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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5756 

To restore a public firearms range to the District of Columbia. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 20, 2014 

Mr. STOCKMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To restore a public firearms range to the District of 

Columbia. 

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 ‘‘Heller Public Firearms 

5 Range Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) The right to keep and bear arms in the Dis9 trict of Columbia has been severely restricted for 

10 many years, resulting in citizens with firearms skills 

11 insufficient for proper safety. 


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1 (2) The ability of the public to safely use fire2 arms for hunting and self defense is dependent on 

3 sufficient opportunities for safety education and 

4 training. 

5 (3) The Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration 

6 Act (16 U.S.C. 669 et seq.) facilitates hunter and 

7 firearm safety education and training for all States. 

8 (4) Richard A. Heller of Washington, DC, has 

9 shown untiring energy and courage in pursuing Sec10 ond Amendment rights for the citizens of the Dis11 trict of Columbia, resulting in the landmark Su12 preme Court decision in the case District of Colum13 bia v. Heller (554 U.S. 570, 2008). 

14 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE PITTMAN-ROBERTSON WILD15 LIFE RESTORATION ACT. 

16 (a) APPORTIONMENT TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.— 

17 Section 4(c) of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restora18 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 669c(c)) is amended by inserting ‘‘the 

19 District of Columbia,’’ after ‘‘Puerto Rico,’’. 

20 (b) COOPERATION AND PAYMENT OF FUNDS.—Sec21 tion 8A of such Act (16 U.S.C. 669g–1) is amended to 

22 read as follows: 

23 ‘‘SEC. 8A. COOPERATION AND PAYMENT OF FUNDS. 

24 ‘‘(a) COOPERATION AND PAYMENT.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte2 rior— 

3 ‘‘(A) may cooperate with the Secretary of 

4 Agriculture of Puerto Rico, the Mayor of the 

5 District of Columbia, the Governor of Guam, 

6 the Governor of American Samoa, the Governor 

7 of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

8 Islands, and the Governor of the Virgin Islands, 

9 in the conduct of wildlife restoration projects 

10 and hunter safety programs as provided by sec11 tion 8(b), upon such terms and conditions as 

12 the Secretary deems fair, just, and equitable; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(B) subject to paragraph (2), may appor15 tion to Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, 

16 Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of 

17 the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin 

18 Islands, out of the money available for appor19 tionment under this Act, such sums as the Sec20 retary shall determine, which shall not exceed, 

21 for any year— 

22 ‘‘(i) for Puerto Rico and the District 

23 of Columbia, one-half of 1 percent of the 

24 total amount apportioned for the year; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) for Guam, one-sixth of 1 percent 

2 of such total amount apportioned; 

3 ‘‘(iii) for American Samoa, one-sixth 

4 of 1 percent of such total amount appor5 tioned; 

6 ‘‘(iv) for the Commonwealth of the 

7 Northern Mariana Islands, one-sixth of 1 

8 percent of such total amount apportioned; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(v) for the Virgin Islands, one-sixth 

11 of 1 percent of such total amount appor12 tioned. 

13 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not re14 quire any of such cooperating agencies to pay an 

15 amount that exceeds 25 percent of the cost of any 

16 project. 

17 ‘‘(b) UNEXPENDED AND UNOBLIGATED APPORTION18 MENTS.—Any unexpended or unobligated balance of any 

19 apportionment made under this section— 

20 ‘‘(1) shall be available for expenditure in Puerto 

21 Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, American 

22 Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

23 Islands, or the Virgin Islands, as applicable, in the 

24 succeeding year, on any approved project; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) if unexpended or unobligated at the end of 

2 such year may be made available for expenditure by 

3 the Secretary in carrying out the Migratory Bird 

4 Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 715 et seq.).’’. 

5 (c) ADDITIONAL APPORTIONMENT TO DISTRICT OF

6 COLUMBIA.—If before the date of the enactment of this 

7 Act the Secretary of the Interior makes an apportionment 

8 of funds under any of subsection (b) or (c) of section 4 

9 or section 10(a) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 669c, 669h–1(a)) 

10 for the fiscal year in which this Act takes effect, the Sec11 retary shall make an additional apportionment under that 

12 subsection or section, respectively, to the District of Co13 lumbia for the fiscal year in an amount equal to the 

14 amount that would have been apportioned to the District 

15 under that subsection or section, as applicable, if this Act 

16 were effective at the time of the preceding apportionment 

17 under that subsection or section. 

18 (d) GRANT FOR CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF

19 INDOOR PUBLIC TARGET RANGE FOR FIREARM USERS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte21 rior shall use amounts in the Federal aid to wildlife 

22 restoration fund to make a grant in fiscal year 2015 

23 to the Mayor of the District of Columbia for the 

24 construction and operation of an indoor public target 

25 range for firearms users in the District of Columbia. 


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1 (2) AMOUNT.—A grant under this subsection 

2 shall not exceed $750,000. 

3 (3) RANGE REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary 

4 shall require that any target range constructed with 

5 a grant under this subsection shall include— 

6 (A) at least 10 firing lanes of at least 25 

7 yards in length each; 

8 (B) classroom facilities for hunter and fire9 arm safety education and training; 

10 (C) offices suitable for retail sales of fire11 arms and ammunition by holders of Federal 

12 firearms licenses; 

13 (D) secure storage for firearms stocked by 

14 federally licensed firearm dealers and for pur15 poses related to the operation of the range; and 

16 (E) such other amenities as are appro17 priate for a public firearms range. 

18 (4) CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION BY SEC19 RETARY.—If the Mayor of the District of Columbia 

20 fails to apply for such grant by not later than 90 

21 days after the date of the enactment of this Act or 

22 fails to construct a target range with such a grant 

23 in accordance with this subsection by not later than 

24 one year after such date of enactment, the Secretary 

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1 arms target range on suitable Federal land within 

2 the District of Columbia using funds in the Federal 

3 aid to wildlife restoration fund, and the amount 

4 available for a grant under this subsection or from 

5 other sources. 

6 (5) OPERATING COSTS.—The ongoing costs of 

7 operation of such range constructed and operated by 

8 the District under this Act, or one constructed and 

9 operated by the Secretary under this Act, shall be 

10 paid— 

11 (A) through funds annually apportioned to 

12 the District of Columbia from the Federal aid 

13 to wildlife restoration fund, 

14 (B) through amounts apportioned to the 

15 District, pursuant to a grant, 

16 (C) by fees paid by users of the range, that 

17 shall be comparable to fees charged for use of 

18 public target ranges in the commercial market, 

19 and 

20 (D) by funds raised from the public. 

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