[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 322 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 322

 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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 18, 2013

  Mr. Miller of Florida (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Bachus, Mr. 
 Bishop of Utah, Mrs. Black, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Boustany, 
    Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Coffman, Mr. 
 Conaway, Mr. Crawford, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, 
Mr. Fincher, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Graves of Missouri, Mr. Griffin 
of Arkansas, Mr. Hanna, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. 
Huelskamp, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Huizenga of Michigan, Mr. Jones, Mr. Jordan, 
Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois, Mr. Kline, Mr. Latta, Mr. 
Luetkemeyer, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Matheson, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Michaud, Mr. 
Gary G. Miller of California, Mr. Nugent, Mr. Nunnelee, Mr. Olson, Mr. 
 Palazzo, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Pompeo, Mr. Roe of 
Tennessee, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Ross, Mr. 
Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Southerland, Mr. 
 Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Stutzman, Mr. Terry, Mr. Thompson 
   of Mississippi, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. 
  Tipton, Mr. Walden, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Womack, Mr. 
Young of Alaska, and Mr. Sessions) introduced the following bill; which 
          was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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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 subsection (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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