[House Report 114-429]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


114th Congress    }                                     {       Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session       }                                     {      114-429

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  PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2406) TO PROTECT AND 
ENHANCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECREATIONAL HUNTING, FISHING, AND SHOOTING, 
                         AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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 February 23, 2016.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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       Mr. Newhouse of Washington, from the Committee on Rules, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 619]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 619, by a record vote of 8 to 3, report the 
same to the House with the recommendation that the resolution 
be adopted.

                SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

    The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2406, the 
SHARE Act, under a structured rule. The resolution provides one 
hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural 
Resources. The resolution waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill. The resolution makes in order as 
original text for the purpose of amendment the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural 
Resources now printed in the bill and provides that it shall be 
considered as read. The resolution waives all points of order 
against that amendment in the nature of a substitute. The 
resolution makes in order only those further amendments printed 
in this report. Each such amendment may be offered only in the 
order printed in this report, may be offered only by a Member 
designated in this report, shall be considered as read, shall 
be debatable for the time specified in this report equally 
divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall 
not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a 
demand for division of the question in the House or in the 
Committee of the Whole. The resolution waives all points of 
order against the amendments printed in this report. The 
resolution provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the bill includes a waiver of the following:
           Section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget 
        Act, which prohibits consideration of legislation 
        providing new budget authority in excess of a 
        committee's 302(a) allocation of such authority;
           Section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act 
        of 1974, prohibiting consideration of legislation that 
        would cause the level of total new budget authority for 
        the first fiscal year to be exceeded;
           Clause 10 of rule XXI, which prohibits 
        consideration of a bill if it has the net effect of 
        increasing mandatory spending over the five- or ten-
        year period; and
           Clause 3(e)(1) of rule XIII (``Ramseyer''), 
        requiring a committee report accompanying a bill 
        amending or repealing statutes to show, by 
        typographical device, parts of statute affected. The 
        waiver is provided because the submission provided by 
        the Committee on Natural Resources was insufficient to 
        meet the standards established by the rule in its 
        current form. The Committee on Rules continues to work 
        with the House Office of Legislative Counsel and 
        committees to determine the steps necessary to comply 
        with the updated rule.
    It is important to note that upon the adoption of the 
Manager's amendment, the violations of sections 302 (f) and 311 
of the Congressional Budget Act as well as clause 10 of rule 
XXI will be cured.
    The waiver of all points of order against the amendment in 
the nature of a substitute made in order as original text 
includes a waiver of the following:
           Clause 4 of rule XXI, which prohibits 
        reporting a bill or joint resolution carrying an 
        appropriation from a committee not having jurisdiction 
        to report an appropriation; and
           Clause 5(a) of rule XXI, which prohibits a 
        bill or joint resolution carrying a tax or tariff 
        measure from being reported by a committee not having 
        jurisdiction to report tax or tariff measures.
    It is important to note that upon the adoption of the 
Manager's amendment, the violation of clause 4 of rule XXI will 
be cured.
    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
the amendments printed in this report, the Committee is not 
aware of any points of order. The waiver of all points of order 
prophylactic in nature.

                            COMMITTEE VOTES

    The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion 
to report, together with the names of those voting for and 
against, are printed below:

Rules Committee record vote No. 148

    Motion by Mr. McGovern to report an open rule. Defeated: 3-
7

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................          Nay   Ms. Slaughter.....................          Yea
Mr. Cole........................................          Nay   Mr. McGovern......................          Yea
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Nay   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........  ............
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Nay   Mr. Polis.........................          Yea
Mr. Stivers.....................................  ............
Mr. Collins.....................................          Nay
Mr. Byrne.......................................  ............
Mr. Newhouse....................................          Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 149

    Motion by Mr. Polis to make in order and provide the 
appropriate waivers for amendment #19 offered by Rep. Sanford 
(SC), Rep. Grijalva (AZ) and Rep. Polis (CO), which permanently 
reauthorizes the Land and Water Conservation Fund; and 
amendment #22 offered by Rep. Grijalva (AZ) and Rep. Polis 
(CO), which strikes language blocking implementation of the 
Administration's rule to combat the illegal trade in ivory and 
protect African elephants under the Endangered Species Act. 
Defeated: 3-8

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................          Nay   Ms. Slaughter.....................          Yea
Mr. Cole........................................          Nay   Mr. McGovern......................          Yea
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Nay   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........  ............
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Nay   Mr. Polis.........................          Yea
Mr. Stivers.....................................          Nay
Mr. Collins.....................................          Nay
Mr. Byrne.......................................  ............
Mr. Newhouse....................................        Nay D
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 150

    Motion by Ms. Foxx to report the rule. Adopted: 8-3

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................          Yea   Ms. Slaughter.....................          Nay
Mr. Cole........................................          Yea   Mr. McGovern......................          Nay
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Yea   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........  ............
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Yea   Mr. Polis.........................          Nay
Mr. Stivers.....................................          Yea
Mr. Collins.....................................          Yea
Mr. Byrne.......................................  ............
Mr. Newhouse....................................          Yea
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Yea
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                SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

    1. Wittman (VA): MANAGER'S Deletes Title XII which has been 
enacted into law already, removes outdated year references in 
short titles, makes expenditures under the Federal Land 
Transaction Facilitation Act subject to appropriation, and adds 
the text of HR 3279, as passed by the House, as a new title 
XVII. (10 minutes)
    2. Beyer (VA): Prohibits an individual who is prohibited 
from possessing a firearm by the Gun Control Act from using a 
public target range. (10 minutes)
    3. Jackson Lee (TX): Strikes Title III, exemption to import 
polar bear trophies taken in sport. (10 minutes)
    4. Bustos (IL): Adds the Administrator of U.S. Small 
Business Administration or a designated representative to the 
Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory 
Committee's membership. (10 minutes)
    5. Smith, Jason (MO): Adds a specification that closures of 
hunter access corridors shall be clearly marked with signs and 
dates of closures, but shall not include barriers on the 
corridor. (10 minutes)
    6. Meng (NY): Permits more than one U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service Law Enforcement Officer to be placed in a U.S. 
diplomatic or consular post in an African country with a 
significant population of African elephants in order to assist 
local wildlife rangers in the protection of such elephants. (10 
minutes)
    7. Huffman (CA): Requires GAO to conduct a study examining 
the effect of a ban of the trade of fossilized ivory from 
mammoths and mastodons on the illegal importation and trade of 
African and Asian elephant ivory within the United States. (10 
minutes)
    8. Beyer (VA): Strikes language that requires state 
approval of federal fishing regulations in waters under the 
jurisdiction of the National Park Service and the Office of 
National Marine Sanctuaries. (10 minutes)
    9. Smith, Jason (MO): Prohibits USDA and NFS from issuing 
restrictions and regulations on hunting and recreational 
fishing in the Mark Twain National Forest. (10 minutes)
    10. Newhouse (WA): Requires the Chief of the U.S. Forest 
Service to publish a notice in the Federal Register, with a 
justification, for the closure of any public road on Forest 
System lands. (10 minutes)
    11. Fleming (LA): Requires the Forest Administrator to 
amend the travel plan for the Kisatchie National Forest in 
Louisiana to allow Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV) access on 
roads nominated by the Secretary of Louisiana Wildlife and 
Fisheries, except when such designation would pose an 
unacceptable safety risk. If a road is denied, the Forest 
Administrator must publish a notice in the Federal Register 
with a justification for the closure. (10 minutes)
    12. Griffith (VA): Allows a person who is not prohibited 
from possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm 
or ammunition to transport a firearm or ammunition for any 
lawful purpose from any place where the person may lawfully 
possess, carry, or transport the firearm or ammunition to any 
other such place if, during the transportation, the firearm is 
unloaded. (10 minutes)
    13. Heck (NV), Hardy (NV), Amodei (NV): Adds the text of 
H.R. 373, the Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act, to the 
end of the bill. Expedites access to federal lands for 
volunteer search and rescue groups to assist in recovering the 
remains of a deceased individual believed to be located on 
federal lands. (10 minutes)
    14. Ribble (WI), Lummis (WY), Benishek (MI), Peterson (MN): 
Reissues the 2011 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to 
delist the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and Wyoming 
from the Endangered Species Act. (10 minutes)
    15. Young, Don (AK): Prohibits the Fish and Wildlife 
Service from issuing a final rule that preempts state 
management authority which is protected by law in Alaska. 
Withdrawals a final rule issued by the National Park Service of 
the same issue. (10 minutes)
    16. Huffman (CA): Designates the Coastal Plain of the 
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness and a part of the 
National Wilderness Preservation System. (10 minutes)
    17. Lowenthal (CA): Authorizes the Department of Interior, 
after public comment and if approved unanimously by the 
Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, to raise the price of 
the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (``Duck 
Stamp'') by the rate of inflation, in order to preserve 
waterfowl habitat. (10 minutes)

                    TEXT OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Wittman of Virginia or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 53, line 18, insert ``, subject to appropriation,'' 
after ``expended''.
  Page 63, strike lines 1 through 8.
  Strike ``of 2015'' each place it appears.
  At the end of the bill, add the following:

            TITLE XVII--OPEN BOOK ON EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE

SEC. 1701. SHORT TITLE.

  This title may be cited as the ``Open Book on Equal Access to 
Justice Act''.

SEC. 1702. MODIFICATION OF EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE PROVISIONS.

  (a) Agency Proceedings.--Section 504 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended--
          (1) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``, United 
        States Code'';
          (2) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection 
        (i); and
          (3) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 
        following:
  ``(e)(1) The Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the 
United States, after consultation with the Chief Counsel for 
Advocacy of the Small Business Administration, shall report to 
the Congress, not later than March 31 of each year through the 
6th calendar year beginning after the initial report under this 
subsection is submitted, on the amount of fees and other 
expenses awarded during the preceding fiscal year pursuant to 
this section. The report shall describe the number, nature, and 
amount of the awards, the claims involved in the controversy, 
and any other relevant information that may aid the Congress in 
evaluating the scope and impact of such awards. The report 
shall be made available to the public online.
  ``(2)(A) The report required by paragraph (1) shall account 
for all payments of fees and other expenses awarded under this 
section that are made pursuant to a settlement agreement, 
regardless of whether the settlement agreement is sealed or 
otherwise subject to nondisclosure provisions.
  ``(B) The disclosure of fees and other expenses required 
under subparagraph (A) does not affect any other information 
that is subject to nondisclosure provisions in the settlement 
agreement.
  ``(f) The Chairman of the Administrative Conference shall 
create and maintain, during the period beginning on the date 
the initial report under subsection (e) is submitted and ending 
one year after the date on which the final report under that 
subsection is submitted, online a searchable database 
containing the following information with respect to each award 
of fees and other expenses under this section:
          ``(1) The case name and number of the adversary 
        adjudication, if available.
          ``(2) The name of the agency involved in the 
        adversary adjudication.
          ``(3) A description of the claims in the adversary 
        adjudication.
          ``(4) The name of each party to whom the award was 
        made, as such party is identified in the order or other 
        agency document making the award.
          ``(5) The amount of the award.
          ``(6) The basis for the finding that the position of 
        the agency concerned was not substantially justified.
  ``(g) The online searchable database described in subsection 
(f) may not reveal any information the disclosure of which is 
prohibited by law or court order.
  ``(h) The head of each agency shall provide to the Chairman 
of the Administrative Conference in a timely manner all 
information requested by the Chairman to comply with the 
requirements of subsections (e), (f), and (g).''.
  (b) Court Cases.--Section 2412(d) of title 28, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
  ``(5)(A) The Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the 
United States shall submit to the Congress, not later than 
March 31 of each year through the 6th calendar year beginning 
after the initial report under this paragraph is submitted, a 
report on the amount of fees and other expenses awarded during 
the preceding fiscal year pursuant to this subsection. The 
report shall describe the number, nature, and amount of the 
awards, the claims involved in each controversy, and any other 
relevant information that may aid the Congress in evaluating 
the scope and impact of such awards. The report shall be made 
available to the public online.
  ``(B)(i) The report required by subparagraph (A) shall 
account for all payments of fees and other expenses awarded 
under this subsection that are made pursuant to a settlement 
agreement, regardless of whether the settlement agreement is 
sealed or otherwise subject to nondisclosure provisions.
  ``(ii) The disclosure of fees and other expenses required 
under clause (i) does not affect any other information that is 
subject to nondisclosure provisions in the settlement 
agreement.
  ``(C) The Chairman of the Administrative Conference shall 
include and clearly identify in the annual report under 
subparagraph (A), for each case in which an award of fees and 
other expenses is included in the report--
          ``(i) any amounts paid from section 1304 of title 31 
        for a judgment in the case;
          ``(ii) the amount of the award of fees and other 
        expenses; and
          ``(iii) the statute under which the plaintiff filed 
        suit.
  ``(6) The Chairman of the Administrative Conference shall 
create and maintain, during the period beginning on the date 
the initial report under paragraph (5) is submitted and ending 
one year after the date on which the final report under that 
paragraph is submitted, online a searchable database containing 
the following information with respect to each award of fees 
and other expenses under this subsection:
          ``(A) The case name and number.
          ``(B) The name of the agency involved in the case.
          ``(C) The name of each party to whom the award was 
        made, as such party is identified in the order or other 
        court document making the award.
          ``(D) A description of the claims in the case.
          ``(E) The amount of the award.
          ``(F) The basis for the finding that the position of 
        the agency concerned was not substantially justified.
  ``(7) The online searchable database described in paragraph 
(6) may not reveal any information the disclosure of which is 
prohibited by law or court order.
  ``(8) The head of each agency (including the Attorney General 
of the United States) shall provide to the Chairman of the 
Administrative Conference of the United States in a timely 
manner all information requested by the Chairman to comply with 
the requirements of paragraphs (5), (6), and (7).''.
  (c) Clerical Amendments.--Section 2412 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended--
          (1) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ``United States 
        Code,''; and
          (2) in subsection (e)--
                  (A) by striking ``of section 2412 of title 
                28, United States Code,'' and inserting ``of 
                this section''; and
                  (B) by striking ``of such title'' and 
                inserting ``of this title''.
  (d) Effective Date.--
          (1) In general.--The amendments made by subsections 
        (a) and (b) shall first apply with respect to awards of 
        fees and other expenses that are made on or after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act.
          (2) Initial reports.--The first reports required by 
        section 504(e) of title 5, United States Code, and 
        section 2412(d)(5) of title 28, United States Code, 
        shall be submitted not later than March 31 of the 
        calendar year following the first calendar year in 
        which a fiscal year begins after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
          (3) Online databases.--The online databases required 
        by section 504(f) of title 5, United States Code, and 
        section 2412(d)(6) of title 28, United States Code, 
        shall be established as soon as practicable after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, but in no case later 
        than the date on which the first reports under section 
        504(e) of title 5, United States Code, and section 
        2412(d)(5) of title 28, United States Code, are 
        required to be submitted under paragraph (2) of this 
        subsection.
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 2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Beyer of Virginia or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 9, strike ``and'' after the semicolon at line 14, strike 
the period at line 16 and insert ``; and'', and after line 16 
insert the following:
          (5) prohibits use of the location by any individual 
        who is prohibited from purchasing a firearm by section 
        922(g) of title 18, United States Code.
  Page 10, strike ``and'' after the semicolon at line 6, strike 
the closing quotation marks and period at line 8 and insert 
``and'', and after line 8 insert the following:
                  ``(E) prohibits use of the location by any 
                individual who is prohibited from purchasing a 
                firearm by section 922(g) of title 18, United 
                States Code.''.
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3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Beginning at page 14, line 3, strike title III.
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 4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bustos of Illinois or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 20, line 19, strike ``; and'' and insert a semicolon.
  Page 20, line 21, strike the period and insert ``; and''.
  Page 20, after line 21, insert the following:
                          ``(viii) Administrator of the Small 
                        Business Administration or designated 
                        representative.

 5. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Smith of Missouri or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 49, line 20, after the period, insert ``Such closures 
shall be clearly marked with signs and dates of closures, and 
shall not include gates, chains, walls, or other barriers on 
the hunter access corridor.''.
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6. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Meng of New York or Her 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 59, line 10, strike ``officer'' and insert ``officers''.
  Page 59, beginning at line 16, strike ``officer'' and insert 
``officers''.
  Page 59, line 20, strike ``one''.
  Page 59, line 21, strike ``officer'' and insert ``officers''.
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 7. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Huffman of California 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of title X add the following:

SEC. __ GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE STUDY.

  Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
conduct a study examining the effects of a ban of the trade in 
of fossilized ivory from mammoths and mastodons on the illegal 
importation and trade of African and Asian elephant ivory 
within the United States, with the exception of importation or 
trade thereof related to museum exhibitions or scientific 
research, and report to Congress the findings of such study.
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 8. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Beyer of Virginia or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Beginning at page 69, line 1, strike title XIV.
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 9. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Smith of Missouri or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 71, Line 13, insert ``the Mark Twain National Forest in 
the State of Missouri,'' after ``Mississippi,''.
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10. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Newhouse of Washington 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  After section 1502, insert the following:

SEC. 1503. PUBLICATION OF CLOSURE OF ROADS IN FORESTS.

  The Chief of the Forest Service shall publish a notice in the 
Federal Register for the closure of any public road on Forest 
System lands, along with a justification for the closure.
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 11. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Fleming of Louisiana 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of the bill, add the following:

                  TITLE XVII--UTILITY TERRAIN VEHICLES

SEC. 1701. UTILITY TERRAIN VEHICLES IN KISATCHIE NATIONAL FOREST.

  (a) In General.--The Forest Administrator shall amend the 
applicable travel plan to allow utility terrain vehicles access 
on all roads nominated by the Secretary of Louisiana Wildlife 
and Fisheries in the Kisatchie National Forest, except when 
such designation would pose an unacceptable safety risk, in 
which case the Forest Administrator shall publish a notice in 
the Federal Register with a justification for the closure.
  (b) Utility Terrain Vehicles Defined.--For purposes of this 
section, the term ``utility terrain vehicle''--
          (1) means any recreational motor vehicle designed for 
        and capable of travel over designated roads, traveling 
        on four or more tires with a maximum tire width of 27 
        inches, a maximum wheel cleat or lug of \3/4\ of an 
        inch, a minimum width of 50 inches but not exceeding 74 
        inches, a minimum weight of at least 700 pounds but not 
        exceeding 2,000 pounds, and a minimum wheelbase of 61 
        inches but not exceeding 110 inches;
          (2) includes vehicles not equipped with a 
        certification label as required by part 567.4 of title 
        49, Code of Federal Regulations; and
          (3) does not include golf carts, vehicles specially 
        designed to carry a disabled person, or vehicles 
        otherwise registered under section 32.299 of the 
        Louisiana State statutes.
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 12. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Griffith of Virginia 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end the following:

    TITLE XVII--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF FIREARMS OR AMMUNITION

SEC. 1701. INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF FIREARMS OR AMMUNITION.

  (a) In General.--Section 926A of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows:

``Sec. 926A. Interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition

  ``(a) Notwithstanding any provision of any law, rule, or 
regulation of a State or any political subdivision thereof:
          ``(1) A person who is not prohibited by this chapter 
        from possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving a 
        firearm or ammunition shall be entitled to transport a 
        firearm for any lawful purpose from any place where the 
        person may lawfully possess, carry, or transport the 
        firearm to any other such place if, during the 
        transportation, the firearm is unloaded, and--
                  ``(A) if the transportation is by motor 
                vehicle, the firearm is not directly accessible 
                from the passenger compartment of the vehicle, 
                and, if the vehicle is without a compartment 
                separate from the passenger compartment, the 
                firearm is in a locked container other than the 
                glove compartment or console, or is secured by 
                a secure gun storage or safety device; or
                  ``(B) if the transportation is by other 
                means, the firearm is in a locked container or 
                secured by a secure gun storage or safety 
                device.
          ``(2) A person who is not prohibited by this chapter 
        from possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving a 
        firearm or ammunition shall be entitled to transport 
        ammunition for any lawful purpose from any place where 
        the person may lawfully possess, carry, or transport 
        the ammunition, to any other such place if, during the 
        transportation, the ammunition is not loaded into a 
        firearm, and--
                  ``(A) if the transportation is by motor 
                vehicle, the ammunition is not directly 
                accessible from the passenger compartment of 
                the vehicle, and, if the vehicle is without a 
                compartment separate from the passenger 
                compartment, the ammunition is in a locked 
                container other than the glove compartment or 
                console; or
                  ``(B) if the transportation is by other 
                means, the ammunition is in a locked container.
  ``(b) In subsection (a), the term `transport' includes 
staying in temporary lodging overnight, stopping for food, 
fuel, vehicle maintenance, an emergency, medical treatment, and 
any other activity incidental to the transport, but does not 
include transportation--
          ``(1) with the intent to commit a crime punishable by 
        imprisonment for a term exceeding one year that 
        involves the use or threatened use of force against 
        another; or
          ``(2) with knowledge, or reasonable cause to believe, 
        that such a crime is to be committed in the course of, 
        or arising from, the transportation.
  ``(c)(1) A person who is transporting a firearm or ammunition 
may not be arrested or otherwise detained for violation of any 
law or any rule or regulation of a State or any political 
subdivision thereof related to the possession, transportation, 
or carrying of firearms, unless there is probable cause to 
believe that the person is doing so in a manner not provided 
for in subsection (a).
  ``(2) When a person asserts this section as a defense in a 
criminal proceeding, the prosecution shall bear the burden of 
proving, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the conduct of the 
person did not satisfy the conditions set forth in subsection 
(a).
  ``(3) When a person successfully asserts this section as a 
defense in a criminal proceeding, the court shall award the 
prevailing defendant a reasonable attorney's fee.
  ``(d)(1) A person who is deprived of any right, privilege, or 
immunity secured by this section, section 926B or 926C, under 
color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage 
of any State or any political subdivision thereof, may bring an 
action in any appropriate court against any other person, 
including a State or political subdivision thereof, who causes 
the person to be subject to the deprivation, for damages and 
other appropriate relief.
  ``(2) The court shall award a plaintiff prevailing in an 
action brought under paragraph (1) damages and such other 
relief as the court deems appropriate, including a reasonable 
attorney's fee.''.
  (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for such 
chapter is amended in the item relating to section 926A by 
striking ``firearms'' and inserting ``firearms or ammunition''.
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13. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Heck of Nevada or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of the bill, add the following:

             TITLE XVII--GOOD SAMARITAN SEARCH AND RECOVERY

SEC. 1701. SHORT TITLE.

  This title may be cited as the ``Good Samaritan Search and 
Recovery Act''.

SEC. 1702. EXPEDITED ACCESS TO CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND.

  (a) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) Eligible.--The term ``eligible'', with respect to 
        an organization or individual, means that the 
        organization or individual, respectively, is--
                  (A) acting in a not-for-profit capacity; and
                  (B) composed entirely of members who, at the 
                time of the good Samaritan search-and-recovery 
                mission, have attained the age of majority 
                under the law of the State where the mission 
                takes place.
          (2) Good samaritan search-and-recovery mission.--The 
        term ``good Samaritan search-and-recovery mission'' 
        means a search conducted by an eligible organization or 
        individual for 1 or more missing individuals believed 
        to be deceased at the time that the search is 
        initiated.
          (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the 
        Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of 
        Agriculture, as applicable.
  (b) Process.--
          (1) In general.--Each Secretary shall develop and 
        implement a process to expedite access to Federal land 
        under the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary 
        for eligible organizations and individuals to request 
        access to Federal land to conduct good Samaritan 
        search-and-recovery missions.
          (2) Inclusions.--The process developed and 
        implemented under this subsection shall include 
        provisions to clarify that--
                  (A) an eligible organization or individual 
                granted access under this section--
                          (i) shall be acting for private 
                        purposes; and
                          (ii) shall not be considered to be a 
                        Federal volunteer;
                  (B) an eligible organization or individual 
                conducting a good Samaritan search-and-recovery 
                mission under this section shall not be 
                considered to be a volunteer under section 
                102301(c) of title 54, United States Code;
                  (C) chapter 171 of title 28, United States 
                Code (commonly known as the ``Federal Tort 
                Claims Act''), shall not apply to an eligible 
                organization or individual carrying out a 
                privately requested good Samaritan search-and-
                recovery mission under this section; and
                  (D) an eligible organization or entity who 
                conducts a good Samaritan search-and-recovery 
                mission under this section shall serve without 
                pay from the Federal Government for such 
                service.
  (c) Release of Federal Government From Liability.--The 
Secretary shall not require an eligible organization or 
individual to have liability insurance as a condition of 
accessing Federal land under this section, if the eligible 
organization or individual--
          (1) acknowledges and consents, in writing, to the 
        provisions described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) 
        of subsection (b)(2); and
          (2) signs a waiver releasing the Federal Government 
        from all liability relating to the access granted under 
        this section and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless 
        the United States from any claims or lawsuits arising 
        from any conduct by the eligible organization or 
        individual on Federal land.
  (d) Approval and Denial of Requests.--
          (1) In general.--The Secretary shall notify an 
        eligible organization or individual of the approval or 
        denial of a request by the eligible organization or 
        individual to carry out a good Samaritan search-and-
        recovery mission under this section by not later than 
        48 hours after the request is made.
          (2) Denials.--If the Secretary denies a request from 
        an eligible organization or individual to carry out a 
        good Samaritan search-and-recovery mission under this 
        section, the Secretary shall notify the eligible 
        organization or individual of--
                  (A) the reason for the denial of the request; 
                and
                  (B) any actions that the eligible 
                organization or individual can take to meet the 
                requirements for the request to be approved.
  (e) Partnerships.--Each Secretary shall develop search-and-
recovery-focused partnerships with search-and-recovery 
organizations--
          (1) to coordinate good Samaritan search-and-recovery 
        missions on Federal land under the administrative 
        jurisdiction of the Secretary; and
          (2) to expedite and accelerate good Samaritan search-
        and-recovery mission efforts for missing individuals on 
        Federal land under the administrative jurisdiction of 
        the Secretary.
  (f) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretaries shall submit to Congress 
a joint report describing--
          (1) plans to develop partnerships described in 
        subsection (e)(1); and
          (2) efforts carried out to expedite and accelerate 
        good Samaritan search-and-recovery mission efforts for 
        missing individuals on Federal land under the 
        administrative jurisdiction of each Secretary pursuant 
        to subsection (e)(2).
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14. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ribble of Wisconsin or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of the bill add the following:

                         TITLE __--GRAY WOLVES

SEC. _01. REISSUANCE OF FINAL RULE REGARDING GRAY WOLVES IN THE WESTERN 
                    GREAT LAKES.

  Before the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
reissue the final rule published on December 28, 2011 (76 Fed. 
Reg. 81666), without regard to any other provision of statute 
or regulation that applies to issuance of such rule. Such 
reissuance shall not be subject to judicial review.

SEC. _02. REISSUANCE OF FINAL RULE REGARDING GRAY WOLVES IN WYOMING.

  Before the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
reissue the final rule published on September 10, 2012 (77 Fed. 
Reg. 55530), without regard to any other provision of statute 
or regulation that applies to issuance of such rule. Such 
reissuance shall not be subject to judicial review.
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15. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Young of Alaska or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end the following:

                   TITLE __--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SEC. _01. PROHIBITION ON ISSUANCE OF FINAL RULE.

  The Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
shall not issue a final rule that--
          (1) succeeds the proposed rule entitled ``Non-
        Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation 
        and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in 
        Alaska'' (81 Fed. Reg. 887 (January 8, 2016)); or
          (2) is substantially similar to that proposed rule.

SEC. _02. WITHDRAWAL OF EXISTING RULE REGARDING HUNTING AND TRAPPING IN 
                    ALASKA.

  The Director of the National Park Service shall withdraw the 
final rule entitled ``Alaska; Hunting and Trapping in National 
Preserves'' (80 Fed. Reg. 64325 (October 23, 2015)) by not 
later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
and shall not issue a rule that is substantially similar to 
that rule.
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16. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Huffman of California 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end the following:

      TITLE __--PRESERVATION OF ARCTIC COASTAL PLAIN AS WILDERNESS

SEC. _01. SHORT TITLE.

  This title may be cited as the ``Udall-Eisenhower Arctic 
Wilderness Act''.

SEC. _02. FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF POLICY.

  (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
          (1) Americans cherish the continued existence of 
        expansive, unspoiled wilderness ecosystems and wildlife 
        found on their public lands, and feel a strong moral 
        responsibility to protect this wilderness heritage as 
        an enduring resource to bequeath undisturbed to future 
        generations of Americans.
          (2) It is widely believed by ecologists, wildlife 
        scientists, public land specialists, and other experts 
        that the wilderness ecosystem centered around and 
        dependent upon the Arctic coastal plain of the Arctic 
        National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, represents the very 
        epitome of a primeval wilderness ecosystem and 
        constitutes the greatest wilderness area and diversity 
        of wildlife habitats of its kind in the United States.
          (3) President Dwight D. Eisenhower initiated 
        protection of the wilderness values of the Arctic 
        coastal plain in 1960 when he set aside 8,900,000 acres 
        establishing the Arctic National Wildlife Range 
        expressly ``for the purpose of preserving unique 
        wildlife, wilderness and recreational values''.
          (4) In 1980, when the Congress acted to strengthen 
        the protective management of the Eisenhower-designated 
        area with the enactment of the Alaska National Interest 
        Lands Conservation Act (Public Law 96-487), 
        Representative Morris K. Udall led the effort to more 
        than double the size of the Arctic National Wildlife 
        Refuge and extend statutory wilderness protection to 
        most of the original area.
          (5) Before the enactment of the Alaska National 
        Interest Lands Conservation Act, the House of 
        Representatives twice passed legislation that would 
        have protected the entire Eisenhower-designated area as 
        wilderness, including the Arctic coastal plain.
          (6) A majority of Americans have supported and 
        continue to support preserving and protecting the 
        Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, including the Arctic 
        coastal plain, from any industrial development and 
        consider oil and gas exploration and development in 
        particular to be incompatible with the purposes for 
        which this incomparable wilderness ecosystem has been 
        set aside.
          (7) When the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was 
        established in 1980 by paragraph (2) of section 303 of 
        the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act 
        (Public Law 96-487; 94 Stat. 2390; 16 U.S.C. 668dd 
        note), subparagraph (B)(iii) of such paragraph 
        specifically stated that one of the purposes for which 
        the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is established and 
        managed would be to provide the opportunity for 
        continued subsistence uses by local residents, and, 
        therefore, the lands designated as wilderness within 
        the Refuge, including the area designated by this 
        title, are and will continue to be managed consistent 
        with such subparagraph.
          (8) Canada has taken action to preserve those 
        portions of the wilderness ecosystem of the Arctic that 
        exist on its side of the international border and 
        provides strong legal protection for the habitat of the 
        Porcupine River caribou herd that migrates annually 
        through both countries to calve on the Arctic coastal 
        plain.
          (9) The extension of full wilderness protection for 
        the Arctic coastal plain within the Arctic National 
        Wildlife Refuge will still leave most of the North 
        Slope of Alaska available for the development of energy 
        resources, which will allow Alaska to continue to 
        contribute significantly to meeting the energy needs of 
        the United States without despoiling the unique Arctic 
        coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
  (b) Statement of Policy.--The Congress hereby declares that 
it is the policy of the United States--
          (1) to honor the decades of bipartisan efforts that 
        have increasingly protected the great wilderness 
        ecosystem of the Arctic coastal plain;
          (2) to sustain this natural treasure for the current 
        generation of Americans; and
          (3) to do everything possible to protect and preserve 
        this magnificent natural ecosystem so that it may be 
        bequeathed in its unspoiled natural condition to future 
        generations of Americans.

SEC. _03. DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL WILDERNESS, ARCTIC NATIONAL 
                    WILDLIFE REFUGE, ALASKA.

  (a) Inclusion of Arctic Coastal Plain.--In furtherance of the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), an area within the 
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the State of Alaska 
comprising approximately 1,559,538 acres, as generally depicted 
on a map entitled ``Arctic National Wildlife Refuge--1002 Area 
Alternative E--Wilderness Designation'' and dated October 28, 
1991, is hereby designated as wilderness and, therefore, as a 
component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The 
map referred to in this subsection shall be available for 
inspection in the offices of the Secretary of the Interior.
  (b) Administration.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
administer the area designated as wilderness by subsection (a) 
in accordance with the Wilderness Act as part of the wilderness 
area already in existence within the Arctic National Wildlife 
Refuge as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
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     17. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lowenthal of 
          California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end the following:

                   TITLE __--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SEC. __. PERIODIC INCREASE IN PRICE OF MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING AND 
                    CONSERVATION STAMP TO ACCOUNT FOR INFLATION.

  Section 2 of the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation 
Stamp Act (16 U.S.C. 718b) is amended--
          (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``The Postal'' and 
        inserting ``Except as provided in subsections (c) and 
        (d), the Postal''; and
          (2) by adding at the end of the following:
  ``(d) Increase in Price of Stamp.--
          ``(1) Increase authorized.--The Secretary may, after 
        notice and public comment, increase the price of each 
        stamp sold under this section by an amount not to 
        exceed $10 for a hunting year if the Secretary 
        determines the increase--
                  ``(A) is commensurate with the level of 
                inflation as determined by the adjustments in 
                the Consumer Price Index since the last 
                increase; and
                  ``(B) is approved unanimously by the 
                Migratory Bird Conservation Commission.
          ``(2) Effective date of increase.--An increase in 
        price under paragraph (1) shall take effect--
                  ``(A) no earlier than 2 years after the 
                effective date of the last increase in price; 
                and
                  ``(B) no later than January 1 of the calendar 
                year preceding the hunting year.''.

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