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(7) safe recreational shooting is a valid use of 
Federal lands, including the establishment of safe 
and convenient recreational shooting ranges on such 
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 
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United States and under the administrative jurisdic-
tion of the Bureau of Land Management or the For-
est Service. 
(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 
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(iii) the training of hunting dogs, in-
cluding field trials. 
(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘hunting’’ 
does not include the use of skilled volunteers to 
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-
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ing, hunting, and recreational shooting, except as limited 
by— 
(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.— 
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(1) EVALUATION OF EFFECTS ON OPPORTUNI-
TIES TO ENGAGE IN FISHING, HUNTING, OR REC-
REATIONAL
SHOOTING.—Planning documents that 
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) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respec-
tively; and 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (B), 
the following: 
‘‘(C) the Secretary shall integrate wildlife-de-
pendent recreational uses in accordance with their 
status as priority general public uses into proposed 
or existing regulations, policies, criteria, plans, or 
other activities to alter or amend the manner in 
which individual refuges or the National Wildlife 
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Refuge System (System) are managed, including, 
but not limited to, any activities which target or 
prioritize criteria for long and short term System ac-
quisitions;’’. 
(3) NO MAJOR FEDERAL ACTION.—No action 
taken under this title, 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 
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would enhance the fishing, hunting, or recreational 
shooting opportunities available to the public. 
(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.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The head of each Fed-
eral agency shall use his or her authorities in 
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 
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to meet the minimum requirements for the adminis-
tration of the wilderness area, provided that this de-
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 
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or extraction, or permanent road construction or 
maintenance within designated wilderness areas. 
(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 
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forth in the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation 
Stamp Act (16 U.S.C. 718 et seq.). 
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; 
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(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 
(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-
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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 
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 
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(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. 
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: 
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‘‘(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, 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. 
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‘‘(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 
‘‘(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 
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‘‘(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 
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, 
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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 
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 
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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 
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. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Hunter Access Cor-
ridors Act’’. 
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SEC. 802. 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 
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— 
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‘‘(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 
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. 
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‘‘(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-
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. 
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‘‘(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— 
‘‘(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 
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‘‘(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 recreational 
hunting, recreational shooting, or any other rec-
reational activities within the boundaries of a Sys-
tem 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.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any action taken under 
this section shall not be considered a major Federal 
action significantly affecting the quality of the 
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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 
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’’. 
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, 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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‘‘(ii) To perform deferred mainte-
nance or other maintenance activities that 
enhance opportunities for recreational ac-
cess.’’; 
(5) 
in 
section 
206(c)(2) 
(43 
U.S.C. 
2305(c)(2))— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (A); 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), 
(C), and (D) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and 
(C), respectively; 
(C) in subparagraph (C) (as so redesig-
nated by this paragraph)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘PURCHASES’’ and in-
serting ‘‘LAND PURCHASES AND PERFORM-
ANCE
OF
DEFERRED
MAINTENANCE
AC-
TIVITIES’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (C)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’; and 
(iii) by inserting ‘‘for the activities 
outlined in paragraph (2)’’ after ‘‘gen-
erated’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) Any funds made available under sub-
paragraph (C) that are not obligated or ex-
pended by the end of the fourth full fiscal year 
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after the date of the sale or exchange of land 
that generated the funds may be expended in 
any State.’’; 
(6) 
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); 
(7) 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-
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 
(8) in section 207(b) (43 U.S.C. 2306(b))— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
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(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); 
‘‘(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 
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