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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 721 

To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the 

establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 11, 2015 

Mr. BENNET (for himself and Ms. HEITKAMP) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 

Public Works 

A BILL 

To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act 

to facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded 

public target ranges in certain States. 

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 ‘‘Target Practice and 

5 Marksmanship Training Support Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 

7 The purpose of this Act is to facilitate the construc8 tion and expansion of public target ranges, including 


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1 ranges on Federal land managed by the Forest Service 

2 and the Bureau of Land Management. 

3 SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF PUBLIC TARGET RANGE. 

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

5 a specific location that— 

6 (1) is identified by a governmental agency for 

7 recreational shooting; 

8 (2) is open to the public; 

9 (3) may be supervised; and 

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

11 shotgun shooting. 

12 SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO PITTMAN-ROBERTSON WILDLIFE 

13 RESTORATION ACT. 

14 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the Pittman-Robert15 son Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669a) is amend16 ed— 

17 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 

18 (8) as paragraphs (3) through (9), respectively; and 

19 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol20 lowing: 

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

22 specific location that— 

23 ‘‘(A) is identified by a governmental agen24 cy for recreational shooting; 

25 ‘‘(B) is open to the public; 


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1 ‘‘(C) may be supervised; and 

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

3 pistol, or shotgun shooting;’’. 

4 (b) EXPENDITURES FOR MANAGEMENT OF WILD5 LIFE AREAS AND RESOURCES.—Section 8(b) of the Pitt6 man-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 

7 669g(b)) is amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘(b) Each State’’ and inserting 

9 the following: 

10 ‘‘(b) EXPENDITURES FOR MANAGEMENT OF WILD11 LIFE AREAS AND RESOURCES.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para13 graph (2), each State’’; 

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

15 striking ‘‘construction, operation,’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘operation’’; 

17 (3) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘The 

18 non-Federal share’’ and inserting the following: 

19 ‘‘(3) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal 

20 share’’; 

21 (4) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘The Sec22 retary’’ and inserting the following: 

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

24 (5) by inserting after paragraph (1) (as des25 ignated by paragraph (1)) the following: 


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1 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding the limita2 tion described in paragraph (1), a State may pay up 

3 to 90 percent of the cost of acquiring land for, ex4 panding, or constructing a public target range.’’. 

5 (c) FIREARM AND BOW HUNTER EDUCATION AND

6 SAFETY PROGRAM GRANTS.—Section 10 of the Pittman7 Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669h–1) 

8 is amended— 

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

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(3) ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.— 

12 Of the amount apportioned to a State for any fiscal 

13 year under section 4(b), the State may elect to allo14 cate not more than 10 percent, to be combined with 

15 the amount apportioned to the State under para16 graph (1) for that fiscal year, for acquiring land for, 

17 expanding, or constructing a public target range.’’; 

18 (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘(b) COST SHARING.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para22 graph (2), the Federal share of the cost of any activ23 ity carried out using a grant under this section shall 

24 not exceed 75 percent of the total cost of the activ25 ity. 


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1 ‘‘(2) PUBLIC TARGET RANGE CONSTRUCTION OR

2 EXPANSION.—The Federal share of the cost of ac3 quiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public 

4 target range in a State on Federal or non-Federal 

5 land pursuant to this section or section 8(b) shall 

6 not exceed 90 percent of the cost of the activity.’’; 

7 and 

8 (3) in subsection (c)(1)— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘Amounts made’’ and in10 serting the following: 

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

12 subparagraph (B), amounts made’’; and 

13 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Amounts provided for 

15 acquiring land for, constructing, or expanding a 

16 public target range shall remain available for 

17 expenditure and obligation during the 5-fiscal18 year period beginning on October 1 of the first 

19 fiscal year for which the amounts are made 

20 available.’’. 

21 SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING COOPERATION. 

22 It is the sense of Congress that, consistent with appli23 cable laws (including regulations), the Chief of the Forest 

24 Service and the Director of the Bureau of Land Manage25 ment should cooperate with State and local authorities and 


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1 other entities to carry out waste removal and other activi2 ties on any Federal land used as a public target range 

3 to encourage continued use of that land for target practice 

4 or marksmanship training. 

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