TITLE 
II—TARGET 
PRACTICE 
AND MARKSMANSHIP TRAIN-
ING SUPPORT ACT 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Target Practice and 
Marksmanship Training Support Act’’. 
SEC. 202. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) the use of firearms and archery equipment 
for target practice and marksmanship training ac-
tivities on Federal land is allowed, except to the ex-
tent 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— 
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(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 amounts that may be used for construc-
tion, 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 title 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. 203. DEFINITION OF PUBLIC TARGET RANGE. 
In this title, 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; 
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(3) may be supervised; and 
(4) may accommodate archery or rifle, pistol, or 
shotgun shooting. 
SEC. 204. AMENDMENTS TO PITTMAN-ROBERTSON WILD-
LIFE 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 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) the term ‘public target range’ means a 
specific location that— 
‘‘(A) is identified by a governmental agen-
cy for recreational 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 WILD-
LIFE AREAS AND RESOURCES.—Section 8(b) of the Pitt-
man-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 
669g(b)) is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘(b) Each State’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(b) EXPENDITURES FOR MANAGEMENT OF WILD-
LIFE AREAS AND RESOURCES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (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 Sec-
retary’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(4) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary’’; and 
(5) by inserting after paragraph (1) (as des-
ignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding the limita-
tion described in paragraph (1), a State may pay up 
to 90 percent of the cost of acquiring land for, ex-
panding, or constructing a public target range.’’. 
(c) FIREARM AND BOW HUNTER EDUCATION AND 
SAFETY PROGRAM GRANTS.—Section 10 of the Pittman- 
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Robertson Wildlife Restoration 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 allo-
cate not more than 10 percent, to be combined with 
the amount apportioned to the State under para-
graph (1) for that fiscal year, for acquiring land for, 
expanding, or constructing a public target range.’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) COST SHARING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Federal share of the cost of any activ-
ity carried out using a grant under this section shall 
not exceed 75 percent of the total cost of the activ-
ity. 
‘‘(2) PUBLIC TARGET RANGE CONSTRUCTION OR 
EXPANSION.—The Federal share of the cost of ac-
quiring 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 
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not exceed 90 percent of the cost of the activity.’’; 
and 
(3) in subsection (c)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Amounts made’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(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. 205. LIMITS ON LIABILITY. 
(a) DISCRETIONARY FUNCTION.—For purposes of 
chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code (commonly 
referred to as the ‘‘Federal Tort Claims Act’’), any action 
by an agent or employee of the United States to manage 
or allow the use of Federal land for purposes of target 
practice or marksmanship training by a member of the 
public shall be considered to be the exercise or perform-
ance of a discretionary function. 
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(b) CIVIL ACTION OR CLAIMS.—Except to the extent 
provided in chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, 
the United States shall not be subject to any civil action 
or claim for money damages for any injury to or loss of 
property, personal injury, or death caused by an activity 
occurring at a public target range that is— 
(1) funded in whole or in part by the Federal 
Government pursuant to the Pittman-Robertson 
Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669 et seq.); or 
(2) located on Federal land. 
SEC. 206. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING COOPERATION. 
It is the sense of Congress that, consistent with appli-
cable 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 activi-
ties on any Federal land used as a public target range 
to encourage continued use of that land for target practice 
or marksmanship training. 
TITLE III—POLAR BEAR CON-
SERVATION 
AND 
FAIRNESS 
ACT 
SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Polar Bear Conserva-
tion and Fairness Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 302. PERMITS FOR IMPORTATION OF POLAR BEAR 
TROPHIES TAKEN IN SPORT HUNTS IN CAN-
ADA. 
Section 104(c)(5)(D) of the Marine Mammal Protec-
tion Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1374(c)(5)(D)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(D)(i) The Secretary of the Interior shall, ex-
peditiously after the expiration of the applicable 30- 
day period under subsection (d)(2), issue a permit 
for the importation of any polar bear part (other 
than an internal organ) from a polar bear taken in 
a sport hunt in Canada to any person— 
‘‘(I) who submits, with the permit applica-
tion, proof that the polar bear was legally har-
vested by the person before February 18, 1997; 
or 
‘‘(II) who has submitted, in support of a 
permit application submitted before May 15, 
2008, proof that the polar bear was legally har-
vested by the person before May 15, 2008, from 
a polar bear population from which a sport- 
hunted trophy could be imported before that 
date in accordance with section 18.30(i) of title 
50, Code of Federal Regulations. 
‘‘(ii) The Secretary shall issue permits under 
clause (i)(I) without regard to subparagraphs (A) 
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and (C)(ii) of this paragraph, subsection (d)(3), and 
sections 101 and 102. Sections 101(a)(3)(B) and 
102(b)(3) shall not apply to the importation of any 
polar bear part authorized by a permit issued under 
clause (i)(I). This clause shall not apply to polar 
bear parts that were imported before June 12, 1997. 
‘‘(iii) The Secretary shall issue permits under 
clause (i)(II) without regard to subparagraph (C)(ii) 
of this paragraph or subsection (d)(3). Sections 
101(a)(3)(B) and 102(b)(3) shall not apply to the 
importation of any polar bear part authorized by a 
permit issued under clause (i)(II). This clause shall 
not apply to polar bear parts that were imported be-
fore the date of enactment of the Polar Bear Con-
servation and Fairness Act of 2015.’’. 
TITLE IV—RECREATIONAL 
LANDS SELF-DEFENSE ACT 
SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Recreational Lands 
Self-Defense Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 402. PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM VIOLENT CRIME. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Second Amendment to the Constitution 
provides that ‘‘the right of the people to keep and 
bear Arms, shall not be infringed’’. 
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(2) Section 327.13 of title 36, Code of Federal 
Regulations, provides that, except in special cir-
cumstances, ‘‘possession of loaded firearms, ammu-
nition, loaded projectile firing devices, bows and ar-
rows, crossbows, or other weapons is prohibited’’ at 
water resources development projects administered 
by the Secretary of the Army. 
(3) The regulations described in paragraph (2) 
prevent individuals complying with Federal and 
State laws from exercising the second amendment 
rights of the individuals while at such water re-
sources development projects. 
(4) The Federal laws should make it clear that 
the second amendment rights of an individual at a 
water resources development project should not be 
infringed. 
(b) PROTECTING THE RIGHT OF INDIVIDUALS TO 
BEAR ARMS
AT WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT 
PROJECTS.—The Secretary of the Army shall not promul-
gate or enforce any regulation that prohibits an individual 
from possessing a firearm, including an assembled or func-
tional firearm, at a water resources development project 
covered under section 327.0 of title 36, Code of Federal 
Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act), if— 
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(1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by 
law from possessing the firearm; and 
(2) the possession of the firearm is in compli-
ance with the law of the State in which the water 
resources development project is located. 
TITLE V—WILDLIFE AND HUNT-
ING 
HERITAGE 
CONSERVA-
TION 
COUNCIL 
ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE 
SEC. 501. WILDLIFE AND HUNTING HERITAGE CONSERVA-
TION COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
The Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 
661 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 10. WILDLIFE AND HUNTING HERITAGE CONSERVA-
TION COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established 
the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council 
Advisory Committee (in this section referred to as the ‘Ad-
visory Committee’) to advise the Secretaries of the Interior 
and Agriculture on wildlife and habitat conservation, 
hunting, and recreational shooting. 
‘‘(b) CONTINUANCE AND ABOLISHMENT OF EXIST-
ING WILDLIFE AND HUNTING HERITAGE CONSERVATION 
COUNCIL.—The Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conserva-
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tion Council established pursuant to section 441 of the 
Revised Statutes (43 U.S.C. 1457), section 2 of the Fish 
and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a), and other Acts 
applicable to specific bureaus of the Department of the 
Interior— 
‘‘(1) shall continue until the date of the first 
meeting of the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Con-
servation Council established by the amendment 
made by subsection (a); and 
‘‘(2) is hereby abolished effective on that date. 
‘‘(c) DUTIES OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The 
Advisory Committee shall advise the Secretaries with re-
gard to— 
‘‘(1) implementation of Executive Order No. 
13443: Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and Wild-
life Conservation, which directs Federal agencies ‘to 
facilitate the expansion and enhancement of hunting 
opportunities and the management of game species 
and their habitat’; 
‘‘(2) policies or programs to conserve and re-
store wetlands, agricultural lands, grasslands, forest, 
and rangeland habitats; 
‘‘(3) policies or programs to promote opportuni-
ties and access to hunting and shooting sports on 
Federal lands; 
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‘‘(4) policies or programs to recruit and retain 
new hunters and shooters; 
‘‘(5) policies or programs that increase public 
awareness of the importance of wildlife conservation 
and the social and economic benefits of recreational 
hunting and shooting; and 
‘‘(6) policies or programs that encourage co-
ordination among the public, the hunting and shoot-
ing sports community, wildlife conservation groups, 
and States, tribes, and the Federal Government. 
‘‘(d) MEMBERSHIP.— 
‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Advisory Com-
mittee shall consist of no more than 16 discre-
tionary members and 7 ex officio members. 
‘‘(B) EX OFFICIO MEMBERS.—The ex offi-
cio members are— 
‘‘(i) the Director of the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service or a designated 
representative of the Director; 
‘‘(ii) the Director of the Bureau of 
Land Management or a designated rep-
resentative of the Director; 
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‘‘(iii) the Director of the National 
Park Service or a designated representa-
tive of the Director; 
‘‘(iv) the Chief of the Forest Service 
or a designated representative of the Chief; 
‘‘(v) the Chief of the Natural Re-
sources Conservation Service or a des-
ignated representative of the Chief; 
‘‘(vi) the Administrator of the Farm 
Service Agency or a designated representa-
tive of the Administrator; and 
‘‘(vii) the Executive Director of the 
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. 
‘‘(C) DISCRETIONARY MEMBERS.—The dis-
cretionary members shall be appointed jointly 
by the Secretaries from at least one of each of 
the following: 
‘‘(i) State fish and wildlife agencies. 
‘‘(ii) Game bird hunting organiza-
tions. 
‘‘(iii) Wildlife conservation organiza-
tions. 
‘‘(iv) Big game hunting organizations. 
‘‘(v) Waterfowl hunting organizations. 
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‘‘(vi) The tourism, outfitter, or guid-
ing industry. 
‘‘(vii) The firearms or ammunition 
manufacturing industry. 
‘‘(viii) The hunting or shooting equip-
ment retail industry. 
‘‘(ix) Tribal resource management or-
ganizations. 
‘‘(x) The agriculture industry. 
‘‘(xi) The ranching industry. 
‘‘(xii) Women’s hunting and fishing 
advocacy, outreach, or education organiza-
tion. 
‘‘(xiii) Minority hunting and fishing 
advocacy, outreach, or education organiza-
tion. 
‘‘(xiv) Veterans service organization. 
‘‘(D) ELIGIBILITY.—Prior to the appoint-
ment of the discretionary members, the Secre-
taries shall determine that all individuals nomi-
nated for appointment to the Advisory Com-
mittee, and the organization each individual 
represents, actively support and promote sus-
tainable-use hunting, wildlife conservation, and 
recreational shooting. 
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‘‘(2) TERMS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), members of the Advisory 
Committee shall be appointed for a term of 4 
years. Members shall not be appointed for more 
than 3 consecutive or nonconsecutive terms. 
‘‘(B) TERMS OF INITIAL APPOINTEES.—As 
designated by the Secretary at the time of ap-
pointment, of the members first appointed— 
‘‘(i) 6 members shall be appointed for 
a term of 4 years; 
‘‘(ii) 5 members shall be appointed for 
a term of 3 years; and 
‘‘(iii) 5 members shall be appointed 
for a term of 2 years. 
‘‘(3) PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC ADVISORY STA-
TUS.—No individual may be appointed as a discre-
tionary member of the Advisory Committee while 
serving as an officer or employee of the Federal 
Government. 
‘‘(4) VACANCY AND REMOVAL.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any vacancy on the 
Advisory Committee shall be filled in the man-
ner in which the original appointment was 
made. 
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‘‘(B) 
REMOVAL.—Advisory 
Committee 
members shall serve at the discretion of the 
Secretaries and may be removed at any time for 
good cause. 
‘‘(5) CONTINUATION
OF
SERVICE.—Each ap-
pointed member may continue to serve after the ex-
piration of the term of office to which such member 
was appointed until a successor has been appointed. 
‘‘(6) CHAIRPERSON.—The Chairperson of the 
Advisory Committee shall be appointed for a 3-year 
term by the Secretaries, jointly, from among the 
members of the Advisory Committee. An individual 
may not be appointed as Chairperson for more than 
2 consecutive or nonconsecutive terms. 
‘‘(7) PAY AND EXPENSES.—Members of the Ad-
visory Committee shall serve without pay for such 
service, but each member of the Advisory Committee 
may be reimbursed for travel and lodging incurred 
through attending meetings of the Advisory Com-
mittee approved subgroup meetings in the same 
amounts and under the same conditions as Federal 
employees (in accordance with section 5703 of title 
5, United States Code). 
‘‘(8) MEETINGS.— 
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Advisory Com-
mittee shall meet at the call of the Secretaries, 
the chairperson, or a majority of the members, 
but not less frequently than twice annually. 
‘‘(B) OPEN MEETINGS.—Each meeting of 
the Advisory Committee shall be open to the 
public. 
‘‘(C) PRIOR NOTICE OF MEETINGS.—Time-
ly notice of each meeting of the Advisory Com-
mittee shall be published in the Federal Reg-
ister and be submitted to trade publications and 
publications of general circulation. 
‘‘(D) SUBGROUPS.—The Advisory Com-
mittee may establish such workgroups or sub-
groups as it deems necessary for the purpose of 
compiling information or conducting research. 
However, such workgroups may not conduct 
business without the direction of the Advisory 
Committee and must report in full to the Advi-
sory Committee. 
‘‘(9) QUORUM.—Nine members of the Advisory 
Committee shall constitute a quorum. 
‘‘(e) EXPENSES.—The expenses of the Advisory Com-
mittee that the Secretaries determine to be reasonable and 
appropriate shall be paid by the Secretaries. 
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‘‘(f) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, TECHNICAL SERV-
ICES, AND ADVICE.—A designated Federal Officer shall 
be jointly appointed by the Secretaries to provide to the 
Advisory Committee the administrative support, technical 
services, and advice that the Secretaries determine to be 
reasonable and appropriate. 
‘‘(g) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIRED.—Not later than September 30 
of each year, the Advisory Committee shall submit 
a report to the Secretaries, the Committee on Nat-
ural Resources and the Committee on Agriculture of 
the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee 
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Sen-
ate. If circumstances arise in which the Advisory 
Committee cannot meet the September 30 deadline 
in any year, the Secretaries shall advise the Chair-
persons of each such Committee of the reasons for 
such delay and the date on which the submission of 
the report is anticipated. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall describe— 
‘‘(A) the activities of the Advisory Com-
mittee during the preceding year; 
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‘‘(B) the reports and recommendations 
made by the Advisory Committee to the Secre-
taries during the preceding year; and 
‘‘(C) an accounting of actions taken by the 
Secretaries as a result of the recommendations. 
‘‘(h) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.—The 
Advisory Committee shall be exempt from the Federal Ad-
visory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).’’. 
TITLE VI—RECREATIONAL FISH-
ING AND HUNTING HERITAGE 
OPPORTUNITIES ACT 
SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Recreational Fishing 
and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act’’. 
SEC. 602. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) recreational fishing and hunting are impor-
tant and traditional activities in which millions of 
Americans participate; 
(2) recreational anglers and hunters have been 
and continue to be among the foremost supporters 
of sound fish and wildlife management and conserva-
tion in the United States; 
(3) recreational fishing and hunting are envi-
ronmentally acceptable and beneficial activities that 
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occur and can be provided on Federal lands and 
waters without adverse effects on other uses or 
users; 
(4) recreational anglers, hunters, and sporting 
organizations provide direct assistance to fish and 
wildlife managers and enforcement officers of the 
Federal Government as well as State and local gov-
ernments by investing volunteer time and effort to 
fish and wildlife conservation; 
(5) recreational anglers, hunters, and the asso-
ciated industries have generated billions of dollars of 
critical funding for fish and wildlife conservation, re-
search, and management by providing revenues from 
purchases of fishing and hunting licenses, permits, 
and stamps, as well as excise taxes on fishing, hunt-
ing, and recreational shooting equipment that have 
generated billions of dollars of critical funding for 
fish and wildlife conservation, research, and manage-
ment; 
(6) recreational shooting is also an important 
and traditional activity in which millions of Ameri-
cans participate; 
(7) safe recreational shooting is a valid use of 
Federal lands, including the establishment of safe 
and convenient recreational shooting ranges on such 
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lands, and participation in recreational shooting 
helps recruit and retain hunters and contributes to 
wildlife conservation; 
(8) opportunities to recreationally fish, hunt, 
and shoot are declining, which depresses participa-
tion in these traditional activities, and depressed 
participation adversely impacts fish and wildlife con-
servation and funding for important conservation ef-
forts; and 
(9) the public interest would be served, and our 
citizens’ fish and wildlife resources benefitted, by ac-
tion to ensure that opportunities are facilitated to 
engage in fishing and hunting on Federal land as 
recognized by Executive Order No. 12962, relating 
to recreational fisheries, and Executive Order No. 
13443, relating to facilitation of hunting heritage 
and wildlife conservation. 
SEC. 603. FISHING, HUNTING, AND RECREATIONAL SHOOT-
ING. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means any land or water that is owned by the 
United States and under the administrative jurisdic-
tion of the Bureau of Land Management or the For-
est Service. 
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(2) 
FEDERAL
LAND
MANAGEMENT
OFFI-
CIALS.—The term ‘‘Federal land management offi-
cials’’ means— 
(A) the Secretary of the Interior and Di-
rector of the Bureau of Land Management re-
garding Bureau of Land Management lands 
and interests in lands under the administrative 
jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment; and 
(B) the Secretary of Agriculture and Chief 
of the Forest Service regarding National Forest 
System lands. 
(3) HUNTING.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the term ‘‘hunting’’ means 
use of a firearm, bow, or other authorized 
means in the lawful— 
(i) pursuit, shooting, capture, collec-
tion, trapping, or killing of wildlife; 
(ii) attempt to pursue, shoot, capture, 
collect, trap, or kill wildlife; or 
(iii) the training of hunting dogs, in-
cluding field trials. 
(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘hunting’’ 
does not include the use of skilled volunteers to 
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cull excess animals (as defined by other Federal 
law). 
(4) RECREATIONAL FISHING.—The term ‘‘rec-
reational fishing’’ means the lawful— 
(A) pursuit, capture, collection, or killing 
of fish; or 
(B) attempt to capture, collect, or kill fish. 
(5) 
RECREATIONAL
SHOOTING.—The 
term 
‘‘recreational shooting’’ means any form of sport, 
training, competition, or pastime, whether formal or 
informal, that involves the discharge of a rifle, hand-
gun, or shotgun, or the use of a bow and arrow. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights 
and subsection (e), and cooperation with the respective 
State fish and wildlife agency, Federal land management 
officials shall exercise authority under existing law, includ-
ing provisions regarding land use planning, to facilitate 
use of and access to Federal lands, including National 
Monuments, Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Study Areas, 
and lands administratively classified as wilderness eligible 
or suitable and primitive or semi-primitive areas, for fish-
ing, hunting, and recreational shooting, except as limited 
by— 
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(1) statutory authority that authorizes action or 
withholding action for reasons of national security, 
public safety, or resource conservation; 
(2) any other Federal statute that specifically 
precludes fishing, hunting, or recreational shooting 
on specific Federal lands, waters, or units thereof; 
and 
(3) discretionary limitations on fishing, hunt-
ing, and recreational shooting determined to be nec-
essary and reasonable as supported by the best sci-
entific evidence and advanced through a transparent 
public process. 
(c) MANAGEMENT.—Consistent with subsection (a), 
Federal land management officials shall exercise their land 
management discretion— 
(1) in a manner that supports and facilitates 
fishing, hunting, and recreational shooting opportu-
nities; 
(2) to the extent authorized under applicable 
State law; and 
(3) in accordance with applicable Federal law. 
(d) PLANNING.— 
(1) EVALUATION OF EFFECTS ON OPPORTUNI-
TIES TO ENGAGE IN FISHING, HUNTING, OR REC-
REATIONAL
SHOOTING.—Planning documents that 
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apply to Federal lands, including land resources 
management plans, resource management plans, 
travel management plans, and general management 
plans shall include a specific evaluation of the effects 
of such plans on opportunities to engage in fishing, 
hunting, or recreational shooting. 
(2) STRATEGIC GROWTH POLICY FOR THE NA-
TIONAL
WILDLIFE
REFUGE
SYSTEM.—Section 
4(a)(3) of the National Wildlife Refuge System Ad-
ministration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd(a)(3)) is 
amended— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 
and (D) and subparagraphs (D) and (E), re-
spectively; and 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (B), 
the following: 
‘‘(C) the Secretary shall integrate wildlife- 
dependent recreational uses in accordance with 
their status as priority general public uses into 
proposed or existing regulations, policies, cri-
teria, plans, or other activities to alter or 
amend the manner in which individual refuges 
or the National Wildlife Refuge System (Sys-
tem) are managed, including, but not limited to, 
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any activities which target or prioritize criteria 
for long and short term System acquisitions;’’. 
(3) NO MAJOR FEDERAL ACTION.—No action 
taken under this Act, or under section 4 of the Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 
1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd), either individually or cu-
mulatively with other actions involving Federal lands 
or lands managed by the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, shall be considered to be a major 
Federal action significantly affecting the quality of 
the human environment, and no additional identi-
fication, analysis, or consideration of environmental 
effects, including cumulative effects, is necessary or 
required. 
(4) OTHER ACTIVITY NOT CONSIDERED.—Fed-
eral land management officials are not required to 
consider the existence or availability of fishing, hunt-
ing, or recreational shooting opportunities on adja-
cent or nearby public or private lands in the plan-
ning for or determination of which Federal lands are 
open for these activities or in the setting of levels of 
use for these activities on Federal lands, unless the 
combination or coordination of such opportunities 
would enhance the fishing, hunting, or recreational 
shooting opportunities available to the public. 
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(e) FEDERAL LANDS.— 
(1) LANDS OPEN.—Lands under the jurisdic-
tion of the Bureau of Land Management and the 
Forest Service, including Wilderness Areas, Wilder-
ness Study Areas, lands designated as wilderness or 
administratively classified as wilderness eligible or 
suitable and primitive or semi-primitive areas and 
National Monuments, but excluding lands on the 
Outer Continental Shelf, shall be open to fishing, 
hunting, and recreational shooting unless the man-
aging Federal agency acts to close lands to such ac-
tivity. Lands may be subject to closures or restric-
tions if determined by the head of the agency to be 
necessary and reasonable and supported by facts 
and evidence, for purposes including resource con-
servation, public safety, energy or mineral produc-
tion, energy generation or transmission infrastruc-
ture, water supply facilities, protection of other per-
mittees, protection of private property rights or in-
terest, national security, or compliance with other 
law. 
(2) RECREATIONAL SHOOTING RANGES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The head of each Fed-
eral agency shall use his or her authorities in 
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a manner consistent with this Act and other ap-
plicable law, to— 
(i) lease or permit use of lands under 
the jurisdiction of the agency for rec-
reational shooting ranges; and 
(ii) designate specific lands under the 
jurisdiction of the agency for recreational 
shooting activities. 
(B) LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.—Any des-
ignation under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall not 
subject the United States to any civil action or 
claim for monetary damages for injury or loss 
of property or personal injury or death caused 
by any activity occurring at or on such des-
ignated lands. 
(f) NECESSITY IN WILDERNESS AREAS AND ‘‘WITH-
IN AND SUPPLEMENTAL TO’’ WILDERNESS PURPOSES.— 
(1) MINIMUM
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
ADMINIS-
TRATION.—The provision of opportunities for fish-
ing, hunting, and recreational shooting, and the con-
servation of fish and wildlife to provide sustainable 
use recreational opportunities on designated Federal 
wilderness areas shall constitute measures necessary 
to meet the minimum requirements for the adminis-
tration of the wilderness area, provided that this de-
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termination shall not authorize or facilitate com-
modity development, use, or extraction, motorized 
recreational access or use that is not otherwise al-
lowed under the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
seq.), or permanent road construction or mainte-
nance within designated wilderness areas. 
(2) APPLICATION OF WILDERNESS ACT.—Provi-
sions of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
seq.), stipulating that wilderness purposes are ‘‘with-
in and supplemental to’’ the purposes of the under-
lying Federal land unit are reaffirmed. When seek-
ing to carry out fish and wildlife conservation pro-
grams and projects or provide fish and wildlife de-
pendent recreation opportunities on designated wil-
derness areas, each Federal land management offi-
cial shall implement these supplemental purposes so 
as to facilitate, enhance, or both, but not to impede 
the underlying Federal land purposes when seeking 
to carry out fish and wildlife conservation programs 
and projects or provide fish and wildlife dependent 
recreation opportunities in designated wilderness 
areas, provided that such implementation shall not 
authorize or facilitate commodity development, use 
or extraction, or permanent road construction or 
maintenance within designated wilderness areas. 
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(g) NO PRIORITY.—Nothing in this section requires 
a Federal land management official to give preference to 
fishing, hunting, or recreational shooting over other uses 
of Federal land or over land or water management prior-
ities established by Federal law. 
(h) CONSULTATION WITH COUNCILS.—In fulfilling 
the duties under this section, Federal land management 
officials shall consult with respective advisory councils as 
established in Executive Order Nos. 12962 and 13443. 
(i) AUTHORITY OF THE STATES.—Nothing in this 
section shall be construed as interfering with, diminishing, 
or conflicting with the authority, jurisdiction, or responsi-
bility of any State to exercise primary management, con-
trol, or regulation of fish and wildlife under State law (in-
cluding regulations) on land or water within the State, in-
cluding on Federal land. 
(j) FEDERAL LICENSES.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to authorize a Federal land manage-
ment official to require a license, fee, or permit to fish, 
hunt, or trap on land or water in a State, including on 
Federal land in the States, except that this subsection 
shall not affect the Migratory Bird Stamp requirement set 
forth in the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation 
Stamp Act (16 U.S.C. 718 et seq.). 
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SEC. 604. VOLUNTEER HUNTERS; REPORTS; CLOSURES AND 
RESTRICTIONS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
(1) PUBLIC
LAND.—The term ‘‘public land’’ 
means— 
(A) units of the National Park System; 
(B) National Forest System lands; and 
(C) land and interests in land owned by 
the United States and under the administrative 
jurisdiction of— 
(i) the Fish and Wildlife Service; or 
(ii) the Bureau of Land Management. 
(2) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means— 
(A) the Secretary of the Interior and in-
cludes the Director of the National Park Serv-
ice, with regard to units of the National Park 
System; 
(B) the Secretary of the Interior and in-
cludes the Director of the Fish and Wildlife 
Service, with regard to Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice lands and waters; 
(C) the Secretary of the Interior and in-
cludes the Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management, with regard to Bureau of Land 
Management lands and waters; and 
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(D) the Secretary of Agriculture and in-
cludes the Chief of the Forest Service, with re-
gard to National Forest System lands. 
(3) VOLUNTEER FROM THE HUNTING COMMU-
NITY.—The term ‘‘volunteer from the hunting com-
munity’’ means a volunteer who holds a valid hunt-
ing license issued by a State. 
(b) VOLUNTEER HUNTERS.—When planning wildlife 
management involving reducing the size of a wildlife popu-
lation on public land, the Secretary shall consider the use 
of and may use volunteers from the hunting community 
as agents to assist in carrying out wildlife management 
on public land. The Secretary shall not reject the use of 
volunteers from the hunting community as agents without 
the concurrence of the appropriate State wildlife manage-
ment authorities. 
(c) REPORT.—Beginning on the second October 1 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and biennially 
on October 1 thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate a report that describes— 
(1) any public land administered by the Sec-
retary that was closed to fishing, hunting, and rec-
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reational shooting at any time during the preceding 
year; and 
(2) the reason for the closure. 
(d) CLOSURES OR SIGNIFICANT RESTRICTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Other than closures estab-
lished or prescribed by land planning actions re-
ferred to in section 604(e) or emergency closures de-
scribed in paragraph (2), a permanent or temporary 
withdrawal, change of classification, or change of 
management status of public land that effectively 
closes or significantly restricts any acreage of public 
land to access or use for fishing, hunting, rec-
reational shooting, or activities related to fishing, 
hunting, or recreational shooting, or a combination 
of those activities, shall take effect only if, before the 
date of withdrawal or change, the Secretary— 
(A) publishes appropriate notice of the 
withdrawal or change, respectively; 
(B) demonstrates that coordination has oc-
curred with a State fish and wildlife agency; 
and 
(C) submits to the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
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sources of the Senate written notice of the with-
drawal or change, respectively. 
(2) EMERGENCY CLOSURES.—Nothing in this 
Act prohibits the Secretary from establishing or im-
plementing emergency closures or restrictions of the 
smallest practicable area to provide for public safety, 
resource conservation, national security, or other 
purposes authorized by law. Such an emergency clo-
sure shall terminate after a reasonable period of 
time unless converted to a permanent closure con-
sistent with this Act. 
TITLE VII—FARMER AND 
HUNTER PROTECTION ACT 
SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Hunter and Farmer 
Protection Act’’. 
SEC. 702. BAITING OF MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS. 
Section 3 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 
U.S.C. 704) is amended by striking subsection (b) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(b) PROHIBITION OF BAITING.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) BAITED AREA.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘baited 
area’ means— 
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‘‘(I) any area on which salt, 
grain, or other feed has been placed, 
exposed, deposited, distributed, or 
scattered, if the salt, grain, or feed 
could lure or attract migratory game 
birds; and 
‘‘(II) in the case of waterfowl, 
cranes (family Gruidae), and coots 
(family Rallidae), a standing, unhar-
vested crop that has been manipulated 
through activities such as mowing, 
discing, or rolling, unless the activities 
are normal agricultural practices. 
‘‘(ii) EXCLUSIONS.—An area shall not 
be considered to be a ‘baited area’ if the 
area— 
‘‘(I) has been treated with a nor-
mal agricultural practice; 
‘‘(II) has standing crops that 
have not been manipulated; or 
‘‘(III) has standing crops that 
have been or are flooded. 
‘‘(B) BAITING.—The term ‘baiting’ means 
the direct or indirect placing, exposing, depos-
iting, distributing, or scattering of salt, grain, 
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or other feed that could lure or attract migra-
tory game birds to, on, or over any areas on 
which a hunter is attempting to take migratory 
game birds. 
‘‘(C) MIGRATORY GAME BIRD.—The term 
‘migratory game bird’ means migratory bird 
species— 
‘‘(i) that are within the taxonomic 
families of Anatidae, Columbidae, Gruidae, 
Rallidae, and Scolopacidae; and 
‘‘(ii) for which open seasons are pre-
scribed by the Secretary of the Interior. 
‘‘(D) 
NORMAL
AGRICULTURAL
PRAC-
TICE.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘normal 
agricultural practice’ means any practice in 
1 annual growing season that— 
‘‘(I) is carried out in order to 
produce a marketable crop, including 
planting, harvest, postharvest, or soil 
conservation practices; and 
‘‘(II) is recommended for the 
successful harvest of a given crop by 
the applicable State office of the Co-
operative Extension System of the De-
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partment of Agriculture, in consulta-
tion with, and if requested, the con-
currence of, the head of the applicable 
State department of fish and wildlife. 
‘‘(ii) INCLUSIONS.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to 
subclause (II), the term ‘normal agri-
cultural practice’ includes the destruc-
tion of a crop in accordance with 
practices required by the Federal 
Crop Insurance Corporation for agri-
cultural producers to obtain crop in-
surance under the Federal Crop In-
surance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) 
on land on which a crop during the 
current or immediately preceding crop 
year was not harvestable due to a nat-
ural disaster (including any hurricane, 
storm, tornado, flood, high water, 
wind-driven water, tidal wave, tsu-
nami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, 
landslide, mudslide, drought, fire, 
snowstorm, or other catastrophe that 
is declared a major disaster by the 
President in accordance with section 
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401 of the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170)). 
‘‘(II) LIMITATIONS.—The term 
‘normal agricultural practice’ only in-
cludes a crop described in subclause 
(I) that has been destroyed or manip-
ulated through activities that include 
(but are not limited to) mowing, 
discing, or rolling if the Federal Crop 
Insurance Corporation certifies that 
flooding was not an acceptable method 
of destruction to obtain crop insur-
ance under the Federal Crop Insur-
ance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.). 
‘‘(E) WATERFOWL.—The term ‘waterfowl’ 
means native species of the family Anatidae. 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION.—It shall be unlawful for 
any person— 
‘‘(A) to take any migratory game bird by 
baiting or on or over any baited area, if the 
person knows or reasonably should know that 
the area is a baited area; or 
‘‘(B) to place or direct the placement of 
bait on or adjacent to an area for the purpose 
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of causing, inducing, or allowing any person to 
take or attempt to take any migratory game 
bird by baiting or on or over the baited area. 
‘‘(3) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of the In-
terior may promulgate regulations to implement this 
subsection. 
‘‘(4) REPORTS.—Annually, the Secretary of Ag-
riculture shall submit to the Secretary of the Inte-
rior a report that describes any changes to normal 
agricultural practices across the range of crops 
grown by agricultural producers in each region of 
the United States in which the recommendations are 
provided to agricultural producers.’’. 
TITLE 
VIII—TRANSPORTING 
BOWS 
ACROSS 
NATIONAL 
PARK SERVICE LANDS 
SEC. 801. BOWS IN THE PARKS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the National Park Service. 
(2) NOT
READY
FOR
IMMEDIATE
USE.—The 
term ‘‘not ready for immediate use’’ means— 
(A) a bow or crossbow, the arrows of which 
are secured or stowed in a quiver or other 
arrow transport case; and 
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(B) with respect to a crossbow, uncocked. 
(b) VEHICULAR TRANSPORTATION AUTHORIZED.— 
The Director shall not promulgate or enforce any regula-
tion that prohibits an individual from transporting bows 
and crossbows that are not ready for immediate use across 
any unit of the National Park System in the vehicle of 
the individual if— 
(1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by 
law from possessing the bows and crossbows; 
(2) the bows or crossbows that are not ready 
for immediate use remain inside the vehicle of the 
individual throughout the period during which the 
bows or crossbows are transported across National 
Park System land; and 
(3) the possession of the bows and crossbows is 
in compliance with the law of the State in which the 
unit of the National Park System is located. 
(c) HUNTER ACCESS CORRIDORS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director is authorized 
to establish and publish (in accordance with section 
1.5 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations (or a 
successor regulation)) on a publicly available map 
hunter access corridors for use in accordance with 
subsection (c). 
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(2) HUNTING SEASON.—The hunter access cor-
ridors shall be open for use during hunting seasons. 
(3) EXCEPTION.—The Director may establish 
limited periods during which access through the 
hunter access corridors is closed for reasons of pub-
lic safety, administration, or compliance with appli-
cable law. 
(4) IDENTIFICATION OF CORRIDORS.—The Di-
rector shall— 
(A) post signs during hunting seasons that 
identify each hunter access corridor; 
(B) make information regarding hunter ac-
cess corridors available on the individual 
website of the applicable unit of the National 
Park System; and 
(C) provide information regarding any 
processes established by the Director for trans-
porting legally taken game through individual 
hunter access corridors. 
(5) 
REGISTRATION; 
TRANSPORTATION
OF 
GAME.—The Director may— 
(A) provide registration boxes to be located 
at the trailhead of each hunter access corridor 
for self-registration in accordance with sub-
section (c)(2)(B); 
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(B) provide a process for online self-reg-
istration 
in 
accordance 
with 
subsection 
(c)(2)(B); and 
(C) allow non-motorized conveyances to 
transport legally taken game through the cor-
ridors established under subsection (b) includ-
ing, but not limited to, game carts and sleds. 
(6) CONSULTATION WITH STATES.—The Direc-
tor shall consult with each applicable State wildlife 
agency to identify appropriate hunter access cor-
ridors. 
TITLE 
IX—FEDERAL 
LAND 
TRANSACTION FACILITATION 
ACT 
REAUTHORIZATION 
(FLTFA) 
SEC. 901. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Land Trans-
action Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2015’’. 
SEC. 902. FEDERAL LAND TRANSACTION FACILITATION 
ACT. 
The Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act is 
amended— 
(1) in section 203(1) (43 U.S.C. 2302(1)), by 
striking ‘‘cultural, or’’ and inserting ‘‘cultural, rec-
reational access and use, or other’’; 
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(2) in section 203(2) in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘on the date of enact-
ment of this Act was’’ and inserting ‘‘is’’; 
(3) in section 205 (43 U.S.C. 2304)— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘section 
206’’ and all that follows through the period 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘section 206— 
‘‘(1) to complete appraisals and satisfy other 
legal requirements for the sale or exchange of public 
land identified for disposal under approved land use 
plans under section 202 of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712); 
‘‘(2) not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of the Federal Land Transaction Fa-
cilitation Act Reauthorization of 2015, to establish 
and make available to the public, on the website of 
the Department of the Interior, a database con-
taining a comprehensive list of all the land referred 
to in paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(3) to maintain the database referred to in 
paragraph (2).’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘11’’ and 
inserting ‘‘22’’; 
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(4) 
in 
section 
206(c)(2) 
(43 
U.S.C. 
2305(c)(2))— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
through (D) as subparagraphs (B) through (E), 
respectively; 
(B) by inserting before subparagraph (B), 
as so redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(A) DEFERRED
MAINTENANCE
ACTIVI-
TIES.—Except as authorized under subpara-
graph (D), funds shall be used to purchase 
lands or interests therein for the performance 
of deferred maintenance on administrative sites 
or other deferred maintenance activities.’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (B), as so redesig-
nated— 
(i) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (C)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (D)’’; 
(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(iii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iv) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) opportunities for hunting, rec-
reational fishing, recreational shooting, 
and other recreational activities.’’; 
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(D) in subparagraph (E), as so redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘(D)’’; 
and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) Any funds made available under sub-
paragraph (E) that are not obligated or ex-
pended by the end of the fourth full fiscal year 
after the date of the sale or exchange of land 
that generated the funds may be expended in 
any State.’’; 
(5) 
in 
section 
206(c)(3) 
(43 
U.S.C. 
2305(c)(3))— 
(A) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following: 
‘‘(B) the extent to which the acquisition of 
the land or interest therein will increase the 
public availability of resources for, and facilitate 
public access to, hunting, fishing, and other rec-
reational activities;’’; and 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 
and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D); 
(6) in section 206(f) (43 U.S.C. 2305(f)), by 
amending paragraph (2) to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) any remaining balance in the account shall 
be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit re-
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duction, except that in the case of a fiscal year for 
which there is no Federal budget deficit, such 
amounts shall be used to reduce the Federal debt (in 
such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury con-
siders appropriate).’’; and 
(7) in section 207(b) (43 U.S.C. 2306(b))— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘96–568’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘96–586’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting a 
semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘Public Law 105– 
263;’’ before ‘‘112 Stat.’’; and 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) the White Pine County Conservation, 
Recreation, and Development Act of 2006 (Public 
Law 109–432; 120 Stat. 3028); 
‘‘(4) the Lincoln County Conservation, Recre-
ation, and Development Act of 2004 (Public Law 
108–424; 118 Stat. 2403); 
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‘‘(5) subtitle F of title I of the Omnibus Public 
Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 1132 
note; Public Law 111–11); 
‘‘(6) subtitle O of title I of the Omnibus Public 
Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 460www 
note, 1132 note; Public Law 111–11); 
‘‘(7) section 2601 of the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 
Stat. 1108); or 
‘‘(8) section 2606 of the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 
Stat. 1121).’’. 
TITLE 
X—AFRICAN 
ELEPHANT 
CONSERVATION AND LEGAL 
IVORY POSSESSION ACT 
SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘African Elephant Con-
servation and Legal Ivory Possession Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 1002. REFERENCES. 
Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in 
this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a provision, the ref-
erence shall be considered to be made to a provision of 
the African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 
et seq.). 
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(B) by striking ‘‘similar project’’ and in-
serting ‘‘similar projects’’. 
Æ 
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