[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5530 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5530

  To require that hunting activities be a land use in all management 
 plans for Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the 
Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture to the extent that such use is 
 not clearly incompatible with the purposes for which the Federal land 
                  is managed, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 2014

Mr. Broun of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee 
   on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require that hunting activities be a land use in all management 
 plans for Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the 
Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture to the extent that such use is 
 not clearly incompatible with the purposes for which the Federal land 
                  is managed, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. HUNTING ON FEDERAL LAND.

    (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to require that 
hunting activities be a land use in all management plans for Federal 
land to the extent that such use is not clearly incompatible with the 
purposes for which the Federal land is managed.
    (b) Hunting Allowed Unless Incompatible.--When developing or 
considering approval of a management plan (or any amendment to such a 
management plan) for Federal land, the head of the agency with 
jurisdiction over such Federal land shall ensure that hunting 
activities are allowed as a use of such Federal land to the extent that 
such use is not clearly incompatible with the purposes for which the 
Federal land is managed.
    (c) Prohibiting or Restricting Hunting.--
            (1) Reasons set forth in management plan.--If hunting 
        activities are not allowed or are restricted on Federal land, 
        the head of the agency with jurisdiction over such Federal land 
        shall set forth in the management plan for that Federal land 
        the specific reason that hunting activities are not allowed or 
        are restricted.
            (2) Restriction clarified.--For the purposes of this 
        subsection--
                    (A) allowing contract or quota thinning of wildlife 
                shall not constitute allowing unrestricted hunting; and
                    (B) a fee charged by any entity related to hunting 
                activities on Federal land that is in excess of that 
                needed to recoup costs of management of the Federal 
                land shall be deemed to be a restriction on hunting.
    (d) Fees.--Fees charged related to hunting activities on Federal 
land shall be--
            (1) retained by--
                    (A) the State or local authority tasked with 
                managing the land to offset costs directly related to 
                management of hunting on the Federal land upon which 
                hunting activities related to the fee are conducted; or
                    (B) in any case where a State or local authority 
                described in subparagraph (A) does not exist, the head 
                of the agency with jurisdiction over such Federal land 
                to offset costs directly related to management of 
                hunting on the Federal land upon which hunting 
                activities related to the fee are conducted; and
            (2) limited to what the Secretary reasonably estimates to 
        be necessary to offset costs directly related to management of 
        hunting on the Federal land upon which hunting activities 
        related to the fee are conducted.
    (e) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``Federal land'' means Federal land under the 
        jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior (excluding lands 
        held in trust for an Indian or an Indian tribe) or the 
        Secretary of Agriculture;
            (2) the term ``hunting'' means hunting, trapping, netting, 
        and fishing; and
            (3) the term ``management plan'' means a management plan, 
        management contract, or other comprehensive plan or agreement 
        for the management or use of Federal land.
    (f) Applicability.--This section shall apply to all management 
plans developed, approved, or amended after the date of the enactment 
of this section.
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