Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Title: Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act
Subject: Firearms and explosives: Hunting and fishing: Land use and conservation: Outdoor recreation: Sales and excise taxes: State and local finance: Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Description: Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to make it one of the purposes of the Act to provide financial and technical assistance to the states for the promotion of hunting and recreational shooting. The bill also prescribes a formula for the allocation of funds apportioned to a state that may be used for any activity or project to recruit or retain hunters and recreational shooters. In addition to other uses authorized under this bill, amounts apportioned to the states from any taxes on pistols, revolvers, bows, and arrows may be used for hunter recruitment and recreational shooter recruitment. The funds apportioned to a state for wildlife restoration management may be used for related public relations. If a state has not used all of the tax revenues apportioned to it for firearm and bow hunter education and safety program grants, it may use its remaining apportioned funds for the enhancement of hunter recruitment and recreational shooter recruitment. Up to $5 million of the revenues covered into the wildlife restoration fund in the Treasury from any tax imposed for a fiscal year on the sale of certain bows, arrows, and archery equipment shall be available to the Department of the Interior exclusively for making hunter recruitment and recreational shooter recruitment grants that promote a national hunting and shooting sport recruitment program, including related communication and outreach activities.
Session: 115th Congress
Last Action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Last Action Date: September 17, 2018
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2591/all-info
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31 sponsors: Austin Scott (R); Jeff Duncan (R); Gene Green (D); Marc Veasey (D); Daniel Webster (R); Tom Cole (R); Tom Graves (R); Dennis Ross (R); John Rutherford (R); Thomas Rooney (R); Darin LaHood (R); Timothy Walz (D); Doug Collins (R); French Hill (R); Neal Dunn (R); Tim Walberg (R); Robert Wittman (R); Bill Flores (R); Greg Gianforte (R); Bill Huizenga (R); Alexander Mooney (R); Doug LaMalfa (R); Eric Crawford (R); Jody Hice (R); Francis Rooney (R); Paul Mitchell (R); Matt Gaetz (R); Ted Yoho (R); Liz Cheney (R); Paul Gosar (R); Roger Marshall (R)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Sep 17 2018 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. |
| House | Sep 12 2018 | Mr. Gianforte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. |
| House | Sep 12 2018 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| House | Sep 12 2018 | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8133) |
| House | Sep 12 2018 | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2591. |
| House | Sep 12 2018 | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8133-8134) |
| House | Aug 14 2018 | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-899. |
| House | Aug 14 2018 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 695. |
| House | May 8 2018 | Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged. |
| House | May 8 2018 | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent. |
| House | May 8 2018 | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. |
| House | Feb 15 2018 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| House | Jun 7 2017 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. |
| House | May 22 2017 | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. |
| House | May 22 2017 | Introduced in House |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | May 31 2017 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Introduced | Aug 15 2018 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Engrossed | Sep 13 2018 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Environment And Public Works
There have not been any votes on this bill