S 2092
116th Congress
Senate
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Congressional oversight
Firearms and explosives
Government studies and investigations
Hunting and fishing
Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation
Sales and excise taxes
State and local finance
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow’s Needs Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 11, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Jul 11, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act
This bill revises provisions of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act relating to the funding of wildlife conservation. Specifically, the bill
- adds new definitions, including a definition of hunter recruitment and recreational shooter recruitment;
- apportions to states revenues from taxes on pistols, revolvers, bows, and arrows at a rate not greater than 3% and not less than 1% of such revenues;
- removes the existing prohibition on public relations to allow spending by states for management of wildlife areas and promotion of hunting and recreational shooting;
- allows the use of grant funds for the enhancement of hunter recruitment and recreational shooter recruitment; and
- expands the Multistate Conservation Grant program by providing $5 million exclusively for making hunter and recreational shooter recruitment project grants that promote a national hunting and shooting sport recruitment program, including related communication and outreach activities.
The Fish and Wildlife Service shall review and evaluate the effects of funds used for hunter and recreational shooter recruitment on funds available for wildlife conservation.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Committees of jurisdiction
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