HUNTING AND TRAPPING

Amendments

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 4089), H1879, H1881, H1882, H1883, H1885, H1886, H1887, H1888, H1889 [17AP]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 4089), consideration (H. Res. 614), H1870 [17AP]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 3525), S6636, S6638, S6639 [21SE], S6727, S6748, S6749, S6759, S6760 [13NO], S6807, S6808, S6809, S6810, S6811, S6812, S6821, S6822, S6824, S6826, S6827 [14NO], S6904 [26NO], S7359 [3DE]

Bills and resolutions

Marine mammals: support an end to commercial whaling in all of its forms and strengthen measures to conserve whale populations (see H. Res. 714), H4604 [28JN]

Migratory Bird Treaty Act: provide certain exemptions relative to taking of migratory game birds (see H.R. 6665), H6806 [13DE]

Public lands: direct land management agencies to report on public access and egress to public lands for hunting, fishing, and recreation and use Land and Water Conservation Fund funds to secure such access (see H.R. 6086), H4684 [9JY]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (see S. 3525), S6062 [10SE] (see H.R. 4089), H965 [27FE]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 4089), consideration (see H. Res. 614), H1844 [16AP]

——— recognize heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting on public lands and ensure continued opportunities for those activities (see S. 2066), S323 [2FE]

——— recognize hunters, anglers, trappers, recreational boaters and shooters, industry, State and Federal fish and wildlife agencies for restoring healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and other natural resources (see H. Res. 801), H6232 [20SE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: protect farmers from fines due to taking of migratory birds on agricultural fields by clarifying distinction between normal agricultural practices and baiting (see S. 3674), S7976 [12DE]

Cloture motions

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 3525), S6728 [13NO], S6830 [15NO]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 3525), motion to proceed, S6502 [20SE], S6604 [21SE]

Letters

Corps of Engineers finalization of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act: several sportsman and conservation organizations, H3376 [1JN]

Recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting opportunities protection and enhancement: several sportsmen organizations, S6498 [20SE]

Sportsmen’s Heritage Act: Jonathan W. Gassett, Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies, H1874 [17AP]

——— Representative Doc Hastings, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H1874 [17AP]

——— Representative Lucas, Committee on Agriculture (House), H1874 [17AP]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H1874 [17AP]

——— several recreational sports and wildlife conservation organizations, H1875 [17AP]

Lists

Organizations supporting S. 3525, Sportsmen’s Act, S6560 [21SE]

Motions

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 4089), H1895 [17AP]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 3525), S6502 [20SE], S6559 [21SE], S6727 [13NO], S6890 [26NO]

Remarks in House

BLM: provide for certain oversight and approval on any decision to close national monument land to recreational shooting, H1877 [17AP]

Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus: tribute to annual Trap, Skeet, and Sporting Clay Competition, H3034 [17MY]

Endangered species: prohibit importation of polar bear trophies from Canada, H1885, H1886 [17AP]

Forest Service: prohibit from banning use of dogs while deer hunting in Kisatchie National Forest, H1886, H1887 [17AP]

Lobbyists: prohibit Members of Congress from taking hunting or fishing trips paid for by registered lobbyists or foreign agents, H1895 [17AP]

Minnesota: ensure certain Federal lands exchanged for State trust lands located in Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of the Superior National Forest will still be open for recreational use, H5888, H5889 [12SE]

National Park Service: clarify that all public lands under National Park Service jurisdiction are included in the hunting exemption, H1882, H1883 [17AP]

Public lands: make new restrictions on managing hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting effective only if the amount of land available for those purposes falls below a certain acreage, H1883, H1884 [17AP]

——— preserve recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting while maintaining prohibitions on oil and gas development, mining, logging, and motorized activities in wilderness areas, H1888, H1889 [17AP]

——— protect opportunities for hunting, fishing, grazing, or recreation from domestic production of critical minerals and materials promotion activities, H4847, H4848 [12JY]

——— require hunting activities be a land use in management plans for compatible Federal lands (H.R. 1444), H1876 [17AP]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 4089), H1873–H1897 [17AP], H1918 [18AP], H5889 [12SE], E585, E589 [19AP], E621 [24AP]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 4089), consideration (H. Res. 614), H1860–H1872 [17AP]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 4089), motion to recommit, H1895, H1896 [17AP]

Remarks in Senate

Clean Air Act: impact, S488 [9FE]

EPA: exempt components used in manufacture of hunting and recreational shooting ammunition and fishing tackle from regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act, S6888 [26NO]

Sports: importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada, S6794 [14NO], S6888 [26NO]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 4089), unanimous-consent request, S6604 [21SE]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 3525), S6066 [10SE], S6075 [11SE], S6415 [19SE], S6498, S6499 [20SE], S6727, S6728 [13NO], S6765, S6766, S6794 [14NO], S6829–S6835 [15NO], S6877, S6884–S6891 [26NO]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 3525), motion to proceed, S6501 [20SE], S6559, S6560, S6604, S6605 [21SE], S6715, S6726 [13NO]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 3525), unanimous-consent request, S6415 [19SE]

——— violation of Budget Control Act by legislation to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting, S6885–S6891 [26NO]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 4089, Sportsmen’s Heritage Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 614) (H. Rept. 112–444), H1844 [16AP]

Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2834) (H. Rept. 112–609), H5077 [19JY]

Sportsmen’s Heritage Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4089) (H. Rept. 112–426), H1844 [16AP]

Rulings of the Chair

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 3525), S6890 [26NO]

Texts of

H. Res. 614, consideration of H.R. 4089, Sportsmen’s Heritage Act, H1860 [17AP]