[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5756 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5756

    To restore a public firearms range to the District of Columbia.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 20, 2014

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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To restore a public firearms range to the District of Columbia.

    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 ``Heller Public Firearms Range Act of 
2014''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The right to keep and bear arms in the District of 
        Columbia has been severely restricted for many years, resulting 
        in citizens with firearms skills insufficient for proper 
        safety.
            (2) The ability of the public to safely use firearms for 
        hunting and self defense is dependent on sufficient 
        opportunities for safety education and training.
            (3) The Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 
        U.S.C. 669 et seq.) facilitates hunter and firearm safety 
        education and training for all States.
            (4) Richard A. Heller of Washington, DC, has shown untiring 
        energy and courage in pursuing Second Amendment rights for the 
        citizens of the District of Columbia, resulting in the landmark 
        Supreme Court decision in the case District of Columbia v. 
        Heller (554 U.S. 570, 2008).

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE PITTMAN-ROBERTSON WILDLIFE RESTORATION ACT.

    (a) Apportionment to District of Columbia.--Section 4(c) of the 
Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669c(c)) is 
amended by inserting ``the District of Columbia,'' after ``Puerto 
Rico,''.
    (b) Cooperation and Payment of Funds.--Section 8A of such Act (16 
U.S.C. 669g-1) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 8A. COOPERATION AND PAYMENT OF FUNDS.

    ``(a) Cooperation and Payment.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior--
                    ``(A) may cooperate with the Secretary of 
                Agriculture of Puerto Rico, the Mayor of the District 
                of Columbia, the Governor of Guam, the Governor of 
                American Samoa, the Governor of the Commonwealth of the 
                Northern Mariana Islands, and the Governor of the 
                Virgin Islands, in the conduct of wildlife restoration 
                projects and hunter safety programs as provided by 
                section 8(b), upon such terms and conditions as the 
                Secretary deems fair, just, and equitable; and
                    ``(B) subject to paragraph (2), may apportion to 
                Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, American 
                Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
                Islands, and the Virgin Islands, out of the money 
                available for apportionment under this Act, such sums 
                as the Secretary shall determine, which shall not 
                exceed, for any year--
                            ``(i) for Puerto Rico and the District of 
                        Columbia, one-half of 1 percent of the total 
                        amount apportioned for the year;
                            ``(ii) for Guam, one-sixth of 1 percent of 
                        such total amount apportioned;
                            ``(iii) for American Samoa, one-sixth of 1 
                        percent of such total amount apportioned;
                            ``(iv) for the Commonwealth of the Northern 
                        Mariana Islands, one-sixth of 1 percent of such 
                        total amount apportioned; and
                            ``(v) for the Virgin Islands, one-sixth of 
                        1 percent of such total amount apportioned.
            ``(2) Limitation.--The Secretary shall not require any of 
        such cooperating agencies to pay an amount that exceeds 25 
        percent of the cost of any project.
    ``(b) Unexpended and Unobligated Apportionments.--Any unexpended or 
unobligated balance of any apportionment made under this section--
            ``(1) shall be available for expenditure in Puerto Rico, 
        the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, the 
        Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin 
        Islands, as applicable, in the succeeding year, on any approved 
        project; and
            ``(2) if unexpended or unobligated at the end of such year 
        may be made available for expenditure by the Secretary in 
        carrying out the Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 715 
        et seq.).''.
    (c) Additional Apportionment to District of Columbia.--If before 
the date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary of the Interior 
makes an apportionment of funds under any of subsection (b) or (c) of 
section 4 or section 10(a) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 669c, 669h-1(a)) for 
the fiscal year in which this Act takes effect, the Secretary shall 
make an additional apportionment under that subsection or section, 
respectively, to the District of Columbia for the fiscal year in an 
amount equal to the amount that would have been apportioned to the 
District under that subsection or section, as applicable, if this Act 
were effective at the time of the preceding apportionment under that 
subsection or section.
    (d) Grant for Construction and Operation of Indoor Public Target 
Range for Firearm Users.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior shall use 
        amounts in the Federal aid to wildlife restoration fund to make 
        a grant in fiscal year 2015 to the Mayor of the District of 
        Columbia for the construction and operation of an indoor public 
        target range for firearms users in the District of Columbia.
            (2) Amount.--A grant under this subsection shall not exceed 
        $750,000.
            (3) Range requirements.--The Secretary shall require that 
        any target range constructed with a grant under this subsection 
        shall include--
                    (A) at least 10 firing lanes of at least 25 yards 
                in length each;
                    (B) classroom facilities for hunter and firearm 
                safety education and training;
                    (C) offices suitable for retail sales of firearms 
                and ammunition by holders of Federal firearms licenses;
                    (D) secure storage for firearms stocked by 
                federally licensed firearm dealers and for purposes 
                related to the operation of the range; and
                    (E) such other amenities as are appropriate for a 
                public firearms range.
            (4) Construction and operation by secretary.--If the Mayor 
        of the District of Columbia fails to apply for such grant by 
        not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
        Act or fails to construct a target range with such a grant in 
        accordance with this subsection by not later than one year 
        after such date of enactment, the Secretary shall construct and 
        operate an indoor public firearms target range on suitable 
        Federal land within the District of Columbia using funds in the 
        Federal aid to wildlife restoration fund, and the amount 
        available for a grant under this subsection or from other 
        sources.
            (5) Operating costs.--The ongoing costs of operation of 
        such range constructed and operated by the District under this 
        Act, or one constructed and operated by the Secretary under 
        this Act, shall be paid--
                    (A) through funds annually apportioned to the 
                District of Columbia from the Federal aid to wildlife 
                restoration fund,
                    (B) through amounts apportioned to the District, 
                pursuant to a grant,
                    (C) by fees paid by users of the range, that shall 
                be comparable to fees charged for use of public target 
                ranges in the commercial market, and
                    (D) by funds raised from the public.
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