I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2406 
To protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and 
shooting, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 19, 2015 
Mr. WITTMAN (for himself, Mr. WALZ, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, and 
Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the 
Committees on Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and 
Infrastructure, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To protect and enhance opportunities for recreational 
hunting, fishing, and shooting, 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 of 2015’’ or the 
‘‘SHARE Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
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Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. Report on economic impact. 
TITLE I—HUNTING, FISHING AND RECREATIONAL SHOOTING 
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. Findings; purpose. 
Sec. 203. Definition of public target range. 
Sec. 204. Amendments to Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act. 
Sec. 205. Limits on liability. 
Sec. 206. Sense of Congress regarding cooperation. 
TITLE III—POLAR BEAR CONSERVATION AND FAIRNESS ACT 
Sec. 301. Short title. 
Sec. 302.
Permits for importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts 
in Canada. 
TITLE IV—RECREATIONAL LANDS SELF-DEFENSE ACT 
Sec. 401. Short title. 
Sec. 402. Protecting Americans from violent crime. 
TITLE V—WILDLIFE AND HUNTING HERITAGE CONSERVATION 
COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
Sec. 501. Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Com-
mittee. 
TITLE VI—RECREATIONAL FISHING AND HUNTING HERITAGE 
OPPORTUNITIES ACT 
Sec. 601. Short title. 
Sec. 602. Findings. 
Sec. 603. Fishing, hunting, and recreational shooting. 
Sec. 604. Volunteer Hunters; Reports; Closures and Restrictions. 
TITLE VII—FARMER AND HUNTER PROTECTION ACT 
Sec. 701. Short title. 
Sec. 702. Baiting of migratory game birds. 
TITLE VIII—TRANSPORTING BOWS ACROSS NATIONAL PARK 
SERVICE LANDS 
Sec. 801. Bows in the parks. 
TITLE IX—FEDERAL LAND TRANSACTION FACILITATION ACT 
REAUTHORIZATION (FLTFA) 
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Sec. 901. Short title. 
Sec. 902. Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act. 
TITLE X—AFRICAN ELEPHANT CONSERVATION AND LEGAL 
IVORY POSSESSION ACT 
Sec. 1001. Short title. 
Sec. 1002. References. 
Sec. 1003. Limited exemption for certain African elephant ivory. 
Sec. 1004. Placement of United States Fish and Wildlife Service law enforce-
ment officer in each African elephant range country. 
Sec. 1005.
Certification for the purposes of the Fishermen’s Protective Act of 
1967. 
Sec. 1006. Treatment of elephant ivory. 
Sec. 1007. Sport-hunted elephant trophies. 
Sec. 1008. African Elephant Conservation Act financial assistance priority and 
reauthorization. 
TITLE XI—RESPECT FOR TREATIES AND RIGHTS 
Sec. 1101. Respect for Treaties and Rights. 
TITLE XII—INTEREST ON OBLIGATIONS HELD IN THE WILDLIFE 
RESTORATION FUND 
Sec. 1201. Interest on obligations held in the wildlife restoration fund. 
TITLE XIII—PERMITS FOR FILM CREWS OF FIVE PEOPLE OR 
LESS 
Sec. 1301. Annual permit and fee for film crews of 5 persons or fewer. 
SEC. 3. REPORT ON ECONOMIC IMPACT. 
Not later than 12 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Interior shall submit 
a report to Congress that assesses expected economic im-
pacts of the Act. Such report shall include— 
(1) a review of any expected increases in rec-
reational hunting, fishing, shooting, and conserva-
tion activities; 
(2) an estimate of any jobs created in each in-
dustry expected to support such activities described 
in paragraph (1), including in the supply, manufac-
turing, distribution, and retail sectors; 
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(3) an estimate of wages related to jobs de-
scribed in paragraph (2); and 
(4) an estimate of anticipated new local, State, 
and Federal revenue related to jobs described in 
paragraph (2). 
TITLE 
I—HUNTING, 
FISHING 
AND RECREATIONAL SHOOT-
ING PROTECTION ACT 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Hunting, Fishing, and 
Recreational Shooting 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’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘, or any component of any such article includ-
ing, without limitation, shot, bullets and other pro-
jectiles, propellants, and primers,’’; 
(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 
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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.’’. 
SEC. 103. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO REGULATE AM-
MUNITION AND FISHING TACKLE. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in section 
20.21 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect 
on the date of the enactment of this Act, or any substan-
tially similar successor regulation thereto, the Secretary 
of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and, except 
as provided by subsection (b), any bureau, service, or of-
fice of the Department of the Interior or the Department 
of Agriculture, may not regulate the use of ammunition 
cartridges, ammunition components, or fishing tackle 
based on the lead content thereof if such use is in compli-
ance with the law of the State in which the use occurs. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The limitation in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or 
the National Park Service. 
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