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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4940 

To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 

from prohibiting the use of lead ammunition or tackle on certain Federal 

land or water under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior 

and the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 

Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. RISCH, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. SCOTT

of Florida, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. SULLIVAN, 

Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. INHOFE, Ms. LUMMIS, 

Mr. THUNE, Mr. COTTON, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. TILLIS, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, 

Mr. WICKER, Mrs. FISCHER, Mrs. BLACKBURN, and Mr. YOUNG) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 

A BILL 

To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 

of Agriculture from prohibiting the use of lead ammunition or tackle on certain Federal land or water under 

the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the 

Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Access for 

5 Hunters and Anglers Act of 2022’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROTECTING ACCESS FOR HUNTERS AND ANGLERS 

2 ON FEDERAL LAND AND WATER. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in section 

4 20.21 or 20.108 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations 

5 (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act), and 

6 subsection (b), the Secretary of the Interior, acting 

7 through the Director of the United States Fish and Wild8 life Service or the Director of the Bureau of Land Man9 agement, and the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through 

10 the Chief of the Forest Service (referred to in this section 

11 as the ‘‘applicable Secretary’’), may not— 

12 (1) prohibit the use of lead ammunition or tack13 le on Federal land or water that is— 

14 (A) under the jurisdiction of the applicable 

15 Secretary; and 

16 (B) made available for hunting or fishing 

17 activities; or 

18 (2) issue regulations relating to the level of lead 

19 in ammunition or tackle to be used on Federal land 

20 or water described in paragraph (1). 

21 (b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 

22 a prohibition or regulations described in that subsection 

23 that are limited to a specific unit of Federal land or water, 

24 if the applicable Secretary determines that— 

25 (1) a decline in wildlife population at the spe26 cific unit of Federal land or water is primarily 


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1 caused by the use of lead in ammunition or tackle, 

2 based on the field data from the specific unit of Fed3 eral land or water; and 

4 (2) the prohibition or regulations, as applicable, 

5 are— 

6 (A) consistent with the law of the State in 

7 which the specific Federal land or water is lo8 cated; 

9 (B) consistent with an applicable policy of 

10 the fish and wildlife department of the State in 

11 which the specific Federal land or water is lo12 cated; or 

13 (C) approved by the applicable fish and 

14 wildlife department of the State in which the 

15 specific Federal land or water is located. 

16 (c) FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE.—The applicable 

17 Secretary shall include in a Federal Register notice with 

18 respect to any prohibition or regulations that meet the re19 quirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) 

20 an explanation of how the prohibition or regulations, as 

21 applicable, meet those requirements. 

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