H. R. 1222 

One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE FIRST SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen 

An Act 

To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act’’. 

SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

(1) the use of firearms and archery equipment for target 

practice and marksmanship training activities on Federal land 

is allowed, except to the extent specific portions of that land 

have been closed to those activities; 

(2) in recent years preceding the date of enactment of 

this Act, portions of Federal land have been closed to target 

practice and marksmanship training for many reasons; 

(3) the availability of public target ranges on non-Federal 

land has been declining for a variety of reasons, including 

continued population growth and development near former 

ranges; 

(4) providing opportunities for target practice and marksmanship training at public target ranges on Federal and nonFederal land can help— 

(A) to promote enjoyment of shooting, recreational, and 

hunting activities; and 

(B) to ensure safe and convenient locations for those 

activities; 

(5) Federal law in effect on the date of enactment of this 

Act, including the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act 

(16 U.S.C. 669 et seq.), provides Federal support for construction and expansion of public target ranges by making available 

to States amounts that may be used for construction, operation, 

and maintenance of public target ranges; and 

(6) it is in the public interest to provide increased Federal 

support to facilitate the construction or expansion of public 

target ranges. 

(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to facilitate the 

construction and expansion of public target ranges, including ranges 

on Federal land managed by the Forest Service and the Bureau 

of Land Management. 
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SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF PUBLIC TARGET RANGE. 

In this Act, the term ‘‘public target range’’ means a specific 

location that— 

(1) is identified by a governmental agency for recreational 

shooting; 

(2) is open to the public; 

(3) may be supervised; and 

(4) may accommodate archery or rifle, pistol, or shotgun 

shooting. 

SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO PITTMAN-ROBERTSON WILDLIFE RESTORATION ACT. 

(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife 

Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669a) is amended— 

(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (8) as paragraphs (3) through (9), respectively; and 

(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: 

‘‘(2) the term ‘public target range’ means a specific location 

that— 

‘‘(A) is identified by a governmental agency for recreational shooting; 

‘‘(B) is open to the public; 

‘‘(C) may be supervised; and 

‘‘(D) may accommodate archery or rifle, pistol, or 

shotgun shooting;’’. 

(b) EXPENDITURES FOR MANAGEMENT OF WILDLIFE AREAS AND

RESOURCES.—Section 8(b) of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669g(b)) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘(b) Each State’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘(b) EXPENDITURES FOR MANAGEMENT OF WILDLIFE AREAS AND

RESOURCES.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), 

each State’’; 

(2) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by striking 

‘‘construction, operation,’’ and inserting ‘‘operation’’; 

(3) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘The non-Federal 

share’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘(3) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal share’’; 

(4) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and 

inserting the following: 

‘‘(4) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary’’; and 

(5) by inserting after paragraph (1) (as designated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) the following: 

‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding the limitation described 

in paragraph (1), a State may pay up to 90 percent of the 

cost of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public 

target range.’’. 

(c) FIREARM AND BOW HUNTER EDUCATION AND SAFETY PRO- GRAM GRANTS.—Section 10 of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669h–1) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(3) ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.—Of the amount 

apportioned to a State for any fiscal year under section 4(b), 

the State may elect to allocate not more than 10 percent, 

to be combined with the amount apportioned to the State 

under paragraph (1) for that fiscal year, for acquiring land 

for, expanding, or constructing a public target range.’’; 
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(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(b) COST SHARING.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), 

the Federal share of the cost of any activity carried out using 

a grant under this section shall not exceed 75 percent of the 

total cost of the activity. 

‘‘(2) PUBLIC TARGET RANGE CONSTRUCTION OR EXPANSION.— 

The Federal share of the cost of acquiring land for, expanding, 

or constructing a public target range in a State on Federal 

or non-Federal land pursuant to this section or section 8(b) 

shall not exceed 90 percent of the cost of the activity.’’; and 

(3) in subsection (c)(1)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘Amounts made’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph 

(B), amounts made’’; and 

(B) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Amounts provided for acquiring land 

for, constructing, or expanding a public target range shall 

remain available for expenditure and obligation during the 

5-fiscal-year period beginning on October 1 of the first 

fiscal year for which the amounts are made available.’’. 

SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING COOPERATION. 

It is the sense of Congress that, consistent with applicable 

laws and regulations, the Chief of the Forest Service and the 

Director of the Bureau of Land Management should 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 continued use of that land for target 

practice or marksmanship training. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.