[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 838 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 838

 To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction 
of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to certain sporting 
  good articles, and to exempt those articles from a definition under 
                               that Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 14, 2011

Mr. Tester (for himself, Mr. Thune, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Begich, 
 and Mr. Boozman) introduced the following bill; which was read twice 
     and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction 
of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to certain sporting 
  good articles, and to exempt those articles from a definition under 
                               that Act.

    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 ``Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational 
Shooting Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION.

    Section 3(2)(B) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 
2602(2)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (v), by striking ``, and'' and inserting ``, 
        or any component of any such article including, without 
        limitation, shot, bullets and other projectiles, propellants, 
        and primers,'';
            (2) in clause (vi) by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``, and''; and
            (3) by inserting after clause (vi) the following:
            ``(vii) any sport fishing equipment (as such term is 
        defined in subparagraph (a) of section 4162 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.''.
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