I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5756 
To restore a public firearms range to the District of Columbia. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 20, 2014 
Mr. STOCKMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To restore a public firearms range to the District of 
Columbia. 
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 ‘‘Heller Public Firearms 
Range Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The right to keep and bear arms in the Dis-
trict of Columbia has been severely restricted for 
many years, resulting in citizens with firearms skills 
insufficient for proper safety. 
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(2) The ability of the public to safely use fire-
arms for hunting and self defense is dependent on 
sufficient opportunities for safety education and 
training. 
(3) The Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration 
Act (16 U.S.C. 669 et seq.) facilitates hunter and 
firearm safety education and training for all States. 
(4) Richard A. Heller of Washington, DC, has 
shown untiring energy and courage in pursuing Sec-
ond Amendment rights for the citizens of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, resulting in the landmark Su-
preme Court decision in the case District of Colum-
bia v. Heller (554 U.S. 570, 2008). 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE PITTMAN-ROBERTSON WILD-
LIFE RESTORATION ACT. 
(a) APPORTIONMENT TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.— 
Section 4(c) of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restora-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 669c(c)) is amended by inserting ‘‘the 
District of Columbia,’’ after ‘‘Puerto Rico,’’. 
(b) COOPERATION AND PAYMENT OF FUNDS.—Sec-
tion 8A of such Act (16 U.S.C. 669g–1) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 8A. COOPERATION AND PAYMENT OF FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) COOPERATION AND PAYMENT.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior— 
‘‘(A) may cooperate with the Secretary of 
Agriculture of Puerto Rico, the Mayor of the 
District of Columbia, the Governor of Guam, 
the Governor of American Samoa, the Governor 
of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, and the Governor of the Virgin Islands, 
in the conduct of wildlife restoration projects 
and hunter safety programs as provided by sec-
tion 8(b), upon such terms and conditions as 
the Secretary deems fair, just, and equitable; 
and 
‘‘(B) subject to paragraph (2), may appor-
tion to Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, 
Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin 
Islands, out of the money available for appor-
tionment under this Act, such sums as the Sec-
retary shall determine, which shall not exceed, 
for any year— 
‘‘(i) for Puerto Rico and the District 
of Columbia, one-half of 1 percent of the 
total amount apportioned for the year; 
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‘‘(ii) for Guam, one-sixth of 1 percent 
of such total amount apportioned; 
‘‘(iii) for American Samoa, one-sixth 
of 1 percent of such total amount appor-
tioned; 
‘‘(iv) for the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, one-sixth of 1 
percent of such total amount apportioned; 
and 
‘‘(v) for the Virgin Islands, one-sixth 
of 1 percent of such total amount appor-
tioned. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not re-
quire any of such cooperating agencies to pay an 
amount that exceeds 25 percent of the cost of any 
project. 
‘‘(b) UNEXPENDED AND UNOBLIGATED APPORTION-
MENTS.—Any unexpended or unobligated balance of any 
apportionment made under this section— 
‘‘(1) shall be available for expenditure in Puerto 
Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, American 
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, or the Virgin Islands, as applicable, in the 
succeeding year, on any approved project; and 
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‘‘(2) if unexpended or unobligated at the end of 
such year may be made available for expenditure by 
the Secretary in carrying out the Migratory Bird 
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 715 et seq.).’’. 
(c) ADDITIONAL APPORTIONMENT TO DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA.—If before the date of the enactment of this 
Act the Secretary of the Interior makes an apportionment 
of funds under any of subsection (b) or (c) of section 4 
or section 10(a) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 669c, 669h–1(a)) 
for the fiscal year in which this Act takes effect, the Sec-
retary shall make an additional apportionment under that 
subsection or section, respectively, to the District of Co-
lumbia for the fiscal year in an amount equal to the 
amount that would have been apportioned to the District 
under that subsection or section, as applicable, if this Act 
were effective at the time of the preceding apportionment 
under that subsection or section. 
(d) GRANT FOR CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF 
INDOOR PUBLIC TARGET RANGE FOR FIREARM USERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall use amounts in the Federal aid to wildlife 
restoration fund to make a grant in fiscal year 2015 
to the Mayor of the District of Columbia for the 
construction and operation of an indoor public target 
range for firearms users in the District of Columbia. 
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(2) AMOUNT.—A grant under this subsection 
shall not exceed $750,000. 
(3) RANGE
REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary 
shall require that any target range constructed with 
a grant under this subsection shall include— 
(A) at least 10 firing lanes of at least 25 
yards in length each; 
(B) classroom facilities for hunter and fire-
arm safety education and training; 
(C) offices suitable for retail sales of fire-
arms and ammunition by holders of Federal 
firearms licenses; 
(D) secure storage for firearms stocked by 
federally licensed firearm dealers and for pur-
poses related to the operation of the range; and 
(E) such other amenities as are appro-
priate for a public firearms range. 
(4) CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION BY SEC-
RETARY.—If the Mayor of the District of Columbia 
fails to apply for such grant by not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act or 
fails to construct a target range with such a grant 
in accordance with this subsection by not later than 
one year after such date of enactment, the Secretary 
shall construct and operate an indoor public fire-
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