined without
regard to any exemptions from such tax as provided by section 4162 or 4221 or
any other provision of such Code), and sport fishing equipment
components.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>V</enum><header>Hunting in
Kisatchie National Forest</header>
<section id="HDD5C1B2EB10546D491B5F419FF86FACE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header>Hunting in Kisatchie
National Forest</header>
<subsection id="HD2FF6D30DB8C4EE4A3CCECC81E7BBBD2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consistent with the
Act of June 4, 1897 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/551">16 U.S.C. 551</external-xref>), the Secretary of
Agriculture may not restrict the use of dogs in deer hunting activities in
Kisatchie National Forest, unless such restrictions—</text>
<paragraph id="H10082E7E1B3C4198AAB0CC34B74810D1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>apply to the
smallest practicable portions of such unit; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3CFBB9474477490492D982FE88FFACFA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>are necessary to
reduce or control trespass onto land adjacent to such unit.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H08C1DB5C5C414FF384E25BEBE00ED4D8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prior
restrictions void</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any
restrictions regarding the use of dogs in deer hunting activities in Kisatchie
National Forest in force on the date of the enactment of this Act shall be void
and have no force or effect.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>DESIGNATION OF
AND RESTRICTIONS ON NATIONAL MONUMENTS</header>
<section id="H8E428492571B4B7A84EA415B9E9A0928"><enum>601.</enum><header>Designation of
and restrictions on national monuments</header>
<subsection id="HB68F7E5256794B30BE39CFD03B98425B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Designation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No national monument designated by
presidential proclamation shall be valid until the Governor and the legislature
of each State within the boundaries of the proposed national monument have
approved of such designation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0714002B2F0A4F85949CD3E32FCF978A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Restrictions</header><text>The
Secretary of the Interior shall not implement any restrictions on the public
use of a national monument until the expiration of an appropriate review period
(determined by the Secretary of the Interior) providing for public
input.</text>
</subsection></section>
Passed the House of
Representatives April 17, 2012.
Karen L. Haas,
Clerk