Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act
Latest action · May 29, 2018 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 546.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 1, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act
This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the construction and expansion of public target ranges by: (1) authorizing a state to pay up to 90% of the costs of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range; (2) authorizing a state to elect to allocate 10% of a specified amount apportioned to it from the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for those costs; (3) limiting the federal share of those costs under such Act to 90%; and (4) requiring amounts provided for those costs under such Act to remain available for expenditure and obligation for five fiscal years.
The United States shall be shielded from any civil action or claim for money damages for injury to or loss of property, personal injury, or death caused by an activity occurring at a public target range that is funded by the federal government pursuant to such Act or located on federal land, except to the extent provided under the Federal Tort Claims Act with respect to the exercise or performance of a discretionary function.
The bill urges the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to cooperate with state and local authorities and other entities to carry out waste removal and other activities on any federal land used as a public target range to encourage its continued use for target practice or marksmanship training.
Cosponsors 61
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 1, 2017 to May 17, 2018; 23 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IL | Adam Kinzinger | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| R-AK | Don Young | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| R-KY | James Comer | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| R-WY | Liz Cheney | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
Committees 2
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 Feb 1, 2017Markup Apr 18, 2018Reported May 29, 2018 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Feb 10, 2017Discharged Apr 18, 2018 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 1, 2017Discharged May 29, 2018 |
| Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee | Referred Mar 2, 2017 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 29, 2018Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-707, Part I.
- May 29, 2018Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
- May 29, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 546.
- Apr 18, 2018Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
- Apr 18, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Apr 18, 2018Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Mar 2, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
- Feb 10, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Feb 1, 2017Introduced in House
- Feb 1, 2017Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- May 14, 2018H.R. 788, Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 18, 2018
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 17, February 1, 2017, page H878.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 115-37 | H.R. 2591, "MODERNIZING THE PITTMAN-ROBERTSON FUND FOR TOMORROW'S NEEDS ACT OF 2017"; H.R. 4429, "CORMORANT CONTROL ACT"; H.R. 4609, "WEST FORK FIRE STATION ACT OF 2017"; H.R. 4647, "RECOVERING AMERICA'S WILDLIFE ACT"; AND H.R. 4851, "KENNEDY-KING ESTABLISHMENT ACT OF 2018"78 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Feb 15, 2018 |
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45667 | Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act: Understanding Apportionments for States and Territories Archived | Report | Apr 5, 2019 |
| R45123 | Guns, Excise Taxes, Wildlife Restoration, and the National Firearms Act | Report | Mar 5, 2018 |
| R45103 | Hunting and Fishing on Federal Lands and Waters: Overview and Issues for Congress Archived | Report | Feb 14, 2018 |
Related bills 5
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 593 | Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act | Identical bill | Nov 15, 2018 |
| S 1514 | HELP for Wildlife Act | Related bill | Oct 5, 2017 |
| HR 3668 | SHARE Act | Related bill | Sep 18, 2017 |
| HR 4489 | ACCESS Act | Related bill | May 22, 2018 |
| HR 5515 | John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 | Related bill | Aug 13, 2018 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 29, 2018Reported in House
- Feb 1, 2017Introduced 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.
