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H.R. 788

Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act

Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act

This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the construction and expansion of public target ranges by: (1) authorizing a state to pay up to 90% of the costs of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range; (2) authorizing a state to elect to allocate 10% of a specified amount apportioned to it from the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for those costs; (3) limiting the federal share of those costs under such Act to 90%; and (4) requiring amounts provided for those costs under such Act to remain available for expenditure and obligation for five fiscal years.

The United States shall be shielded from any civil action or claim for money damages for injury to or loss of property, personal injury, or death caused by an activity occurring at a public target range that is funded by the federal government pursuant to such Act or located on federal land, except to the extent provided under the Federal Tort Claims Act with respect to the exercise or performance of a discretionary function.

The bill urges the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to cooperate with state and local authorities and other entities to carry out waste removal and other activities on any federal land used as a public target range to encourage its continued use for target practice or marksmanship training.

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 546.

Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50](R-CA)Sponsor
61 cosponsors7 D54 R
61cosponsors2committees15actions5related bills8subjects
  1. CalendarsH12410

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 546.

  2. DischargeH12300

    Committee on the Judiciary discharged.

    Judiciary Committee
  3. Committee5500

    Committee on the Judiciary discharged.

    Judiciary Committee
  4. CommitteeH12200

    Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-707, Part I.

    Natural Resources Committee
  5. Committee5000

    Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-707, Part I.

    Natural Resources Committee
  6. Committee

    Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

    Natural Resources Committee
  7. Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Natural Resources Committee
  8. Committee

    Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.

    Natural Resources Committee
  9. Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

    Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee
  10. Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

    Federal Lands Subcommittee
  11. IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Judiciary Committee
  12. IntroReferralH11100-A

    Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  13. IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Natural Resources Committee
  14. IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

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    Introduced in House

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