Hunting Heritage Protection Act
Official title: To recognize hunting heritage and provide opportunities for continued hunting on public lands.
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 496.
Directs the head of each Federal agency to exercise its authority to manage a natural resource or public land or water so as to support, promote, and enhance recreational hunting opportunities.
Declares that Federal land management decisions and actions should result in no net loss of hunting opportunities on public lands.
Establishes a National Recreational Hunting Coordination Council to: (1) ensure that Federal agencies consider the social and economic values of healthy wildlife habitats that support recreational hunting; (2) make available to the public the latest resource information and management technologies to assist in the conservation and management of wildlife and the provision of recreational hunting opportunities; (3) assess the implementation of a Comprehensive Recreational Hunting and Wildlife Resource Conservation Plan established under this Act; (4) prepare a biennial report of accomplishments under such Plan; and (5) review and evaluate Federal policies and activities that affect hunting opportunities.
Requires the Council, in cooperation with Federal agencies, States, and tribes, and after consulting the hunting community, to develop such Plan. Requires that such plan recommend a five-year agenda for identified Federal agencies and include: (1) measurable objectives to conserve and restore wildlife habitats that support viable and healthy wildlife resources that may be hunted; (2) actions to be taken by such agencies to ensure and facilitate hunting access to appropriate public lands, including Department of Defense lands where provision of hunting opportunities is consistent with national security; and (3) a comprehensive mechanism to evaluate such agenda's achievements. Requires the Council to integrate such plan with existing plans and programs, reduce duplication, and include recommended actions for cooperation with States, tribes, wildlife conservation groups, and the hunting community.
Terminates the council ten years after the enactment of this Act.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF
- Reported in House Formatted Text PDF
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4790: Hunting Heritage Protection Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4790/
"H.R. 4790: Hunting Heritage Protection Act." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4790/.
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