I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3668 
To provide for the preservation of sportsmen’s heritage and enhance 
recreation opportunities on Federal land, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 
Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, 
and Mr. WITTMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees 
on Agriculture, the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and 
Infrastructure, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the preservation of sportsmen’s heritage and 
enhance recreation opportunities on Federal land, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sportsmen’s Heritage 
And Recreational Enhancement Act’’ or the ‘‘SHARE 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—FISHING PROTECTION ACT 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Sec. 102. Modification of definition. 
Sec. 103. Limitation on authority to regulate ammunition and fishing tackle. 
TITLE II—TARGET PRACTICE AND MARKSMANSHIP TRAINING 
SUPPORT ACT 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. Definition of public target range. 
Sec. 203. Amendments to Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act. 
Sec. 204. Limits on liability. 
Sec. 205. Sense of Congress regarding cooperation. 
TITLE III—RECREATIONAL LANDS SELF-DEFENSE ACT 
Sec. 301. Short title. 
Sec. 302. Protecting Americans from violent crime. 
TITLE IV—RECREATIONAL FISHING AND HUNTING HERITAGE 
OPPORTUNITIES ACT 
Sec. 401. Short title. 
Sec. 402. Definitions. 
Sec. 403. Recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting. 
Sec. 404. Volunteer hunters; reports; closures and restrictions. 
TITLE V—FARMER AND HUNTER PROTECTION ACT 
Sec. 501. Short title. 
Sec. 502. Baiting of migratory game birds. 
TITLE VI—TRANSPORTING BOWS ACROSS NATIONAL PARK 
SERVICE LANDS 
Sec. 601. Short title. 
Sec. 602. Bowhunting opportunity and wildlife stewardship. 
TITLE VII—RESPECT FOR TREATIES AND RIGHTS 
Sec. 701. Respect for treaties and rights. 
TITLE VIII—STATE APPROVAL OF FISHING RESTRICTION 
Sec. 801. State or territorial approval of restriction of recreational or commer-
cial fishing access to certain State or territorial waters. 
TITLE IX—OPEN BOOK ON EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE 
Sec. 901. Short title. 
Sec. 902. Modification of equal access to justice provisions. 
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TITLE X—GOOD SAMARITAN SEARCH AND RECOVERY 
Sec. 1001. Short title. 
Sec. 1002. Expedited access to certain Federal land. 
TITLE XI—INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF FIREARMS OR 
AMMUNITION 
Sec. 1101. Interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition. 
TITLE XII—POLAR BEAR CONSERVATION AND FAIRNESS ACT 
Sec. 1201. Short title. 
Sec. 1202. Permits for importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts 
in Canada. 
TITLE XIII—NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION 
EXTENSION 
Sec. 1301. Short title. 
Sec. 1302. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 1303. Limitation on expenditures for purchase of land. 
Sec. 1304. Enhanced report on expenditures. 
TITLE XIV—GRAY WOLVES 
Sec. 1401. Reissuance of final rules relating to gray wolves in the Western 
Great Lakes and the State of Wyoming. 
TITLE XV—HEARING PROTECTION 
Sec. 1501. Short title. 
Sec. 1502. Equal treatment of silencers and firearms. 
Sec. 1503. Treatment of certain silencers. 
Sec. 1504. Preemption of certain State laws in relation to firearm silencers. 
Sec. 1505. Destruction of records. 
Sec. 1506. Amendments to title 18, United States Code. 
Sec. 1507. Imposition of tax on firearm silencers or firearm mufflers. 
TITLE XVI—LAWFUL PURPOSE AND SELF-DEFENSE 
Sec. 1601. Short title. 
Sec. 1602. Elimination of authority to reclassify popular rifle ammunition as 
‘‘armor piercing ammunition’’. 
Sec. 1603. Elimination of restrictions on importation of non-National Firearms 
Act firearm or ammunition that may otherwise be lawfully pos-
sessed and sold in the United States. 
Sec. 1604. Protection of shotguns, shotgun shells, and large caliber rifles from 
arbitrary classification as ‘‘destructive devices’’. 
Sec. 1605. Broadening of the temporary interstate transfer provision to allow 
temporary transfers for all lawful purposes rather than just for 
‘‘sporting purposes’’. 
TITLE XVII—FEDERAL LAND TRANSACTION FACILITATION ACT 
REAUTHORIZATION (FLTFA) 
Sec. 1701. Short title. 
Sec. 1702. Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act. 
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TITLE XVIII—FILM CREWS 
Sec. 1801. Annual permit and fee for film crews of 5 persons or fewer. 
TITLE XIX—RESPECT FOR STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT 
AUTHORITY 
Sec. 1901. Authority of the States. 
Sec. 1902. Federal licenses. 
Sec. 1903. Cooperation with State Fish and Wildlife Agencies on Management 
Plans. 
TITLE I—FISHING PROTECTION 
ACT 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Fishing Protection 
Act’’. 
SEC. 102. MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION. 
Section 3(2)(B) of the Toxic Substances Control Act 
(15 U.S.C. 2602(2)(B)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in clause (vi), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘, and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after clause (vi) the following: 
‘‘(vii) any sport fishing equipment (as such 
term is defined in subsection (a) of section 4162 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) the sale of 
which is subject to the tax imposed by section 
4161(a) of such Code (determined without regard to 
any exemptions from such tax as provided by section 
4162 or 4221 or any other provision of such Code), 
and sport fishing equipment components.’’. 
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SEC. 103. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO REGULATE AM-
MUNITION AND FISHING TACKLE. 
Except as provided in section 20.21 of title 50, Code 
of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of the en-
actment of this Act, or any substantially similar successor 
regulation thereto, the Secretary of the Interior, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture, and any bureau, service, or office 
of the Department of the Interior or the Department of 
Agriculture, may not regulate the use of ammunition car-
tridges, ammunition components, or fishing tackle based 
on the lead content thereof if such use is in compliance 
with the law of the State in which the use occurs. 
TITLE 
II—TARGET 
PRACTICE 
AND MARKSMANSHIP TRAIN-
ING SUPPORT ACT 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Target Practice and 
Marksmanship Training Support Act’’. 
SEC. 202. DEFINITION OF PUBLIC TARGET RANGE. 
In this title, 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 
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(4) may accommodate archery or rifle, pistol, or 
shotgun shooting. 
SEC. 203. AMENDMENTS TO PITTMAN-ROBERTSON WILD-
LIFE RESTORATION ACT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the Pittman-Robert-
son Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669a) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 
(8) as paragraphs (3) through (9), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) the term ‘public target range’ means a 
specific location that— 
‘‘(A) is identified by a governmental agen-
cy 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 WILD-
LIFE AREAS AND RESOURCES.—Section 8(b) of the Pitt-
man-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 
669g(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(b) Each State’’ and inserting 
the following: 
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‘‘(b) EXPENDITURES FOR MANAGEMENT OF WILD-
LIFE AREAS AND RESOURCES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (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 Sec-
retary’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(4) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary’’; and 
(5) by inserting after paragraph (1) (as des-
ignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding the limita-
tion described in paragraph (1), a State may pay up 
to 90 percent of the cost of acquiring land for, ex-
panding, or constructing a public target range.’’. 
(c) FIREARM AND BOW HUNTER EDUCATION AND 
SAFETY PROGRAM GRANTS.—Section 10 of the Pittman- 
Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669h–1) 
is amended— 
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