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H.R. 2591 · 115th Congress

Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2017

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  1. House Introduced May 22, 2017
  2. House Passed Sep 12, 2018

Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2017

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · May 22, 2017

Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2017

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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act

Latest action (Sep 17, 2018): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources · Origin: House · Introduced: May 22, 2017

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. House Introduced May 22, 2017
  2. House Passed Sep 12, 2018

No recorded floor vote found.