The following link will take you to the Natural Resource committee in the house. There you will see some new legislation that has been introduced. These bills have to do with hunting, fishing and public access, so it would be smart to follow their progress.....Rob T.
H.R. 3590, the Sportsmen's Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act, is a bipartisan package of eight individual bills to protect the traditional right of American sportsmen to fish and hunt. It will remove government roadblocks to these activities on certain public lands and guard against new regulations that threaten to block or limit access to hunting and fishing. The bill will protect American jobs and economic growth by supporting recreational opportunities on these federal lands. Bills in the package include:
- H.R. 322, the Hunting, Fishing and Recreational Shooting Protection Act (Miller-FL)
- H.R. 2463, Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act (Hunter)
- H.R. 2798, Public Lands Filming (Latta)
- H.R. 1818, Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act (Young-AK)
- H.R. 1206, Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act (Wittman)
- H.R. 2046, Recreational Lands Self Defense Act (Gibbs)
- H.R. 2799, Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee (Latta)
- H.R. 1825, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act (Benishek)
H.R. 2954 is a bipartisan package of 10 bills to protect and promote public access to lands; improve opportunities by removing red tape that stands in the way of responsible, local economic development and jobs; and encourage transparent, community-centered land management. Bills in the package include:
- H.R. 2954, Escambia County, FL Land Conveyance (Miller-FL)
- H.R. 585, Anchorage Land Conveyance (Young-AK)
- H.R. 1170, Fernley, NV Land Conveyance (Amodei)
- H.R. 2095, Land Disposal Transparency and Efficiency Act (Bishop)
- H.R. 819, Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area Act (Jones)
- H.R. 908, Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act (DelBene)
- H.R. 3492, River Paddling Protect Act (Lummis)
- H.R. 657, Grazing Improvement Act (Labrador)
- H.R. 3188, Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act (McClintock)
- H.R. 739, Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act (Wittman)
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