S 170 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 29, 2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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.

  1. IntroducedJan 29, 2013
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act - Requires a federal public land management official, in cooperation with the respective state and fish and wildlife agency, to exercise the authority of the official under law, including regarding land use planning, to facilitate the use of, and access to, federal public land for hunting, recreational fishing, and recreational shooting, except as described in this Act.

Requires the heads of federal public land management agencies to exercise their discretion in a manner that supports and facilitates hunting, recreational fishing, and recreational shooting opportunities, to the extent authorized under applicable law.

Requires that Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Forest Service land, excluding land on the Outer Continental Shelf, be open to hunting, recreational fishing, or recreational shooting unless the managing agency acts to close lands to such activity. Permits closures or restrictions on such land for purposes including resource conservation, public safety, energy or mineral production, energy generation or transmission infrastructure, water supply facilities, national security, or compliance with other law.

Allows agencies to: (1) lease or permit use of federal public land for recreational shooting ranges, and (2) designate specific land for recreational shooting activities. Excepts from such use or designation land including a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, land designated as a wilderness study area or administratively classified as wilderness eligible or suitable, and primitive or semiprimitive areas.

Requires annual reports on closures of federal public lands to hunting, recreational fishing, or recreational shooting. Sets forth requirements for specified closures or significant restrictions involving 1280 or more contiguous acres of federal public land or water to hunting or recreational fishing or related activities.

Instructs federal public land agencies to consult with the advisory councils specified in Executive Orders 12962 (relating to recreational fisheries) and 13443 (relating to the facilitation of hunting heritage and wildlife conservation) in carrying out this Act.

Cosponsors 15

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 29, 2013 to Jul 16, 2014, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
I-WVJoe Manchin IIIOriginalJan 29, 2013
R-WYJohn BarrassoJan 30, 2013
R-WYMichael B. EnziFeb 25, 2013
R-OHRob PortmanFeb 25, 2013
R-IDJames E. RischFeb 27, 2013
R-IDMike CrapoMar 12, 2013
R-SDJohn ThuneApr 22, 2013
R-LADavid VitterMay 15, 2013
R-NVDean HellerMay 20, 2013
R-NDJohn HoevenMay 20, 2013
R-AZJeff FlakeJun 17, 2013
R-MSRoger F. WickerJun 27, 2013
R-MESusan M. CollinsMar 24, 2014
R-OKJames M. InhofeJul 9, 2014
R-KSJerry MoranJul 16, 2014

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 29, 2013Introduced in Senate
  2. Jan 29, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  3. Jan 29, 2013Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S367)

Related bills 7

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1335Sportsmen's ActRelated billJul 18, 2013
S 1660SPORT ActRelated billNov 6, 2013
HR 1825Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities ActRelated billJan 31, 2014
S 1996Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014Related billFeb 6, 2014
S 2363Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014Related billJul 10, 2014

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 29, 2013Introduced in Senate

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