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 of 2016
Subject: Public lands and natural resources: Firearms and explosives: Hunting and fishing: Land use and conservation: Outdoor recreation: Public lands and natural resources: Sales and excise taxes: State and local finance: Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Description: Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2016 This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to make it one of the purposes of the Act to extend 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. 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 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: 114th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Last Action Date: March 24, 2016
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4818/all-info
Companion Bill: SB2690
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29 sponsors: Jeff Duncan (R); Robert Wittman (R); Timothy Walz (D); Gene Green (D); Mike Thompson (D); Jeff Miller (R); Tom Graves (R); Jody Hice (R); Charles Boustany (R); Austin Scott (R); Mark Amodei (R); Frank Lucas (R); Tom Emmer (R); Tom Cole (R); Rodney Davis (R); Dennis Ross (R); Collin Peterson (D); Gus Bilirakis (R); Paul Gosar (R); Darin LaHood (R); Ander Crenshaw (R); Thomas Rooney (R); Ryan Zinke (R); French Hill (R); Richard Nugent (R); Daniel Webster (R); Ted Yoho (R); Jason Chaffetz (R); Alexander Mooney (R)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 24 2016 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. |
| House | Mar 21 2016 | Introduced in House |
| House | Mar 21 2016 | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Mar 24 2016 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Subcommittee on Federal Lands
There have not been any votes on this bill