I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3781 
To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the 
establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 8, 2009 
Ms. MARKEY of Colorado (for herself, Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado, and Mr. 
MINNICK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the 
Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
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 Representa-
tives 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— 
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(1) the use of firearms 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 enact-
ment 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 non-Federal land can help— 
(A) to promote enjoyment of shooting, rec-
reational, and hunting activities; and 
(B) to ensure safe and convenient locations 
for those activities; 
(5) Federal law in effect on the date of enact-
ment of this Act, including the Pittman-Robertson 
Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669 et seq.), 
provides Federal support for construction and ex-
pansion of public target ranges by making available 
to States funds that can be used for construction, 
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operation, and maintenance of public target ranges; 
and 
(6) it is in the public interest to provide in-
creased Federal support to facilitate the construction 
or expansion of public target ranges. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to facili-
tate the construction and expansion of public target 
ranges, including ranges on Federal land managed by the 
Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF PUBLIC TARGET RANGE. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘public target range’’ means 
a specific location that— 
(1) is designated by a land management agency 
for recreational shooting; 
(2) is open to the public; 
(3) may be supervised; and 
(4) may accommodate rifle, pistol, or shotgun 
shooting. 
SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO PITTMAN-ROBERTSON WILDLIFE 
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 
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