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HR 5646 110th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Ammunition Animals Crime and Law Enforcement Firearms Firearms control Government regulation Hunting Land use Law National parks Sports and Recreation Wildlife refuges

Protecting the Second Amendment and Hunting Rights on Federal Lands Act of 2008

Introduced: March 14, 2008 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 18, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
Mar 18, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Mar 14, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Mar 14, 2008
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting the Second Amendment and Hunting Rights on Federal Lands Act of 2008 - Prohibits any federal regulation from restricting any individual from possessing or carrying a firearm or ammunition, if such restriction is based, in whole or in part, upon the fact that the individual is in a unit of the National Park System or the Wildlife Refuge System.

Sets forth provisions with regard to allowing hunting activities on federal lands. Requires an agency with jurisdiction over any federal land, when developing or considering approval of a management plan, to ensure that hunting activities are allowed as a use of such land to the extent that such use is not clearly incompatible with the purposes for which the federal land is managed.

What's happening now March 18, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Republican 8