National Monuments, but excluding lands on the 
Outer Continental Shelf, shall be open to rec-
reational fishing, hunting, and shooting unless the 
managing Federal agency acts to close lands to such 
activity. 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) SHOOTING RANGES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The head of each Fed-
eral agency shall use his or her authorities in 
a manner consistent with this title and other 
applicable law, to— 
(i) lease or permit use of lands under 
the jurisdiction of the agency for shooting 
ranges; and 
(ii) designate specific lands under the 
jurisdiction of the agency for recreational 
shooting activities. 
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(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. 
(e) NECESSITY IN WILDERNESS AREAS AND ‘‘WITH-
IN AND SUPPLEMENTAL TO’’ WILDERNESS PURPOSES.— 
(1) MINIMUM
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
ADMINIS-
TRATION.—The provision of opportunities for hunt-
ing, fishing 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-
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 
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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, the head of each Federal agency shall 
implement these supplemental purposes so as to fa-
cilitate, enhance, or both, but not to impede the un-
derlying 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 use 
within designated wilderness areas. 
(f) REPORT.—Beginning on the second October 1 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and biennially 
on October 1 thereafter, the head of each Federal agency 
who has authority to manage Federal public land on which 
fishing, hunting, or recreational shooting occurs shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate a report that describes— 
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(1) any Federal public land administered by the 
agency head that was closed to recreational fishing, 
sport hunting, or shooting at any time during the 
preceding year; and 
(2) the reason for the closure. 
(g) CLOSURES OR SIGNIFICANT RESTRICTIONS OF 
640 OR MORE ACRES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Other than closures estab-
lished or prescribed by land planning actions re-
ferred to in subsection (d) or emergency closures de-
scribed in paragraph (3) of this subsection, a perma-
nent or temporary withdrawal, change of classifica-
tion, or change of management status of Federal 
public land that effectively closes or significantly re-
stricts 640 or more contiguous acres of Federal pub-
lic land to access or use for fishing or hunting or ac-
tivities related to fishing, hunting, or both, shall 
take effect only if, before the date of withdrawal or 
change, the head of the Federal agency that has ju-
risdiction over the Federal public land— 
(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) AGGREGATE OR CUMULATIVE EFFECTS.—If 
the aggregate or cumulative effect of separate with-
drawals or changes effectively closes or significantly 
restricts 1,280 or more acres of land or water, such 
withdrawals and changes shall be treated as a single 
withdrawal or change for purposes of paragraph (1). 
(3) EMERGENCY CLOSURES.—Nothing in this 
title prohibits a Federal land management agency 
from establishing or implementing emergency clo-
sures 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 closure shall terminate after 
a reasonable period of time unless converted to a 
permanent closure consistent with this title. 
(h) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE UNITS NOT AF-
FECTED.—Nothing in this title shall affect or modify man-
agement or use of units of the National Park System. 
(i) NO PRIORITY.—Nothing in this title requires a 
Federal land management agency to give preference to 
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