IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 483 
Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the priorities 
and goals of Executive Order 13443. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 27, 2017 
Mr. HUNTER submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 
Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for 
the priorities and goals of Executive Order 13443. 
Whereas Executive Order 13443 (72 Fed. Reg. 46537; relat-
ing to Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and Wildlife Con-
servation) was ordered and signed by President George 
W. Bush on August 16, 2007; 
Whereas Executive Order 13443 was officially published in 
the Federal Register on August 20, 2007; 
Whereas the stated purpose of Executive Order 13443 is to 
direct Federal agencies, including the Department of the 
Interior 
and 
the 
Department 
of 
Agriculture, 
to 
proactively create and support programs and activities 
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that have a measurable effect on public land manage-
ment, outdoor recreation and wildlife management; 
Whereas Executive Order 13443 specifically mentions the ex-
pansion and enhancement of hunting opportunities and 
the management of game species and their habitat; 
Whereas Executive Order 13443 specifically recommends 
Federal activities including: 
(1) Evaluation of the effect of agency action on 
hunting participation trends. 
(2) Consideration of the economic and recreational 
values of hunting. 
(3) Management of wildlife habitats on public lands 
in a manner that expands and enhances hunting opportu-
nities, including through the use of hunting in wildlife 
management planning. 
(4) Working collaboratively with State governments 
to manage and conserve game species and their habitats 
in a manner that respects private property rights and 
State management authority over wildlife resources. 
(5) Establishment of short- and long-term goals, in 
cooperation with State and tribal governments, and con-
sistent with agency missions, to foster healthy and pro-
ductive populations of game species and appropriate op-
portunities for the public to hunt those species. 
(6) Ensuring that agency plans and actions consider 
programs and recommendations of comprehensive plan-
ning efforts such as State Wildlife Actions Plans, the 
North American Waterfowl Management Plan, and other 
range-wide management plans for big game and upland 
game birds. 
(7) Seeking the advice of State and tribal fish and 
wildlife agencies, and, as appropriate, consult with the 
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Sporting Conservation Council and other organizations 
with respect to these Federal activities. 
Whereas Executive Order 13443 specifically orders: 
(1) The Chairman of the Council on Environmental 
Quality, in coordination with the appropriate Federal 
agencies and in consultation with the Sporting Conserva-
tion Council and in cooperation with State and tribal fish 
and wildlife agencies and the public, to convene no later 
than 1 year after the date of the Executive order, and 
periodically thereafter, a White House Conference on 
North American Wildlife Policy (Conference) to facilitate 
the exchange of information and advice relating to the 
means for achieving the goals of the Executive order. 
(2) The Chairman of the Council on Environmental 
Quality to prepare, consistent with applicable law and 
subject to the availability of appropriations, in coordina-
tion with the appropriate Federal agencies and in con-
sultation with the Sporting Conservation Council, and in 
cooperation with State and tribal fish and wildlife agen-
cies, not later than 1 year following the conclusion of the 
Conference, a comprehensive Recreational Hunting and 
Wildlife Conservation Plan (Action Plan) that incor-
porates existing and ongoing activities and sets forth a 
10-year agenda for fulfilling the actions identified in the 
Federal actions section of the Executive order. 
Whereas the Council on Environmental Quality and the 
Sporting Conservation Council completed the first edition 
of the Action Plan in December 2008 setting forth a 10- 
year agenda to address 58 action items and 174 sub-ac-
tion items with the stated goal of fulfilling the actions 
identified in Executive Order 13443; 
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Whereas a vast majority of the 58 action items and 174 sub- 
action items of the Action Plan have the current status 
of being only partially completed or, in most cases, wholly 
incomplete; 
Whereas Federal agencies have made no substantiated efforts 
to purposefully implement the goals and directives of Ex-
ecutive Order 13443; 
Whereas public lands throughout the country promote rec-
reational opportunities for American families, economic 
revenue, public health and education, and environmental 
protection and conservation; and 
Whereas the primary objective with any and all Federal land 
management should be to provide for their protection and 
conservation while also maintaining access for those 
whom these lands belong, the American public: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House supports efforts— 
(1) to reaffirm to Federal agencies the prior-
ities and goals of Executive Order 13443, completely 
and in total; and 
(2) to recommend to the President of the 
United States that he issue a new Executive order 
reestablishing the original priorities and goals of Ex-
ecutive Order 13443. 
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