Votes on hunting access, deportation and animal protection

Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act

• Keep lead ammunition and tackle available: The bill would bar the Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Forest Service from prohibiting lead ammunition or tackle, or regulating its lead level, on federal land or water open to hunting or fishing. The bar would not cover regulations under 50 CFR 20.21 or 20.108, as in effect on the date of enactment
• Allow narrow, state-aligned wildlife protections: An agency could still restrict lead use on a specific unit of federal land or water if field data from that unit show that lead is primarily causing a decline in its wildlife population. The restriction must also be consistent with state law, consistent with an applicable state fish and wildlife department policy, or approved by that department
• Explain qualifying restrictions publicly: For a restriction that meets the exception's requirements, the responsible Secretary would have to explain in a Federal Register notice how it meets them

1. Introduced
2. In committee
3. Reported
4. Passed House
5. Passed Senate
6. Law

What’s next: Passed the House. Next step: the Senate.