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-
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 
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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-
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. 
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TITLE V—FARMER AND HUNTER 
PROTECTION ACT 
SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Hunter and Farmer 
Protection Act’’. 
SEC. 502. 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— 
‘‘(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, 
unharvested crop that has been ma-
nipulated through activities such as 
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mowing, discing, or rolling, unless the 
activities are normal agricultural prac-
tices. 
‘‘(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, 
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 
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‘‘(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 
one 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-
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 
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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 
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 
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TITLE VI—TRANSPORTING BOWS 
ACROSS 
NATIONAL 
PARK 
SERVICE LANDS 
SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Hunter Access Cor-
ridors Act’’. 
SEC. 602. BOWHUNTING OPPORTUNITY AND WILDLIFE 
STEWARDSHIP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 1015 of 
title 54, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘§ 101513. Hunter access corridors 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) 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 
‘‘(B) with respect to a crossbow, uncocked. 
‘‘(2) VALID
HUNTING
LICENSE.—The term 
‘valid hunting license’ means a State-issued hunting 
license that authorizes an individual to hunt on pri-
vate or public land adjacent to the System unit in 
which the individual is located while in possession of 
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a bow or crossbow that is not ready for immediate 
use. 
‘‘(b) TRANSPORTATION AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall not re-
quire a permit for, or promulgate or enforce any 
regulation that prohibits an individual from trans-
porting bows and crossbows that are not ready for 
immediate use across any System unit if— 
‘‘(A) in the case of an individual traversing 
the System unit on foot— 
‘‘(i) the individual is not otherwise 
prohibited by law from possessing the bows 
and crossbows; 
‘‘(ii) the bows or crossbows are not 
ready for immediate use throughout the 
period during which the bows or crossbows 
are transported across the System unit; 
‘‘(iii) the possession of the bows and 
crossbows is in compliance with the law of 
the State in which the System unit is lo-
cated; and 
‘‘(iv)(I) the individual possesses a 
valid hunting license; 
‘‘(II) the individual is traversing the 
System unit en route to a hunting access 
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corridor 
established 
under 
subsection 
(c)(1); or 
‘‘(III) the individual is traversing the 
System unit in compliance with any other 
applicable regulations or policies; or 
‘‘(B) the bows or crossbows are not ready 
for immediate use and remain inside a vehicle. 
‘‘(2) ENFORCEMENT.—Nothing in this sub-
section limits the authority of the Director to en-
force laws (including regulations) prohibiting hunt-
ing or the taking of wildlife in any System unit. 
‘‘(c) ESTABLISHMENT
OF HUNTER ACCESS COR-
RIDORS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—On a determination by the 
Director under paragraph (2), the Director may es-
tablish and publish (in accordance with section 1.5 
of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations (or a suc-
cessor regulation)), on a publicly available map, hun-
ter access corridors across System units that are 
used to access public land that is— 
‘‘(A) contiguous to a System unit; and 
‘‘(B) open to hunting. 
‘‘(2) DETERMINATION BY DIRECTOR.—The de-
termination referred to in paragraph (1) is a deter-
mination that the hunter access corridor would pro-
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vide wildlife management or visitor experience bene-
fits within the boundary of the System unit in which 
the hunter access corridor is located. 
‘‘(3) HUNTING
SEASON.—The hunter access 
corridors shall be open for use during hunting sea-
sons. 
‘‘(4) 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. Such closures shall be clearly marked with 
signs and dates of closures, and shall not include 
gates, chains, walls, or other barriers on the hunter 
access corridor. 
‘‘(5) IDENTIFICATION OF CORRIDORS.—The Di-
rector shall— 
‘‘(A) make information regarding hunter 
access corridors available on the individual 
website of the applicable System unit; and 
‘‘(B) provide information regarding any 
processes established by the Director for trans-
porting legally taken game through individual 
hunter access corridors. 
‘‘(6) 
REGISTRATION; 
TRANSPORTATION
OF 
GAME.—The Director may— 
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‘‘(A) provide registration boxes to be lo-
cated at the trailhead of each hunter access cor-
ridor for self-registration; 
‘‘(B) provide a process for online self-reg-
istration; and 
‘‘(C) allow nonmotorized conveyances to 
transport legally taken game through a hunter 
access corridor established under this sub-
section, including game carts and sleds. 
‘‘(7) CONSULTATION WITH STATES.—The Di-
rector shall consult with each applicable State wild-
life agency to identify appropriate hunter access cor-
ridors. 
‘‘(d) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section— 
‘‘(1) diminishes, enlarges, or modifies any Fed-
eral or State authority with respect to hunting, rec-
reational shooting, or any other recreational activi-
ties within the boundaries of a System unit; or 
‘‘(2) authorizes— 
‘‘(A) the establishment of new trails in 
System units; or 
‘‘(B) authorizes individuals to access areas 
in System units, on foot or otherwise, that are 
not open to such access. 
‘‘(e) NO MAJOR FEDERAL ACTION.— 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any action taken under 
this section shall not be considered a major Federal 
action significantly affecting the quality of the 
human environment under the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 
‘‘(2) NO ADDITIONAL ACTION REQUIRED.—No 
additional identification, analyses, or consideration 
of environmental effects (including cumulative envi-
ronmental effects) is necessary or required with re-
spect to an action taken under this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for title 54, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 101512 the following: 
‘‘101513. Hunter access corridors.’’. 
TITLE VII—RESPECT FOR 
TREATIES AND RIGHTS 
SEC. 701. RESPECT FOR TREATIES AND RIGHTS. 
Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this 
Act shall be construed to affect or modify any treaty or 
other right of any federally recognized Indian Tribe. 
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TITLE VIII—STATE APPROVAL 
OF FISHING RESTRICTION 
SEC. 801. STATE OR TERRITORIAL APPROVAL OF RESTRIC-
TION OF RECREATIONAL OR COMMERCIAL 
FISHING ACCESS TO CERTAIN STATE OR TER-
RITORIAL WATERS. 
(a) APPROVAL REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the In-
terior and the Secretary of Commerce shall not restrict 
recreational or commercial fishing access to any State or 
territorial marine waters or Great Lakes waters within the 
jurisdiction of the National Park Service or the Office of 
National Marine Sanctuaries, respectively, unless those re-
strictions are developed in coordination with, and ap-
proved by, the fish and wildlife management agency of the 
State or territory that has fisheries management authority 
over those waters. 
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘marine 
waters’’ includes coastal waters and estuaries. 
TITLE IX—OPEN BOOK ON 
EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE 
SEC. 901. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Open Book on Equal 
Access to Justice Act’’. 
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SEC. 902. MODIFICATION OF EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE 
PROVISIONS. 
(a) AGENCY PROCEEDINGS.—Section 504 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘, United 
States Code’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (h); 
(3) by striking subsection (e); and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) The Chairman of the Administrative Conference 
of the United States shall create and maintain online a 
searchable database containing the following information 
with respect to each award of fees and other expenses 
under this section: 
‘‘(1) The case name and number of the adver-
sary adjudication, if available. 
‘‘(2) The name of the agency involved in the 
adversary adjudication. 
‘‘(3) A description of the claims in the adver-
sary adjudication. 
‘‘(4) The name of each party to whom the 
award was made, as such party is identified in the 
order or other agency document making the award. 
‘‘(5) The amount of the award. 
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‘‘(6) The basis for the finding that the position 
of the agency concerned was not substantially justi-
fied. 
‘‘(f) The online searchable database described in sub-
section (e) may not reveal any information the disclosure 
of which is prohibited by law or court order. 
‘‘(g) The head of each agency shall provide to the 
Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United 
States, no later than 60 days following the Chairman’s 
request, all information requested by the Chairman to 
comply with the requirements of subsections (e) and (f).’’. 
(b) COURT CASES.—Section 2412(d) of title 28, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(5) The Chairman of the Administrative Con-
ference shall create and maintain online a searchable 
database containing the following information with 
respect to each award of fees and other expenses 
under this section: 
‘‘(A) The case name and number. 
‘‘(B) The name of the agency involved in 
the case. 
‘‘(C) The name of each party to whom the 
award was made, as such party is identified in 
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the order or other court document making the 
award. 
‘‘(D) A description of the claims in the 
case. 
‘‘(E) The amount of the award. 
‘‘(F) The basis for the finding that the po-
sition of the agency concerned was not substan-
tially justified. 
‘‘(6) The online searchable database described 
in paragraph (5) may not reveal any information the 
disclosure of which is prohibited by law or court 
order. 
‘‘(7) The head of each agency (including the 
Attorney General of the United States) shall provide 
to the Chairman of the Administrative Conference of 
the United States, no later than 60 days following 
the Chairman’s request, all information requested by 
the Chairman to comply with the requirements of 
paragraphs (5) and (6).’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 2412 of title 
28, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘United 
States Code,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘of section 2412 of title 
28, United States Code,’’ and inserting ‘‘of this 
section’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘of such title’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘of this title’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
subsections (a) and (b) shall first apply with respect 
to awards of fees and other expenses that are made 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) ONLINE DATABASES.—The online databases 
required by section 504(e) of title 5, United States 
Code, and section 2412(d)(5) of title 28, United 
States Code, shall be established as soon as prac-
ticable after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
but in no case later than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
TITLE X—GOOD SAMARITAN 
SEARCH AND RECOVERY 
SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Good Samaritan 
Search and Recovery Act’’. 
SEC. 1002. EXPEDITED ACCESS TO CERTAIN FEDERAL 
LAND. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) ELIGIBLE.—The term ‘‘eligible’’, with re-
spect to an organization or individual, means that 
the organization or individual, respectively, is— 
(A) acting in a not-for-profit capacity; and 
(B) composed entirely of members who, at 
the time of the good Samaritan search-and-re-
covery mission, have attained the age of major-
ity under the law of the State where the mis-
sion takes place. 
(2) GOOD SAMARITAN SEARCH-AND-RECOVERY 
MISSION.—The term ‘‘good Samaritan search-and- 
recovery mission’’ means a search conducted by an 
eligible organization or individual for one or more 
missing individuals believed to be deceased at the 
time that the search is initiated. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Ag-
riculture, as applicable. 
(b) PROCESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each Secretary shall develop 
and implement a process to expedite access to Fed-
eral land under the administrative jurisdiction of the 
Secretary for eligible organizations and individuals 
to request access to Federal land to conduct good 
Samaritan search-and-recovery missions. 
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(2) INCLUSIONS.—The process developed and 
implemented under this subsection shall include pro-
visions to clarify that— 
(A) an eligible organization or individual 
granted access under this section— 
(i) shall be acting for private pur-
poses; and 
(ii) shall not be considered to be a 
Federal volunteer; 
(B) an eligible organization or individual 
conducting a good Samaritan search-and-recov-
ery mission under this section shall not be con-
sidered to be a volunteer under section 
102301(c) of title 54, United States Code; 
(C) chapter 171 of title 28, United States 
Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Federal Tort 
Claims Act’’), shall not apply to an eligible or-
ganization or individual carrying out a privately 
requested good Samaritan search-and-recovery 
mission under this section; and 
(D) chapter 81 of title 5, United States 
Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Federal Em-
ployees’ Compensation Act’’), shall not apply to 
an eligible organization or individual conducting 
a good Samaritan search-and-recovery mission 
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under this section, and the conduct of the good 
Samaritan search-and-recovery mission shall 
not constitute civilian employment. 
(c) RELEASE OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FROM LI-
ABILITY.—The Secretary shall not require an eligible or-
ganization or individual to have liability insurance as a 
condition of accessing Federal land under this section, if 
the eligible organization or individual— 
(1) acknowledges and consents, in writing, to 
the provisions described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (D) of subsection (b)(2); and 
(2) signs a waiver releasing the Federal Gov-
ernment from all liability relating to the access 
granted under this section and agrees to indemnify 
and hold harmless the United States from any 
claims or lawsuits arising from any conduct by the 
eligible organization or individual on Federal land. 
(d) APPROVAL AND DENIAL OF REQUESTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall notify 
an eligible organization or individual of the approval 
or denial of a request by the eligible organization or 
individual to carry out a good Samaritan search- 
and-recovery mission under this section by not later 
than 48 hours after the request is made. 
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(2) DENIALS.—If the Secretary denies a re-
quest from an eligible organization or individual to 
carry out a good Samaritan search-and-recovery mis-
sion under this section, the Secretary shall notify the 
eligible organization or individual of— 
(A) the reason for the denial of the re-
quest; and 
(B) any actions that the eligible organiza-
tion or individual can take to meet the require-
ments for the request to be approved. 
(e) PARTNERSHIPS.—Each Secretary shall develop 
search-and-recovery-focused partnerships with search-and- 
recovery organizations— 
(1) to coordinate good Samaritan search-and- 
recovery missions on Federal land under the admin-
istrative jurisdiction of the Secretary; and 
(2) to expedite and accelerate good Samaritan 
search-and-recovery mission efforts for missing indi-
viduals on Federal land under the administrative ju-
risdiction of the Secretary. 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretaries shall submit to 
Congress a joint report describing— 
(1) plans to develop partnerships described in 
subsection (e)(1); and 
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(2) efforts carried out to expedite and accel-
erate good Samaritan search-and-recovery mission 
efforts for missing individuals on Federal land under 
the administrative jurisdiction of each Secretary 
pursuant to subsection (e)(2). 
TITLE XI—INTERSTATE TRANS-
PORTATION OF FIREARMS OR 
AMMUNITION 
SEC. 1101. INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF FIREARMS 
OR AMMUNITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 926A of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 926A. Interstate transportation of firearms or am-
munition 
‘‘(a) Notwithstanding any provision of any law, rule, 
or regulation of a State or any political subdivision there-
of: 
‘‘(1) A person who is not prohibited by this 
chapter from possessing, transporting, shipping, or 
receiving a firearm or ammunition shall be entitled 
to transport a firearm for any lawful purpose from 
any place where the person may lawfully possess, 
carry, or transport the firearm to any other such 
place if, during the transportation, the firearm is 
unloaded, and— 
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‘‘(A) if the transportation is by motor vehi-
cle, the firearm is— 
‘‘(i) not directly accessible from the 
passenger compartment of the vehicle; 
‘‘(ii) in a locked container other than 
the glove compartment or console; or 
‘‘(iii) secured by a secure gun storage 
or safety device; or 
‘‘(B) if the transportation is by other 
means, the firearm is in a locked container or 
secured by a secure gun storage or safety de-
vice. 
‘‘(2) A person who is not prohibited by this 
chapter from possessing, transporting, shipping, or 
receiving a firearm or ammunition shall be entitled 
to transport ammunition for any lawful purpose 
from any place where the person may lawfully pos-
sess, carry, or transport the ammunition, to any 
other such place if, during the transportation, the 
ammunition is not loaded into a firearm, and— 
‘‘(A) if the transportation is by motor vehi-
cle, the ammunition is— 
‘‘(i) not directly accessible from the 
passenger compartment of the vehicle; or 
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‘‘(ii) is in a locked container other 
than the glove compartment or console; or 
‘‘(B) if the transportation is by other 
means, the ammunition is in a locked container. 
‘‘(b) In subsection (a), the term ‘transport’ includes 
staying in temporary lodging overnight, stopping for food, 
fuel, vehicle maintenance, an emergency, medical treat-
ment, and any other activity incidental to the transport. 
‘‘(c)(1) A person who is transporting a firearm or 
ammunition may not be arrested or otherwise detained for 
violation of any law or any rule or regulation of a State 
or any political subdivision thereof related to the posses-
sion, transportation, or carrying of firearms, unless there 
is probable cause to believe that the person is doing so 
in a manner not provided for in subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) When a person asserts this section as a defense 
in a criminal proceeding, the prosecution shall bear the 
burden of proving, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the 
conduct of the person did not satisfy the conditions set 
forth in subsection (a). 
‘‘(3) When a person successfully asserts this section 
as a defense in a criminal proceeding, the court shall 
award the prevailing defendant a reasonable attorney’s 
fee. 
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‘‘(d)(1) A person who is deprived of any right, privi-
lege, or immunity secured by this section, section 926B 
or 926C, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, 
custom, or usage of any State or any political subdivision 
thereof, may bring an action in any appropriate court 
against any other person, including a State or political 
subdivision thereof, who causes the person to be subject 
to the deprivation, for damages and other appropriate re-
lief. 
‘‘(2) The court shall award a plaintiff prevailing in 
an action brought under paragraph (1) damages and such 
other relief as the court deems appropriate, including a 
reasonable attorney’s fee.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for such chapter is amended in the item relating to section 
926A by striking ‘‘firearms’’ and inserting ‘‘firearms or 
ammunition’’. 
TITLE XII—POLAR BEAR CON-
SERVATION 
AND 
FAIRNESS 
ACT 
SEC. 1201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Polar Bear Conserva-
tion and Fairness Act’’. 
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SEC. 1202. 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.’’. 
TITLE XIII—NORTH AMERICAN 
WETLANDS 
CONSERVATION 
EXTENSION 
SEC. 1301. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘North American Wet-
lands Conservation Extension Act’’. 
SEC. 1302. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 7(c) of the North American Wetlands Con-
servation Act (16 U.S.C. 4406(c)) is amended by striking 
‘‘not to exceed—’’ and all that follows through paragraph 
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(5) and inserting ‘‘not to exceed $50,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2018 through 2022.’’. 
SEC. 1303. LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES FOR PURCHASE 
OF LAND. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Section 6 of the North American 
Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4405) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES FOR PURCHASE 
OF LAND.—Amounts appropriated under this Act may not 
be used by the Secretary to purchase land that will be 
administered by the United States.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall not apply with respect to any specific land 
acquisition required by contract or other agreement en-
tered into before the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1304. ENHANCED REPORT ON EXPENDITURES. 
Section 10(2) of the North American Wetlands Con-
servation Act (16 U.S.C. 4409(2)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) an annual assessment of the status of wet-
lands conservation projects, including an accounting 
of— 
‘‘(A) expenditures by Federal, State, and 
other United States entities; 
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‘‘(B) expenditures made for fee-simple ac-
quisition of Federal lands in the United States; 
and 
‘‘(C) expenditures by Canadian and Mexi-
can sources to carry out wetland projects fund-
ed under this Act.’’. 
TITLE XIV—GRAY WOLVES 
SEC. 1401. REISSUANCE OF FINAL RULES RELATING TO 
GRAY WOLVES IN THE WESTERN GREAT 
LAKES AND THE STATE OF WYOMING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall re-
issue— 
(1) the final rule entitled ‘‘Endangered and 
Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revising the Listing 
of the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) in the Western Great 
Lakes’’ (76 Fed. Reg. 81666 (December 28, 2011)); 
and 
(2) the final rule entitled ‘‘Endangered and 
Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of the 
Gray Wolf in Wyoming From the Federal List of 
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Removal 
of the Wyoming Wolf Population’s Status as an Ex-
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perimental Population’’ (77 Fed. Reg. 55530 (Sep-
tember 10, 2012)). 
(b) NO JUDICIAL REVIEW.—The reissuance of the 
final rules described in subsection (a) shall not be subject 
to judicial review. 
TITLE XV—HEARING 
PROTECTION 
SEC. 1501. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Hearing Protection 
Act’’. 
SEC. 1502. EQUAL TREATMENT OF SILENCERS AND FIRE-
ARMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5845(a) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘(7) any 
silencer’’ and all that follows through ‘‘; and (8)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘; and (7)’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to calendar quarters beginning 
more than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 1503. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN SILENCERS. 
Section 5841 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) FIREARM SILENCERS.—A person acquiring or 
possessing a firearm silencer in accordance with chapter 
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44 of title 18, United States Code, shall be treated as 
meeting any registration and licensing requirements of the 
National Firearms Act with respect to such silencer.’’. 
SEC. 1504. PREEMPTION OF CERTAIN STATE LAWS IN RELA-
TION TO FIREARM SILENCERS. 
Section 927 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Notwith-
standing the preceding sentence, a law of a State or a 
political subdivision of a State that imposes a tax, other 
than a generally applicable sales or use tax, on making, 
transferring, using, possessing, or transporting a firearm 
silencer in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, or 
imposes a marking, recordkeeping or registration require-
ment with respect to such a firearm silencer, shall have 
no force or effect.’’. 
SEC. 1505. DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS. 
Not later than 365 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Attorney General shall destroy any 
registration of a silencer maintained in the National Fire-
arms Registration and Transfer Record pursuant to sec-
tion 5841 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, any ap-
plication to transfer filed under section 5812 of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 that identifies the transferee 
of a silencer, and any application to make filed under sec-
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tion 5822 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that iden-
tifies the maker of a silencer. 
SEC. 1506. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18, UNITED STATES 
CODE. 
Title 18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 921(a), by striking paragraph 
(24) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(24)(A) The terms ‘firearm silencer’ and ‘firearm 
muffler’ mean any device for silencing, muffling, or dimin-
ishing the report of a portable firearm, including the ‘key-
stone part’ of such a device. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘keystone part’ means, with respect 
to a firearm silencer or firearm muffler, an externally visi-
ble part of a firearm silencer or firearm muffler, without 
which a device capable of silencing, muffling, or dimin-
ishing the report of a portable firearm cannot be assem-
bled, but the term does not include any interchangeable 
parts designed to mount a firearm silencer or firearm muf-
fler to a portable firearm.’’; 
(2) in section 922(b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘shotgun 
or rifle’’ the first place it appears and inserting 
‘‘shotgun, rifle, firearm silencer or firearm muf-
fler,’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘rifle or 
shotgun’’ and inserting ‘‘shotgun, rifle, firearm 
silencer or firearm muffler’’; and 
(3) in section 923(i)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Licensed’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) In the case of a firearm other than a firearm 
silencer or firearm muffler, licensed’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) In the case of a firearm silencer or firearm muf-
fler, licensed importers and licensed manufacturers shall 
identify by means of a serial number engraved or cast on 
the keystone part of the firearm silencer or firearm muf-
fler, in such manner as the Attorney General shall by reg-
ulations prescribe, each firearm silencer or firearm muffler 
imported or manufactured by such importer or manufac-
turer, except that, if a firearm silencer or firearm muffler 
does not have a clearly identifiable keystone part or has 
multiple keystone parts, licensed importers or licensed 
manufacturers shall submit a request for a marking vari-
ance to the Attorney General. The Attorney General shall 
grant such a request except on showing good cause that 
marking the firearm silencer or firearm muffler as re-
quested would not further the purposes of this chapter.’’. 
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SEC. 1507. IMPOSITION OF TAX ON FIREARM SILENCERS OR 
FIREARM MUFFLERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4181 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end of 
the list relating to ‘‘Articles taxable at 10 percent’’ the 
following: 
‘‘Firearm silencers or firearm mufflers.’’. 
(b) FIREARM SILENCERS; FIREARM MUFFLERS.— 
Section 4181 of such Code is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘For purposes of this part, the terms ‘firearm silencer’ 
and ‘firearm muffler’ mean any device for silencing, muf-
fling, or diminishing the report of a portable firearm.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 4181 of such Code is amended by 
striking ‘‘other than pistols and revolvers’’ and in-
serting ‘‘other than articles taxable at 10 percent 
under this section’’. 
(2) Section 4182(b) of such Code is amended 
by striking ‘‘firearms, pistols, revolvers, shells, and 
cartridges’’ and inserting ‘‘articles described in sec-
tion 4181 and’’. 
(3) Section 4182(c)(1) of such Code is amended 
by striking ‘‘or firearm’’ and inserting ‘‘firearm, 
firearm silencer, or firearm muffler,’’. 
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to articles sold by the manufac-
turer, producer, or importer in any calendar quarter be-
ginning more than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
TITLE XVI—LAWFUL PURPOSE 
AND SELF-DEFENSE 
SEC. 1601. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lawful Purpose and 
Self Defense Act’’. 
SEC. 1602. ELIMINATION OF AUTHORITY TO RECLASSIFY 
POPULAR RIFLE AMMUNITION AS ‘‘ARMOR 
PIERCING AMMUNITION’’. 
Section 921(a)(17) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ‘‘may be 
used’’ and inserting ‘‘is designed and intended by 
the manufacturer or importer for use’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting ‘‘by 
the manufacturer or importer’’ before ‘‘for use’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘the At-
torney General finds is primarily intended to be used 
for sporting purposes’’ and inserting ‘‘is primarily 
intended by the manufacturer or importer to be used 
in a rifle or shotgun, a handgun projectile that is de-
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signed and intended by the manufacturer or im-
porter to be used for hunting, recreational, or com-
petitive shooting’’. 
SEC. 1603. ELIMINATION OF RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTA-
TION 
OF 
NON-NATIONAL 
FIREARMS 
ACT 
FIREARM OR AMMUNITION THAT MAY OTH-
ERWISE BE LAWFULLY POSSESSED AND SOLD 
IN THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) ELIMINATION OF PROHIBITIONS.—Section 922 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (7) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(7) for any person to manufacture or import 
armor piercing ammunition, unless the manufacture 
or importation of the ammunition— 
‘‘(A) is for the use of the United States, 
any department or agency of the United States, 
any State, or any department, agency, or polit-
ical subdivision of a State; 
‘‘(B) is for the purpose of exportation; or 
‘‘(C) is for the purpose of testing or ex-
perimentation, and has been authorized by the 
Attorney General;’’; 
(2) in subsection (l), by striking ‘‘925(d) of this 
chapter’’ and inserting ‘‘925’’; and 
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(3) by striking subsection (r). 
(b) BROADENING OF EXCEPTIONS.—Section 925 of 
such title is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘deter-
mined’’ and all that follows through the end and in-
serting ‘‘intended for the lawful personal use of such 
member or club.’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ‘‘(A)’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘for the’’ and inserting ‘‘in-
tended for the lawful’’; and 
(3) by striking subsections (d) through (f) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(d)(1) Within 30 days after the Attorney General 
receives an application therefor, the Attorney General 
shall authorize a firearm or ammunition to be imported 
or brought into the United States or any possession there-
of if— 
‘‘(A) the firearm or ammunition is being im-
ported or brought in for scientific, research, testing, 
or experimentation purposes; 
‘‘(B) the firearm is an unserviceable firearm 
(other than a machine gun as defined in section 
5845(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that 
is readily restorable to firing condition) imported or 
brought in as a curio or museum piece; 
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‘‘(C) the firearm is not a firearm as defined in 
section 5845(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986; 
‘‘(D) the ammunition is not armor piercing am-
munition (as defined in section 921(a)(17)(B) of 
this title), unless subparagraph (A), (E), (F), or (G) 
applies; 
‘‘(E) the firearm or ammunition is being im-
ported or brought in for the use of the United 
States, any department or agency of the United 
States, any State, or any department, agency, or po-
litical subdivision of a State; 
‘‘(F) the firearm or ammunition is being im-
ported or brought in for the purpose of exportation; 
‘‘(G) the firearm or ammunition was previously 
taken out of the United States or a possession there-
of by the person who is bringing in the firearm or 
ammunition; or 
‘‘(H) the firearm is a firearm defined as curio 
or relic by the Attorney General under section 
921(a)(13) of this title. 
‘‘(2) Within 30 days after the Attorney General re-
ceives an application therefor, the Attorney General shall 
permit the conditional importation or bringing in of a fire-
arm or ammunition for examination and testing in connec-
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tion with the making of a determination as to whether 
the importation or bringing in of the firearm or ammuni-
tion will be allowed under this subsection. 
‘‘(3) The Attorney General shall not authorize, under 
this subsection, the importation of any firearm the impor-
tation of which is prohibited by section 922(p).’’. 
SEC. 1604. PROTECTION OF SHOTGUNS, SHOTGUN SHELLS, 
AND LARGE CALIBER RIFLES FROM ARBI-
TRARY CLASSIFICATION AS ‘‘DESTRUCTIVE 
DEVICES’’. 
(a) AMENDMENTS
TO
THE NATIONAL FIREARMS 
ACT.—Section 5845(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘recognized as 
particularly suitable for sporting purposes’’ and in-
serting ‘‘recognized as suitable for lawful purposes’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘use solely for sporting pur-
poses’’ and inserting ‘‘use for sporting purposes’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18, UNITED STATES 
CODE.—Section 921(a)(4) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B) of the first sentence, 
by striking ‘‘particularly suitable for sporting’’ and 
inserting ‘‘suitable for lawful’’; and 
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(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘solely’’. 
SEC. 1605. BROADENING OF THE TEMPORARY INTERSTATE 
TRANSFER 
PROVISION 
TO 
ALLOW 
TEM-
PORARY TRANSFERS FOR ALL LAWFUL PUR-
POSES RATHER THAN JUST FOR ‘‘SPORTING 
PURPOSES’’. 
Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended in each of subsections (a)(5)(B), (a)(9), and 
(b)(3)(B), by striking ‘‘sporting’’. 
TITLE 
XVII—FEDERAL 
LAND 
TRANSACTION FACILITATION 
ACT 
REAUTHORIZATION 
(FLTFA) 
SEC. 1701. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Land Trans-
action Facilitation Act Reauthorization’’. 
SEC. 1702. 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, to establish and make 
available to the public, on the website of the Depart-
ment of the Interior, a database containing a com-
prehensive list of all the land referred to in para-
graph (1); and 
‘‘(3) to maintain the database referred to in 
paragraph (2).’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘11’’ and 
inserting ‘‘22’’; 
(4) by amending section 206(c)(1) (43 U.S.C. 
2305(c)(1)) to read as follows: 
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‘‘(1) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Funds in the Federal 
Land Disposal Account shall be expended, sub-
ject to appropriation, in accordance with this 
subsection. 
‘‘(B) PURPOSES.—Except as authorized 
under paragraph (2), funds in the Federal 
Land Disposal Account shall be used for one or 
more of the following purposes: 
‘‘(i) To purchase lands or interests 
therein that are otherwise authorized by 
law to be acquired and are one or more of 
the following: 
‘‘(I) Inholdings. 
‘‘(II) Adjacent to federally des-
ignated areas and contain exceptional 
resources. 
‘‘(III) Provide opportunities for 
hunting, recreational fishing, rec-
reational shooting, and other rec-
reational activities. 
‘‘(IV) Likely to aid in the per-
formance of deferred maintenance or 
the reduction of operation and main-
tenance costs or other deferred costs. 
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