H. R. 1222 
One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen 
An Act 
To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the establish-
ment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Target Practice and Marksman-
ship Training Support Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) the use of firearms and archery equipment 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 enactment 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 marks-
manship training at public target ranges on Federal and non- 
Federal land can help— 
(A) to promote enjoyment of shooting, recreational, and 
hunting activities; and 
(B) to ensure safe and convenient locations for those 
activities; 
(5) Federal law in effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act, including the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act 
(16 U.S.C. 669 et seq.), provides Federal support for construc-
tion and expansion of public target ranges by making available 
to States amounts that may be used for construction, operation, 
and maintenance of public target ranges; and 
(6) it is in the public interest to provide increased Federal 
support to facilitate the construction or expansion of public 
target ranges. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to facilitate the 
construction and expansion of public target ranges, including ranges 
on Federal land managed by the Forest Service and the Bureau 
of Land Management.
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SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF PUBLIC TARGET RANGE. 
In this Act, 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 
(4) may accommodate archery or rifle, pistol, or shotgun 
shooting. 
SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO PITTMAN-ROBERTSON WILDLIFE RESTORA-
TION ACT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife 
Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669a) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (8) as para-
graphs (3) through (9), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: 
‘‘(2) the term ‘public target range’ means a specific location 
that— 
‘‘(A) is identified by a governmental agency for rec-
reational 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 WILDLIFE AREAS AND 
RESOURCES.—Section 8(b) of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Res-
toration Act (16 U.S.C. 669g(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(b) Each State’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) EXPENDITURES FOR MANAGEMENT OF WILDLIFE AREAS AND 
RESOURCES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (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 Secretary’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(4) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary’’; and 
(5) by inserting after paragraph (1) (as designated by para-
graph (1) of this subsection) the following: 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding the limitation described 
in paragraph (1), a State may pay up to 90 percent of the 
cost of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public 
target range.’’. 
(c) FIREARM AND BOW HUNTER EDUCATION AND SAFETY PRO-
GRAM GRANTS.—Section 10 of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Res-
toration Act (16 U.S.C. 669h–1) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.—Of the amount 
apportioned to a State for any fiscal year under section 4(b), 
the State may elect to allocate not more than 10 percent, 
to be combined with the amount apportioned to the State 
under paragraph (1) for that fiscal year, for acquiring land 
for, expanding, or constructing a public target range.’’;
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(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) COST SHARING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
the Federal share of the cost of any activity carried out using 
a grant under this section shall not exceed 75 percent of the 
total cost of the activity. 
‘‘(2) PUBLIC TARGET RANGE CONSTRUCTION OR EXPANSION.— 
The Federal share of the cost of acquiring land for, expanding, 
or constructing a public target range in a State on Federal 
or non-Federal land pursuant to this section or section 8(b) 
shall not exceed 90 percent of the cost of the activity.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Amounts made’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), amounts made’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Amounts provided for acquiring land 
for, constructing, or expanding a public target range shall 
remain available for expenditure and obligation during the 
5-fiscal-year period beginning on October 1 of the first 
fiscal year for which the amounts are made available.’’. 
SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING COOPERATION. 
It is the sense of Congress that, consistent with applicable 
laws and regulations, the Chief of the Forest Service and the 
Director of the Bureau of Land Management should cooperate with 
State and local authorities and other entities to carry out waste 
removal and other activities on any Federal land used as a public 
target range to encourage continued use of that land for target 
practice or marksmanship training. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.