(7) Fishing and hunting are essential compo-
nents of effective wildlife management, in that they
tend to reduce conflicts between people and wildlife
and provide incentives for the conservation of wild-
life and habitats and ecosystems on which wildlife
depends.
(8) Each State has established one or more
agencies staffed by professionally trained fish and
wildlife management personnel, has legal authority
to manage the fish and wildlife found within the
State, and carries out sound programs of fish and
wildlife management.
(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States
that in performing duties under Federal law, all Federal
agencies that have authority to manage a natural resource
or the Federal public land and water on which a natural
resource depends shall exercise the authority, consistent
with section 3(e), in a manner so as to support, promote,
and enhance hunting and fishing opportunities to the ex-
tent permitted under State law and regulation and in ac-
cordance with applicable Federal law.
SEC. 3. TAKING OF FISH AND WILDLIFE ON FEDERAL PUB-
LIC LANDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Federal public land and water
shall be open to access and use for fishing and hunting
except—
(1) as limited by the State in which the Federal
public land or water is located; or
(2) as limited by the Federal agency responsible
for the Federal public land or water—
(A) for reasons of national security;
(B) for reasons of public safety; or
(C) for reasons specifically authorized in
applicable statutes.
(b) LIMITATIONS ON TERMS OF FEDERAL CLOSURE
TO FISHING OR HUNTING.—
(1) LIMITATION ON DURATION.—Any closure of
Federal public land or water to fishing or hunting
may continue in effect only during the period in
which the specific circumstances for which the clo-
sure is established exist.
(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Any authority
of a Federal agency to close particular land or water
to hunting or fishing shall not be construed as au-
thority to protect or manage fish or wildlife.
(c) CERTAIN FEDERAL PUBLIC LAND AND WATER
ADMINISTERED
BY
THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.—
Nothing in this Act shall compel the opening to hunting
or fishing of national parks or national monuments admin-
istered by the National Park Service.
(d) NO PRIORITY.—This section does not require a
Federal agency to give preference to fishing or hunting
over other uses of Federal public land or water or land
or water management priorities established in Federal
law.
(e) AUTHORITY OF THE STATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act impairs
the primacy of State authority in regulating the tak-
ing of fish and wildlife on land or water within the
State, including Federal public land or water.
(2) FEDERAL AUTHORITY.—Except as expressly
provided by Act of Congress, the authority of a Fed-
eral agency regarding the taking of fish and wildlife
on Federal public land or water managed by the
Federal agency shall be no greater than the rights
of a private owner of land or water.
SEC. 4. PROTECTION OF THE INTEGRITY OF THE SPORTS-
MEN’S TRUST ACCOUNTS.
(a) FEDERAL
AID
IN
WILDLIFE
RESTORATION
ACT.—The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide that the Unit-
ed States shall aid the States in wildlife-restoration
projects, and for other purposes’’, approved September 2,
1937 (16 U.S.C. 669 et seq.; commonly known as the Fed-
eral Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act), is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Secretary of Agriculture’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of the In-
terior’’; and
(2) in section 4 by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(c) The amount of funding made available to the
Secretary of the Interior for expenses under this section
shall not be available for use as a supplement to decreased
funding for any other expense under the authority of the
Secretary of the Interior.’’.
(b) FEDERAL AID IN FISH RESTORATION ACT.—Sec-
tion 4 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide that the Unit-
ed States shall aid the States in fish restoration and man-
agement projects, and for other purposes’’, approved Au-
gust 9, 1950 (16 U.S.C. 777c; commonly known as the
Federal Aid in Fish Restoration Act), is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘(f) The amount of funding made available to the
Secretary of the Interior for expenses under this section
shall not be available for use as a supplement to decreased
funding for any other expense under the authority of the
Secretary of the Interior.’’.
SEC. 5. EVALUATION OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT EFFECTS.
(a) STATEMENT.—No Federal agency action that
may significantly diminish opportunities or access to en-
gage in fishing or hunting on Federal public land or water
shall be effective until the agency prepares a detailed
statement evaluating the effect of the action on fishing
and hunting.
(b) NOTICE AND HEARING.—Before taking an action
described in subsection (a), a Federal agency shall—
(1) provide notice of the proposed agency action
to the appropriate State agency responsible for the
conduct or oversight of fish and wildlife manage-
ment; and
(2) conduct a public hearing in the vicinity of
the proposed action.
(c) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—An individual or entity that
may be adversely affected by a loss of fishing or hunting
opportunities on Federal public land or water as a result
of an agency action described in subsection (a) may bring
a civil action in a United States district court for review
of the adequacy of the statement required in subsection
(a).
(d) EMERGENCIES.—Nothing in this section pre-
cludes an agency from exercising statutory authority to
close Federal public land or water in an emergency or
other exigent circumstances.