(B) offer significant opportunities for legal
recreational hunting as an important manage-
ment tool to ensure the future viability of the
wildlife populations;
(6) it is the right of citizens of the United
States freely to enjoy lawful recreational hunting on
Federal lands in accordance with regulations pro-
mulgated by Federal and State wildlife management
agencies; and
(7) in many instances under current law, vague-
ness and ambiguity exist regarding the application
of State laws and enforcement activities relating
to—
(A) the safety of hunters; and
(B) the legal rights of recreational hunters
to participate peacefully in lawful hunts on
Federal lands.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act:
(1) FEDERAL
LANDS.—The term ‘‘Federal
lands’’ means—
(A) national forests;
(B) public lands;
(C) national parks; and
(D) wildlife refuges.
(2) LAWFUL HUNT.—The term ‘‘lawful hunt’’
means an occasion when an individual is engaged in
the taking or harvesting (or attempted taking or
harvesting) through a legal means and during a
specified legal season of a wildlife or fish, on Federal
lands, which activity—
(A)(i) is authorized by or licensed under
the law of the State in which it takes place; or
(ii) is regulated by game or fishing seasons
established by the State in which it takes place;
(B) is not prohibited by a law of the
United States; and
(C) does not infringe upon a right of an
owner of private property.
(3) NATIONAL
FOREST.—The term ‘‘national
forest’’ means lands included in the National Forest
System (as defined in section 11(a) of the Forest
and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act
of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a))).
(4) NATIONAL
PARK.—The term ‘‘national
park’’ means lands and waters included in the na-
tional park system (as defined in section 2(a) of the
Act entitled ‘‘An Act to facilitate the management of
the National Park System and miscellaneous areas
administered in connection with that system, and for
other purposes’’, approved August 8, 1953 (16
U.S.C. 1c(a))).
(5) PUBLIC LANDS.—The term ‘‘public lands’’
has the same meaning as is provided in section
103(e) of the Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702(e)).
(6) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’
means—
(A) the Secretary of Agriculture with re-
spect to national forests; and
(B) the Secretary of the Interior with re-
spect to—
(i) public lands;
(ii) national parks; and
(iii) wildlife refuges.
(7) WILDLIFE
REFUGE.—The term ‘‘wildlife
refuge’’ means lands and waters included in the Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge System (as established by sec-
tion 4 of the National Wildlife Refuge System Ad-
ministration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd)).
SEC. 4. OBSTRUCTION OF A LAWFUL HUNT.
(a) VIOLATION.—It is unlawful for a person know-
ingly and with the intent of obstructing, impeding, or
interfering with a lawful hunt by an individual to—
(1) obstruct, impede, or otherwise interfere with
a lawful hunt by an individual;
(2) scare, herd, harass, decoy, or otherwise
engage in activities designed to affect wildlife on
Federal lands;
(3) engage in activities that prevent or impede
the reasonable and usual means of access by those
individuals who intend to participate in a lawful
hunt, whether the activities occur on Federal lands
or upon a public or private road, highway, path,
trail, or other normal route of access to Federal
lands;
(4) take or abuse property, equipment, or hunt-
ing dogs being used in conjunction with a lawful
hunt; or
(5) enter onto Federal lands, travel in inter-
state commerce, use the United States mails or an
instrumentality of interstate telephonic or electronic
communications, or transport or cause to be trans-
ported in interstate commerce a material or item, to
further—
(A) a scheme or effort to obstruct, impede,
or otherwise interfere with a lawful hunt; or
(B) the efforts of another person to ob-
struct, impede, or interfere with a lawful hunt.
(b) MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS.—The Secretary may
consider participation by a person in more than one of
the activities described in this section to constitute mul-
tiple violations.
SEC. 5. CIVIL PENALTIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—A person who engages in an activ-
ity described in section 4 shall be assessed a civil penalty
of not less than $500, and not more than $5,000, for each
violation.
(b) VIOLATION INVOLVING FORCE OR VIOLENCE.—
Upon a determination by a court that the activity involved
the use of force or violence, or the threatened use of force
or violence, against the person or property of another per-
son, a person who engages in an activity described in sec-
tion 4 shall be assessed a civil penalty of not less than
$1,000, and not more than $10,000, for each violation.
(c) RELATIONSHIP
TO OTHER PENALTIES.—The
penalties established by this section shall be in addition
to other criminal or civil penalties that may be levied
against the person as a result of an activity in violation
of section 4.
(d) PROCEDURE.—
(1) 
COMPLAINTS
FROM
GOVERNMENT
AGENTS.—Upon receipt of a written complaint from
an officer, employee, or agent of the Forest Service,
Bureau of Land Management, National Park Serv-
ice, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or
other Federal agency that a person violated section
4, the Secretary shall—
(A) forward the complaint to the United
States Attorney for the Federal judicial district
in which the violation is alleged to have oc-
curred; and
(B) request the Attorney General of the
United States to institute a civil action for the
imposition and collection of the civil penalty
specified in subsection (a) or (b).
(2) COMPLAINTS
FROM
INDIVIDUALS.—Upon
receipt of a sworn affidavit from an individual and
a determination by the Secretary that the statement
contains sufficient factual data to create a reason-
able belief that a violation of section 4 has occurred,
the Secretary shall—
(A) forward a complaint to the United
States Attorney for the Federal judicial district
in which the violation is alleged to have oc-
curred; and
(B) request the Attorney General of the
United States to institute a civil action for the
imposition and collection of the civil penalty
specified in subsection (a) or (b).
(e) USE OF PENALTY MONEY COLLECTED.—After
deduction of costs attributable to collection, money col-
lected from penalties shall be—
(1) deposited into the trust fund established
pursuant to the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide that
the United States shall aid the States in wildlife-res-
toration projects, and for other purposes’’, approved
September 2, 1937 (16 U.S.C. 669) (commonly
known as the ‘‘Pitman-Robertson Wildlife Restora-
tion Act’’), to support the activities authorized by
such Act and undertaken by State wildlife manage-
ment agencies; or
(2) used in such other manner as the Secretary
determines will enhance the funding and implemen-
tation of—
(A) the North American Waterfowl Man-
agement Plan signed by the Secretary of the In-
terior and the Minister of Environment for
Canada in May 1986; or
(B) a similar program that the Secretary
determines will enhance wildlife management—
(i) on Federal lands; or
(ii) on private or State-owned lands
when the efforts will also provide a benefit
to wildlife management objectives on Fed-
eral lands.
SEC. 6. OTHER RELIEF.
(a) INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.—Injunctive relief against a
violation of section 4 may be sought by—
(1) the head of a State agency with jurisdiction
over fish or wildlife management;
(2) the Attorney General of the United States;
or
(3) any person who is or would be adversely af-
fected by the violation, or a hunting or sportsman’s
organization to which the person belongs.
(b) DAMAGES AND ATTORNEY’S FEES.—Any person
who is or would be adversely affected by a violation of
section 4, or a hunting or sportsman’s organization to
which the person belongs, may bring a civil action to re-
cover—
(1) actual and punitive damages; and
(2) reasonable attorney’s fees.
SEC. 7. RELATIONSHIP TO STATE AND LOCAL LAW AND
CIVIL ACTIONS.
(a) LAW OR ORDINANCE.—This Act is not intended
to preempt a State law or local ordinance that provides
for civil or criminal penalties for a person who obstructs
or otherwise interferes with a lawful hunt.
(b) CIVIL ACTION.—The bringing of an action pursu-
ant to this Act shall not prevent an independent action
against a person under a State law or local ordinance.
SEC. 8. REGULATIONS.
The Secretary may issue such regulations as are nec-
essary to carry out this Act.
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