112TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 4089

AN ACT To protect and enhance opportunities for recreational

hunting, fishing and shooting.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 2

‘‘Sportsmen’s Heritage Act of 2012’’. 3

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 4

this Act is as follows: 5

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

TITLE I—RECREATIONAL FISHING AND HUNTING HERITAGE AND

OPPORTUNITIES

Sec. 101. Short title.

Sec. 102. Findings.

Sec. 103. Definition.

Sec. 104. Recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting.

TITLE II—RECREATIONAL SHOOTING PROTECTION

Sec. 201. Short title.

Sec. 202. Definitions.

Sec. 203. Recreational shooting.

TITLE III—POLAR BEAR CONSERVATION AND FAIRNESS

Sec. 301. Short title.

Sec. 302. Permits for importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts

in Canada.

TITLE IV—HUNTING, FISHING, AND RECREATIONAL SHOOTING

PROTECTION

Sec. 401. Short title.

Sec. 402. Modification of definition.

TITLE V—HUNTING IN KISATCHIE NATIONAL FOREST

Sec. 501. Hunting in Kisatchie National Forest.

TITLE VI—DESIGNATION OF AND RESTRICTIONS ON NATIONAL

MONUMENTS

Sec. 601. Designation of and restrictions on national monuments.

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TITLE I—RECREATIONAL FISH-1

ING AND HUNTING HERITAGE 2

AND OPPORTUNITIES 3

SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 4

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Recreational Fishing 5

and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act’’. 6

SEC. 102. FINDINGS. 7

Congress finds that— 8

(1) recreational fishing and hunting are impor-9

tant and traditional activities in which millions of 10

Americans participate; 11

(2) recreational anglers and hunters have been 12

and continue to be among the foremost supporters 13

of sound fish and wildlife management and conserva-14

tion in the United States; 15

(3) recreational fishing and hunting are envi-16

ronmentally acceptable and beneficial activities that 17

occur and can be provided on Federal public lands 18

and waters without adverse effects on other uses or 19

users; 20

(4) recreational anglers, hunters, and sporting 21

organizations provide direct assistance to fish and 22

wildlife managers and enforcement officers of the 23

Federal Government as well as State and local gov-24

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ernments by investing volunteer time and effort to 1

fish and wildlife conservation; 2

(5) recreational anglers, hunters, and the asso-3

ciated industries have generated billions of dollars of 4

critical funding for fish and wildlife conservation, re-5

search, and management by providing revenues from 6

purchases of fishing and hunting licenses, permits, 7

and stamps, as well as excise taxes on fishing, hunt-8

ing, and shooting equipment that have generated bil-9

lions of dollars of critical funding for fish and wild-10

life conservation, research, and management; 11

(6) recreational shooting is also an important 12

and traditional activity in which millions of Ameri-13

cans participate, safe recreational shooting is a valid 14

use of Federal public lands, including the establish-15

ment of safe and convenient shooting ranges on such 16

lands, and participation in recreational shooting 17

helps recruit and retain hunters and contributes to 18

wildlife conservation; 19

(7) opportunities to recreationally fish, hunt, 20

and shoot are declining, which depresses participa-21

tion in these traditional activities, and depressed 22

participation adversely impacts fish and wildlife con-23

servation and funding for important conservation ef-24

forts; and 25

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(8) the public interest would be served, and our 1

citizens’ fish and wildlife resources benefitted, by ac-2

tion to ensure that opportunities are facilitated to 3

engage in fishing and hunting on Federal public 4

land as recognized by Executive Order No. 12962, 5

relating to recreational fisheries, and Executive 6

Order No. 13443, relating to facilitation of hunting 7

heritage and wildlife conservation. 8

SEC. 103. DEFINITION. 9

In this title: 10

(1) FEDERAL PUBLIC LAND.— 11

(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 12

subparagraph (B), the term ‘‘Federal public 13

land’’ means any land or water that is— 14

(i) owned by the United States; and 15

(ii) managed by a Federal agency (in-16

cluding the Department of the Interior and 17

the Forest Service) for purposes that in-18

clude the conservation of natural resources. 19

(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘Federal pub-20

lic land’’ does not include any land or water 21

held in trust for the benefit of Indians or other 22

Native Americans. 23

(2) HUNTING.— 24

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(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 1

subparagraph (B), the term ‘‘hunting’’ means 2

use of a firearm, bow, or other authorized 3

means in the lawful— 4

(i) pursuit, shooting, capture, collec-5

tion, trapping, or killing of wildlife; 6

(ii) attempt to pursue, shoot, capture, 7

collect, trap, or kill wildlife; or 8

(iii) the training of hunting dogs, in-9

cluding field trials. 10

(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘hunting’’ 11

does not include the use of skilled volunteers to 12

cull excess animals (as defined by other Federal 13

law, including laws applicable to the National 14

Park System). 15

(3) RECREATIONAL FISHING.—The term ‘‘rec-16

reational fishing’’ means the lawful— 17

(A) pursuit, capture, collection, or killing 18

of fish; or 19

(B) attempt to capture, collect, or kill fish. 20

(4) RECREATIONAL SHOOTING.—The term 21

‘‘recreational shooting’’ means any form of sport, 22

training, competition, or pastime, whether formal or 23

informal, that involves the discharge of a rifle, hand-24

gun, or shotgun, or the use of a bow and arrow. 25

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SEC. 104. RECREATIONAL FISHING, HUNTING, AND SHOOT-1

ING. 2

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights 3

and subsection (g), and cooperation with the respective 4

State and fish and wildlife agency, Federal public land 5

management officials shall exercise their authority under 6

existing law, including provisions regarding land use plan-7

ning, to facilitate use of and access to Federal public 8

lands, including Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Study 9

Areas, or lands administratively classified as wilderness el-10

igible or suitable and primitive or semi-primitive areas, for 11

fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting except as 12

limited by— 13

(1) statutory authority that authorizes action or 14

withholding action for reasons of national security, 15

public safety, or resource conservation; 16

(2) any other Federal statute that specifically 17

precludes recreational fishing, hunting, or shooting 18

on specific Federal public lands, waters, or units 19

thereof; and 20

(3) discretionary limitations on recreational 21

fishing, hunting, and shooting determined to be nec-22

essary and reasonable as supported by the best sci-23

entific evidence and advanced through a transparent 24

public process. 25

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(b) MANAGEMENT.—Consistent with subsection (a), 1

the head of each Federal public land management agency 2

shall exercise its land management discretion— 3

(1) in a manner that supports and facilitates 4

recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting opportu-5

nities; 6

(2) to the extent authorized under applicable 7

State law; and 8

(3) in accordance with applicable Federal law. 9

(c) PLANNING.— 10

(1) EFFECTS OF PLANS AND ACTIVITIES.— 11

(A) EVALUATION OF EFFECTS ON OPPOR-12

TUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN RECREATIONAL FISH-13

ING, HUNTING, OR SHOOTING.—Federal public 14

land planning documents, including land re-15

sources management plans, resource manage-16

ment plans, travel management plans, general 17

management plans, and comprehensive con-18

servation plans, shall include a specific evalua-19

tion of the effects of such plans on opportuni-20

ties to engage in recreational fishing, hunting, 21

or shooting. 22

(B) NOT MAJOR FEDERAL ACTION.—No 23

action taken under this title, or under section 24

4 of the National Wildlife Refuge System Ad-25

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ministration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd), as 1

amended by the National Wildlife Refuge Sys-2

tem Improvement Act of 1997, either individ-3

ually or cumulatively with other actions involv-4

ing Federal public lands, shall be considered to 5

be a major Federal action significantly affecting 6

the quality of the human environment, and no 7

additional identification, analysis, or consider-8

ation of environmental effects, including cumu-9

lative effects, is necessary or required. 10

(C) OTHER ACTIVITY NOT CONSIDERED.— 11

Federal public land management officials are 12

not required to consider the existence or avail-13

ability of recreational fishing, hunting, or shoot-14

ing opportunities on adjacent or nearby public 15

or private lands in the planning for or deter-16

mination of which Federal public lands are 17

open for these activities or in the setting of lev-18

els of use for these activities on Federal public 19

lands, unless the combination or coordination of 20

such opportunities would enhance the rec-21

reational fishing, hunting, or shooting opportu-22

nities available to the public. 23

(2) USE OF VOLUNTEERS.—If hunting is pro-24

hibited by law, all Federal public land planning doc-25

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uments listed in paragraph (1)(A) of an agency 1

shall, after appropriate coordination with State fish 2

and wildlife agencies, allow the participation of 3

skilled volunteers in the culling and other manage-4

ment of wildlife populations on Federal public lands 5

unless the head of the agency demonstrates, based 6

on the best scientific data available or applicable 7

Federal statutes, why skilled volunteers shall not be 8

used to control overpopulations of wildlife on the 9

land that is the subject of the planning documents. 10

(d) BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT AND FOREST 11

SERVICE LANDS.— 12

(1) LANDS OPEN.—Lands under the jurisdic-13

tion of the Bureau of Land Management and the 14

Forest Service, including Wilderness Areas, Wilder-15

ness Study Areas, lands designated as wilderness or 16

administratively classified as wilderness eligible or 17

suitable and primitive or semi-primitive areas but 18

excluding lands on the Outer Continental Shelf, shall 19

be open to recreational fishing, hunting, and shoot-20

ing unless the managing Federal agency acts to 21

close lands to such activity. Lands may be subject 22

to closures or restrictions if determined by the head 23

of the agency to be necessary and reasonable and 24

supported by facts and evidence, for purposes includ-25

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ing resource conservation, public safety, energy or 1

mineral production, energy generation or trans-2

mission infrastructure, water supply facilities, pro-3

tection of other permittees, protection of private 4

property rights or interests, national security, or 5

compliance with other law. 6

(2) SHOOTING RANGES.— 7

(A) IN GENERAL.—The head of each Fed-8

eral agency shall use his or her authorities in 9

a manner consistent with this Act and other ap-10

plicable law, to— 11

(i) lease or permit use of lands under 12

the jurisdiction of the agency for shooting 13

ranges; and 14

(ii) designate specific lands under the 15

jurisdiction of the agency for recreational 16

shooting activities. 17

(B) LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.—Any des-18

ignation under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall not 19

subject the United States to any civil action or 20

claim for monetary damages for injury or loss 21

of property or personal injury or death caused 22

by any activity occurring at or on such des-23

ignated lands. 24

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(e) NECESSITY IN WILDERNESS AREAS AND ‘‘WITH-1

IN AND SUPPLEMENTAL TO’’ WILDERNESS PURPOSES.— 2

(1) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMINIS-3

TRATION.—The provision of opportunities for hunt-4

ing, fishing and recreational shooting, and the con-5

servation of fish and wildlife to provide sustainable 6

use recreational opportunities on designated wilder-7

ness areas on Federal public lands shall constitute 8

measures necessary to meet the minimum require-9

ments for the administration of the wilderness area. 10

(2) The term ‘‘within and supplemental to’’ 11

Wilderness purposes in section 4(a) of Public Law 12

88–577, means that any requirements imposed by 13

that Act shall be implemented only insofar as they 14

do not prevent Federal public land management offi-15

cials and State fish and wildlife officials from car-16

rying out their wildlife conservation responsibilities 17

or providing recreational opportunities on the Fed-18

eral public lands subject to a wilderness designation. 19

(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) are not intended to 20

authorize or facilitate commodity development, use, 21

or extraction, or motorized recreational access or 22

use. 23

(f) REPORT.—Not later than October 1 of every other 24

year, beginning with the second October 1 after the date 25

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of the enactment of this Act, the head of each Federal 1

agency who has authority to manage Federal public land 2

on which fishing, hunting, or recreational shooting occurs 3

shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of 4

the House of Representatives and the Committee on En-5

ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report that 6

describes— 7

(1) any Federal public land administered by the 8

agency head that was closed to recreational fishing, 9

sport hunting, or shooting at any time during the 10

preceding year; and 11

(2) the reason for the closure. 12

(g) CLOSURES OR SIGNIFICANT RESTRICTIONS OF 13

640 OR MORE ACRES.— 14

(1) IN GENERAL.—Other than closures estab-15

lished or prescribed by land planning actions re-16

ferred to in subsection (d) or emergency closures de-17

scribed in paragraph (3) of this subsection, a perma-18

nent or temporary withdrawal, change of classifica-19

tion, or change of management status of Federal 20

public land that effectively closes or significantly re-21

stricts 640 or more contiguous acres of Federal pub-22

lic land to access or use for fishing or hunting or ac-23

tivities related to fishing and hunting (or both) shall 24

take effect only if, before the date of withdrawal or 25

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change, the head of the Federal agency that has ju-1

risdiction over the Federal public land— 2

(A) publishes appropriate notice of the 3

withdrawal or change, respectively; 4

(B) demonstrates that coordination has oc-5

curred with a State fish and wildlife agency; 6

and 7

(C) submits to the Committee on Natural 8

Resources of the House of Representatives and 9

the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-10

sources of the Senate written notice of the with-11

drawal or change, respectively. 12

(2) AGGREGATE OR CUMULATIVE EFFECTS.—If 13

the aggregate or cumulative effect of separate with-14

drawals or changes effectively closes or significantly 15

restricts 1280 or more acres of land or water, such 16

withdrawals and changes shall be treated as a single 17

withdrawal or change for purposes of paragraph (1). 18

(3) EMERGENCY CLOSURES.—Nothing in this 19

Act prohibits a Federal land management agency 20

from establishing or implementing emergency clo-21

sures or restrictions of the smallest practicable area 22

to provide for public safety, resource conservation, 23

national security, or other purposes authorized by 24

law. Such an emergency closure shall terminate after 25

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a reasonable period of time unless converted to a 1

permanent closure consistent with this Act. 2

(4) NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM.— 3

Nothing in this Act is intended to amend or modify 4

the provisions of the National Wildlife Refuge Sys-5

tem Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd 6

et seq.), except as expressly provided herein. 7

(h) AREAS NOT AFFECTED.—Nothing in this title re-8

quires the opening of national park or national monu-9

ments under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service 10

to hunting or recreational shooting. 11

(i) NO PRIORITY.—Nothing in this title requires a 12

Federal agency to give preference to recreational fishing, 13

hunting, or shooting over other uses of Federal public land 14

or over land or water management priorities established 15

by Federal law. 16

(j) CONSULTATION WITH COUNCILS.—In fulfilling 17

the duties set forth in this title, the heads of Federal agen-18

cies shall consult with respective advisory councils as es-19

tablished in Executive Order Nos. 12962 and 13443. 20

(k) AUTHORITY OF THE STATES.— 21

(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this title shall be 22

construed as interfering with, diminishing, or con-23

flicting with the authority, jurisdiction, or responsi-24

bility of any State to manage, control, or regulate 25

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fish and wildlife under State law (including regula-1

tions) on land or water within the State, including 2

on Federal public land. 3

(2) FEDERAL LICENSES.—Nothing in this title 4

authorizes the head of a Federal agency head to re-5

quire a license, fee, or permit to fish, hunt, or trap 6

on land or water in a State, including on Federal 7

public land in the States, except that this paragraph 8

shall not affect the Migratory Bird Stamp require-9

ment set forth in the Migratory Bird Hunting and 10

Conservation Stamp Act (16 U.S.C. 718 et seq.). 11

TITLE II—RECREATIONAL 12

SHOOTING PROTECTION 13

SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 14

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Recreational Shooting 15

Protection Act’’. 16

SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. 17

In this title: 18

(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 19

the Director of the Bureau of Land Management. 20

(2) NATIONAL MONUMENT LAND.—The term 21

‘‘National Monument land’’ has the meaning given 22

that term in the Act of June 8, 1908 (commonly 23

known as the ‘‘Antiquities Act’’; 16 U.S.C. 431 et 24

seq.). 25

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(3) RECREATIONAL SHOOTING.—The term 1

‘‘recreational shooting’’ includes any form of sport, 2

training, competition, or pastime, whether formal or 3

informal, that involves the discharge of a rifle, hand-4

gun, or shotgun, or the use of a bow and arrow. 5

SEC. 203. RECREATIONAL SHOOTING. 6

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 7

National Monument land under the jurisdiction of the Bu-8

reau of Land Management shall be open to access and 9

use for recreational shooting, except such closures and re-10

strictions determined by the Director to be necessary and 11

reasonable and supported by facts and evidence for one 12

or more of the following: 13

(1) Reasons of national security. 14

(2) Reasons of public safety. 15

(3) To comply with an applicable Federal stat-16

ute. 17

(4) To comply with a law (including regula-18

tions) of the State in which the National Monument 19

land is located that is applicable to recreational 20

shooting. 21

(b) NOTICE; REPORT.— 22

(1) REQUIREMENT.—Except as set forth in 23

paragraph (2)(B), before a restriction or closure 24

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under subsection (a) is made effective, the Director 1

shall— 2

(A) publish public notice of such closure or 3

restriction in a newspaper of general circulation 4

in the area where the closure or restriction will 5

be carried out; and 6

(B) submit to Congress a report detailing 7

the location and extent of, and evidence justi-8

fying, such a closure or restriction. 9

(2) TIMING.—The Director shall issue the no-10

tice and report required under paragraph (1)— 11

(A) before the closure if practicable with-12

out risking national security or public safety; 13

and 14

(B) in cases where such issuance is not 15

practicable for reasons of national security or 16

public safety, not later than 30 days after the 17

closure. 18

(c) CESSATION OF CLOSURE OR RESTRICTION.—A 19

closure or restriction under paragraph (1) or (2) of sub-20

section (a) shall cease to be effective— 21

(1) effective on the day after the last day of the 22

six-month period beginning on the date on which the 23

Director submitted the report to Congress under 24

subsection (b)(2) regarding the closure or restric-25

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tion, unless the closure or restriction has been ap-1

proved by Federal law; and 2

(2) 30 days after the date of the enactment of 3

a Federal law disapproving the closure or restriction. 4

(d) MANAGEMENT.—Consistent with subsection (a), 5

the Director shall manage National Monument land under 6

the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management— 7

(1) in a manner that supports, promotes, and 8

enhances recreational shooting opportunities; 9

(2) to the extent authorized under State law 10

(including regulations); and 11

(3) in accordance with applicable Federal law 12

(including regulations). 13

(e) LIMITATION ON DUPLICATIVE CLOSURES OR RE-14

STRICTIONS.—Unless supported by criteria under sub-15

section (a) as a result of a change in circumstances, the 16

Director may not issue a closure or restriction under sub-17

section (a) that is substantially similar to closure or re-18

striction previously issued that was not approved by Fed-19

eral law. 20

(f) EFFECTIVE DATE FOR PRIOR CLOSURES AND RE-21

STRICTIONS.—On the date that is 6 months after the date 22

of the enactment of this Act, this title shall apply to clo-23

sures and restrictions in place on the date of the enact-24

ment of this title that relate to access and use for rec-25

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reational shooting on National Monument land under the 1

jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management. 2

(g) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than October 1 of 3

each year, the Director shall submit to the Committee on 4

Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and 5

the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 6

Senate a report that describes— 7

(1) any National Monument land under the ju-8

risdiction of the Bureau of Land Management that 9

was closed to recreational shooting or on which rec-10

reational shooting was restricted at any time during 11

the preceding year; and 12

(2) the reason for the closure. 13

(h) NO PRIORITY.—Nothing in this title requires the 14

Director to give preference to recreational shooting over 15

other uses of Federal public land or over land or water 16

management priorities established by Federal law. 17

(i) AUTHORITY OF THE STATES.— 18

(1) SAVINGS.—Nothing in this title affects the 19

authority, jurisdiction, or responsibility of a State to 20

manage, control, or regulate fish and wildlife under 21

State law (including regulations) on land or water in 22

the State, including Federal public land. 23

(2) FEDERAL LICENSES.—Nothing in this title 24

authorizes the Director to require a license for rec-25

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reational shooting on land or water in a State, in-1

cluding on Federal public land in the State. 2

(j) CONTROLLING PROVISIONS.—In any instance 3

when one or more provisions in title I and in this title 4

may be construed to apply in an inconsistent manner to 5

National Monument land, the provisions in this title shall 6

take precedence and apply. 7

TITLE III—POLAR BEAR 8

CONSERVATION AND FAIRNESS 9

SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 10

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Polar Bear Conserva-11

tion and Fairness Act of 2012’’. 12

SEC. 302. PERMITS FOR IMPORTATION OF POLAR BEAR 13

TROPHIES TAKEN IN SPORT HUNTS IN CAN-14

ADA. 15

Section 104(c)(5)(D) of the Marine Mammal Protec-16

tion Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1374(c)(5)(D)) is amended 17

to read as follows: 18

‘‘(D)(i) The Secretary of the Interior shall, ex-19

peditiously after the expiration of the applicable 30- 20

day period under subsection (d)(2), issue a permit 21

for the importation of any polar bear part (other 22

than an internal organ) from a polar bear taken in 23

a sport hunt in Canada to any person— 24

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‘‘(I) who submits, with the permit applica-1

tion, proof that the polar bear was legally har-2

vested by the person before February 18, 1997; 3

or 4

‘‘(II) who has submitted, in support of a 5

permit application submitted before May 15, 6

2008, proof that the polar bear was legally har-7

vested by the person before May 15, 2008, from 8

a polar bear population from which a sport- 9

hunted trophy could be imported before that 10

date in accordance with section 18.30(i) of title 11

50, Code of Federal Regulations. 12

‘‘(ii) The Secretary shall issue permits under 13

clause (i)(I) without regard to subparagraphs (A) 14

and (C)(ii) of this paragraph, subsection (d)(3), and 15

sections 101 and 102. Sections 101(a)(3)(B) and 16

102(b)(3) shall not apply to the importation of any 17

polar bear part authorized by a permit issued under 18

clause (i)(I). This clause shall not apply to polar 19

bear parts that were imported before June 12, 1997. 20

‘‘(iii) The Secretary shall issue permits under 21

clause (i)(II) without regard to subparagraph (C)(ii) 22

of this paragraph or subsection (d)(3). Sections 23

101(a)(3)(B) and 102(b)(3) shall not apply to the 24

importation of any polar bear part authorized by a 25

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permit issued under clause (i)(II). This clause shall 1

not apply to polar bear parts that were imported be-2

fore the date of enactment of the Polar Bear Con-3

servation and Fairness Act of 2012.’’. 4

TITLE IV—HUNTING, FISHING, 5

AND RECREATIONAL SHOOT-6

ING PROTECTION 7

SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. 8

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Hunting, Fishing, and 9

Recreational Shooting Protection Act’’. 10

SEC. 402. MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION. 11

Section 3(2)(B) of the Toxic Substances Control Act 12

(15 U.S.C. 2602(2)(B)) is amended— 13

(1) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘, and’’ and insert-14

ing ‘‘, or any component of any such article includ-15

ing, without limitation, shot, bullets and other pro-16

jectiles, propellants, and primers,’’; 17

(2) in clause (vi) by striking the period at the 18

end and inserting ‘‘, and’’; and 19

(3) by inserting after clause (vi) the following: 20

‘‘(vii) any sport fishing equipment (as 21

such term is defined in subsection (a) of 22

section 4162 of the Internal Revenue Code 23

of 1986) the sale of which is subject to the 24

tax imposed by section 4161(a) of such 25

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Code (determined without regard to any 1

exemptions from such tax as provided by 2

section 4162 or 4221 or any other provi-3

sion of such Code), and sport fishing 4

equipment components.’’. 5

TITLE V—HUNTING IN 6

KISATCHIE NATIONAL FOREST 7

SEC. 501. HUNTING IN KISATCHIE NATIONAL FOREST. 8

(a) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with the Act of June 9

4, 1897 (16 U.S.C. 551), the Secretary of Agriculture may 10

not restrict the use of dogs in deer hunting activities in 11

Kisatchie National Forest, unless such restrictions— 12

(1) apply to the smallest practicable portions of 13

such unit; and 14

(2) are necessary to reduce or control trespass 15

onto land adjacent to such unit. 16

(b) PRIOR RESTRICTIONS VOID.—Any restrictions re-17

garding the use of dogs in deer hunting activities in 18

Kisatchie National Forest in force on the date of the en-19

actment of this Act shall be void and have no force or 20

effect. 21

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TITLE VI—DESIGNATION OF AND 1

RESTRICTIONS ON NATIONAL 2

MONUMENTS 3

SEC. 601. DESIGNATION OF AND RESTRICTIONS ON NA-4

TIONAL MONUMENTS. 5

(a) DESIGNATION.—No national monument des-6

ignated by presidential proclamation shall be valid until 7

the Governor and the legislature of each State within the 8

boundaries of the proposed national monument have ap-9

proved of such designation. 10

(b) RESTRICTIONS.—The Secretary of the Interior 11

shall not implement any restrictions on the public use of 12

a national monument until the expiration of an appro-13

priate review period (determined by the Secretary of the 14

Interior) providing for public input. 15

Passed the House of Representatives April 17, 2012.

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Clerk.

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