Outdoor Sports Protection Act
Latest action · May 11, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 8, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Outdoor Sports Protection Act - Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from prohibiting or otherwise restricting, the manufacture, importation, sale, or use of any traditional hunting and fishing implement based on material content. Defines "traditional hunting and fishing implement" as any firearm, ammunition, ammunition component, fishing lure, fishing sinker or weight, and fishing line that contains lead, zinc, copper, or brass. Requires the Administrator to report any determination that the best scientific evidence available demonstrates that the use of any such implement has a substantially detrimental effect on the environment.
Prohibits the Departments of the Interior and of Agriculture (USDA) from newly prohibiting or limiting the use of any such implement on federal public lands based on material content. Directs the Secretary of either department to report any determination that the best scientific evidence available demonstrates that such use has a substantially detrimental effect on the sustainability of a local fish or wildlife population.
Prohibits a state or U.S. territory from being eligible for any funding or apportionment under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act or the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act if the state or territory newly prohibits or otherwise restricts the sale or use of any such implement based on material content.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 8, 2011 to Mar 6, 2012; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OK | Dan Boren | Original | Apr 8, 2011 |
| R-MT | Denny Rehberg | Original | Apr 8, 2011 |
| D-PA | Jason Altmire | Original | Apr 8, 2011 |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Original | Apr 8, 2011 |
| D-UT | Jim Matheson | Original | Apr 8, 2011 |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Original | Apr 8, 2011 |
| D-AR | Mike Ross | Original | Apr 8, 2011 |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Original | Apr 8, 2011 |
| R-TX | K. Michael Conaway | Jun 16, 2011 | |
| R-CA | Duncan Hunter | Jul 14, 2011 | |
| R-IA | Tom Latham | Oct 6, 2011 | |
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | Dec 8, 2011 | |
| R-IL | Donald A. Manzullo | Mar 6, 2012 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Apr 8, 2011 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Apr 14, 2011 | |
| Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Apr 14, 2011 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Apr 8, 2011 |
| Environment Subcommittee | Referred Apr 15, 2011 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Apr 8, 2011 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred May 11, 2011 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 11, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
- Apr 15, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
- Apr 14, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
- Apr 14, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
- Apr 8, 2011Introduced in House
- Apr 8, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E689-690)
- Apr 8, 2011Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E689 | Paul C. Broun R-GA | Apr 8, 2011 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2570.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R41613 | Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Issues in the 112th Congress Archived | Report | Jan 22, 2013 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1445 | To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating, based on material composition, any type of firearm ammunition or fishing tackle. | Related bill | Apr 15, 2011 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To protect the use of traditional hunting and fishing implements and to prevent unnecessary and unwarranted restrictions on the implements used by the hunting and fishing communities.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Outdoor Sports Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of the Interior
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Firearms and explosives
- Hunting and fishing
- Intergovernmental relations
- Outdoor recreation
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- State and local finance
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 8, 2011Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
