I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3381 
To amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to establish additional 
prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2009 
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. AN-
DREWS, Mr. BAIRD, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. 
BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mrs. CAPPS, 
Mr. CASTLE, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COHEN, 
Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DAVIS of 
Illinois, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. 
DEGETTE, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DICKS, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. 
ELLISON, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. FARR, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FRANK of Massachu-
setts, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HALL 
of New York, Mr. HARE, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. 
HEINRICH, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HOLT, Mr. HONDA, Mr. 
INSLEE, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Geor-
gia, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. 
LANGEVIN, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, 
Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. 
LYNCH, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mrs. 
MALONEY, Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts, Mr. MASSA, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. 
MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. MITCHELL, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Ms. 
MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. MURPHY of Con-
necticut, Mr. NADLER of New York, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. OBEY, Mr. 
OLVER, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PASTOR of Arizona, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. PIN-
GREE of Maine, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. ROTH-
MAN of New Jersey, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of 
California, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. 
SCHWARTZ, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SESTAK, Ms. 
SHEA-PORTER, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SMITH of Washington, 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. STARK, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. 
VAN HOLLEN, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WEINER, Mr. WEXLER, Ms. WOOLSEY, 
Mr. WU, and Mr. LANCE) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
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A BILL 
To amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to establish 
additional prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft, 
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 ‘‘Protect America’s 
Wildlife Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL PROHIBITIONS. 
Section 13(a) of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 
(16 U.S.C. 742j–1(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’ after the 
semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or’’ after the 
semicolon; 
(3) in paragraph (3), by adding ‘‘or’’ after the 
semicolon; 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) knowingly violates any regulation promul-
gated under this Act;’’; and 
(5) in the matter following paragraph (4) (as 
inserted by this section), by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$50,000’’. 
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SEC. 3. EXCEPTIONS TO PROHIBITIONS. 
Section 13(b) of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 
(16 U.S.C. 742j–1(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘This section’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraph (3), this sec-
tion’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘issues a permit referred to in’’ 
and inserting ‘‘authorizes an employee, agent, 
or person operating under a license or permit to 
take an action under’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘to 
whom a permit was issued’’ and inserting ‘‘so 
authorized’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘thereunder’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘to 
whom a permit was issued’’; and 
(E) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘issuing the permit’’ and inserting ‘‘authorizing 
the action, including, for actions intended to 
protect land, water, or wildlife, the scientific 
basis for the actions so authorized’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
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