HR 2591 · 115th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources

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

Introduced 2017-05-22· Sponsored by Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.(2018-09-17)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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 s…

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H.R. 2591, Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow’s Needs Act

Jun 11, 2018

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 8, 2018

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Cosponsors (20)

3 Democrats17 Republicans