HUNTING AND TRAPPING

Bills and resolutions

Animals: prohibit certain interstate conduct relative to exotic animals (see S. 2912), S3401 [24AP]

Endangered species: allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species (see H.R. 6936), H8475 [18SE] (see H.R. 7171), H10131 [26SE]

Public lands: protect right of individuals to carry firearms in units of the National Park System and National Wildlife Refuges and require hunting activities be a land use in all management plans (see H.R. 5646), H1770 [14MR]

Taxation: require the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly (see S. 3331), S7279 [24JY] (see H.R. 6310), H5728 [19JN]

West Virginia: ensure that hunting remains a purpose of the New River Gorge National River (see H.R. 5137), H478 [28JA]

Remarks in House

BLM: maintain access to hunting, fishing, trapping, and recreational shooting on National Landscape Conservation System lands, H2109, H2110 [9AP]

New England National Scenic Trail: enforce local laws regarding hunting, fishing, and trapping, H532 [29JA]

Public lands: protect right of individuals to carry firearms in units of the National Park System, H6375 [10JY]

———protect right of individuals to carry firearms in units of the National Park System and National Wildlife Refuges and require hunting activities be a land use in all management plans (H.R. 5646), H1762 [14MR]

Taunton River: ensure any Wild and Scenic River System designations do not eliminate existing access to hunting, fishing, trapping, or recreational shooting, H6641 [16JY]

Vermont: impact of wild and scenic river designation for a segment of the Missisquoi and Trout Rivers on the possession or use of a weapon, trap, or net, H7977, H7978 [10SE]

West Virginia: ensure that hunting remains a purpose of the New River Gorge National River (H.R. 5137), H1195 [4MR], E82 [28JA]

Remarks in Senate

Taxation: require the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly (S. 3331), S7300 [24JY]

Reports filed

Ensure That Hunting Remains a Purpose of the New River Gorge National River: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 5137), S8853 [16SE]

Texts of

H.R. 5137, ensure that hunting remains a purpose of the New River Gorge National River, H1195 [4MR]