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S 339 109th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Animals Federal-Indian relations Federal-state relations Fishing Hunting Licenses Minorities Native Americans Residence requirements Sports and Recreation State laws

Reaffirmation of State Regulation of Resident and Nonresident Hunting and Fishing Act of 2005

Introduced: February 9, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Apr 21, 2005
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 85.
Apr 21, 2005
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Specter without amendment. Without written report.
Apr 21, 2005
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Feb 9, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1214-1215)
Feb 9, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1214)
Feb 9, 2005
Introduced in Senate
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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Reaffirmation of State Regulation of Resident and Nonresident Hunting and Fishing Act of 2005 - Expresses the policy of Congress that it is in the public interest for each State to continue regulating the taking for any purpose of fish and wildlife. Prohibits congressional silence from being construed as imposing a commerce clause barrier to such regulation by a State or Indian tribe.

Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) limit the applicability or effect of any Federal law related to the protection or management of fish or wildlife or to the regulation of commerce; (2) limit the authority of the United States to prohibit hunting or fishing on U.S. lands; or (3) abrogate, abridge, affect, modify, supersede, or alter any treaty-reserved or other right of any Indian tribe as recognized by any other means.

What's happening now April 21, 2005

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 85.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 731 Identical bill Reaffirmation of State Regulation of Resident and Nonresident Hunting and Fishing Act of 2005
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Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Mar 16, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 339: Reaffirmation of State Regulation of Resident and Nonresident Hunting and Fishing Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-339/
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"S. 339: Reaffirmation of State Regulation of Resident and Nonresident Hunting and Fishing Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-339/.
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S. 339, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-339/.
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