Title: SHARE Act
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Sportsmen's Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act or the SHARE Act
This bill revises existing programs and establishes new programs to expand access to, and opportunities for, hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting on federal lands.








[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3668 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3668

  To provide for the preservation of sportsmen's heritage and enhance 
   recreation opportunities on Federal land, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 1, 2017

Mr. Duncan of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, 
 and Mr. Wittman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
 the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees 
on Agriculture, the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and 
  Infrastructure, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for the preservation of sportsmen's heritage and enhance 
   recreation opportunities on Federal land, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sportsmen's Heritage And 
Recreational Enhancement Act'' or the ``SHARE Act''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
                    TITLE I--FISHING PROTECTION ACT

Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Modification of definition.
Sec. 103. Limitation on authority to regulate ammunition and fishing 
                            tackle.
    TITLE II--TARGET PRACTICE AND MARKSMANSHIP TRAINING SUPPORT ACT

Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Definition of public target range.
Sec. 203. Amendments to Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act.
Sec. 204. Limits on liability.
Sec. 205. Sense of Congress regarding cooperation.
             TITLE III--RECREATIONAL LANDS SELF-DEFENSE ACT

Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Protecting Americans from violent crime.
 TITLE IV--RECREATIONAL FISHING AND HUNTING HERITAGE OPPORTUNITIES ACT

Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Definitions.
Sec. 403. Recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting.
Sec. 404. Volunteer hunters; reports; closures and restrictions.
               TITLE V--FARMER AND HUNTER PROTECTION ACT

Sec. 501. Short title.
Sec. 502. Baiting of migratory game birds.
     TITLE VI--TRANSPORTING BOWS ACROSS NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LANDS

Sec. 601. Short title.
Sec. 602. Bowhunting opportunity and wildlife stewardship.
               TITLE VII--RESPECT FOR TREATIES AND RIGHTS

Sec. 701. Respect for treaties and rights.
           TITLE VIII--STATE APPROVAL OF FISHING RESTRICTION

Sec. 801. State or territorial approval of restriction of recreational 
                            or commercial fishing access to certain 
                            State or territorial waters.
             TITLE IX--OPEN BOOK ON EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE

Sec. 901. Short title.
Sec. 902. Modification of equal access to justice provisions.
              TITLE X--GOOD SAMARITAN SEARCH AND RECOVERY

Sec. 1001. Short title.
Sec. 1002. Expedited access to certain Federal land.
     TITLE XI--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF FIREARMS OR AMMUNITION

Sec. 1101. Interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition.
          TITLE XII--POLAR BEAR CONSERVATION AND FAIRNESS ACT

Sec. 1201. Short title.
Sec. 1202. Permits for importation of polar bear trophies taken in 
                            sport hunts in Canada.
       TITLE XIII--NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION EXTENSION

Sec. 1301. Short title.
Sec. 1302. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 1303. Limitation on expenditures for purchase of land.
Sec. 1304. Enhanced report on expenditures.
                         TITLE XIV--GRAY WOLVES

Sec. 1401. Reissuance of final rules relating to gray wolves in the 
                            Western Great Lakes and the State of 
                            Wyoming.
                      TITLE XV--HEARING PROTECTION

Sec. 1501. Short title.
Sec. 1502. Equal treatment of silencers and firearms.
Sec. 1503. Treatment of certain silencers.
Sec. 1504. Preemption of certain State laws in relation to firearm 
                            silencers.
Sec. 1505. Destruction of records.
Sec. 1506. Amendments to title 18, United States Code.
Sec. 1507. Imposition of tax on firearm silencers or firearm mufflers.
               TITLE XVI--LAWFUL PURPOSE AND SELF-DEFENSE

Sec. 1601. Short title.
Sec. 1602. Elimination of authority to reclassify popular rifle 
                            ammunition as ``armor piercing 
                            ammunition''.
Sec. 1603. Elimination of restrictions on importation of non-National 
                            Firearms Act firearm or ammunition that may 
                            otherwise be lawfully possessed and sold in 
                            the United States.
Sec. 1604. Protection of shotguns, shotgun shells, and large caliber 
                            rifles from arbitrary classification as 
                            ``destructive devices''.
Sec. 1605. Broadening of the temporary interstate transfer provision to 
                            allow temporary transfers for all lawful 
                            purposes rather than just for ``sporting 
                            purposes''.
 TITLE XVII--FEDERAL LAND TRANSACTION FACILITATION ACT REAUTHORIZATION 
                                (FLTFA)

Sec. 1701. Short title.
Sec. 1702. Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act.
                        TITLE XVIII--FILM CREWS

Sec. 1801. Annual permit and fee for film crews of 5 persons or fewer.
       TITLE XIX--RESPECT FOR STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY

Sec. 1901. Authority of the States.
Sec. 1902. Federal licenses.
Sec. 1903. Cooperation with State Fish and Wildlife Agencies on 
                            Management Plans.

                    TITLE I--FISHING PROTECTION ACT

SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Fishing Protection Act''.

SEC. 102. MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION.

    Section 3(2)(B) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 
2602(2)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (v), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (vi), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``, and''; and
            (3) by inserting after clause (vi) the following:
            ``(vii) any sport fishing equipment (as such term is 
        defined in subsection (a) of section 4162 of the Internal 
        Revenue Code of 1986) the sale of which is subject to the tax 
        imposed by section 4161(a) of such Code (determined without 
        regard to any exemptions from such tax as provided by section 
        4162 or 4221 or any other provision of such Code), and sport 
        fishing equipment components.''.

SEC. 103. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO REGULATE AMMUNITION AND FISHING 
              TACKLE.

    Except as provided in section 20.21 of title 50, Code of Federal 
Regulations, as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, or 
any substantially similar successor regulation thereto, the Secretary 
of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and any bureau, service, 
or office of the Department of the Interior or the Department of 
Agriculture, may not regulate the use of ammunition cartridges, 
ammunition components, or fishing tackle based on the lead content 
thereof if such use is in compliance with the law of the State in which 
the use occurs.

    TITLE II--TARGET PRACTICE AND MARKSMANSHIP TRAINING SUPPORT ACT

SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Target Practice and Marksmanship 
Training Support Act''.

SEC. 202. DEFINITION OF PUBLIC TARGET RANGE.

    In this title, the term ``public target range'' means a specific 
location that--
            (1) is identified by a governmental agency for recreational 
        shooting;
            (2) is open to the public;
            (3) may be supervised; and
            (4) may accommodate archery or rifle, pistol, or shotgun 
        shooting.

SEC. 203. AMENDMENTS TO PITTMAN-ROBERTSON WILDLIFE RESTORATION ACT.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 2 of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife 
Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669a) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (8) as 
        paragraphs (3) through (9), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) the term `public target range' means a specific 
        location that--
                    ``(A) is identified by a governmental agency for 
                recreational shooting;
                    ``(B) is open to the public;
                    ``(C) may be supervised; and
                    ``(D) may accommodate archery or rifle, pistol, or 
                shotgun shooting;''.
    (b) Expenditures for Management of Wildlife Areas and Resources.--
Section 8(b) of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 
U.S.C. 669g(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(b) Each State'' and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(b) Expenditures for Management of Wildlife Areas and 
Resources.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
        each State'';
            (2) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by striking 
        ``construction, operation,'' and inserting ``operation'';
            (3) in the second sentence, by striking ``The non-Federal 
        share'' and inserting the following:
            ``(3) Non-federal share.--The non-Federal share'';
            (4) in the third sentence, by striking ``The Secretary'' 
        and inserting the following:
            ``(4) Regulations.--The Secretary''; and
            (5) by inserting after paragraph (1) (as designated by 
        paragraph (1) of this subsection) the following:
            ``(2) Exception.--Notwithstanding the limitation described 
        in paragraph (1), a State may pay up to 90 percent of the cost 
        of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public 
        target range.''.
    (c) Firearm and Bow Hunter Education and Safety Program Grants.--
Section 10 of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 
669h-1) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Allocation of additional amounts.--Of the amount 
        apportioned to a State for any fiscal year under section 4(b), 
        the State may elect to allocate not more than 10 percent, to be 
        combined with the amount apportioned to the State under 
        paragraph (1) for that fiscal year, for acquiring land for, 
        expanding, or constructing a public target range.'';
            (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Cost Sharing.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        Federal share of the cost of any activity carried out using a 
        grant under this section shall not exceed 75 percent of the 
        total cost of the activity.
            ``(2) Public target range construction or expansion.--The 
        Federal share of the cost of acquiring land for, expanding, or 
        constructing a public target range in a State on Federal or 
        non-Federal land pursuant to this section or section 8(b) shall 
        not exceed 90 percent of the cost of the activity.''; and
            (3) in subsection (c)(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``Amounts made'' and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), amounts made''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Exception.--Amounts provided for acquiring 
                land for, constructing, or expanding a public target 
                range shall remain available for expenditure and 
                obligation during the 5-fiscal-year period beginning on 
                October 1 of the first fiscal year for which the 
                amounts are made available.''.

SEC. 204. LIMITS ON LIABILITY.

    (a) Discretionary Function.--For purposes of chapter 171 of title 
28, United States Code (commonly referred to as the ``Federal Tort 
Claims Act''), any action by an agent or employee of the United States 
to manage or allow the use of Federal land for purposes of target 
practice or marksmanship training by a member of the public shall be 
considered to be the exercise or performance of a discretionary 
function.
    (b) Civil Action or Claims.--Except to the extent provided in 
chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, the United States shall 
not be subject to any civil action or claim for money damages for any 
injury to or loss of property, personal injury, or death caused by an 
activity occurring at a public target range that is--
            (1) funded in whole or in part by the Federal Government 
        pursuant to the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 
        U.S.C. 669 et seq.); or
            (2) located on Federal land.

SEC. 205. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING COOPERATION.

    It is the sense of Congress that, consistent with applicable laws 
and regulations, the Chief of the Forest Service and the Director of 
the Bureau of Land Management should cooperate with State and local 
authorities and other entities to carry out waste removal and other 
activities on any Federal land used as a public target range to 
encourage continued use of that land for target practice or 
marksmanship training.

             TITLE III--RECREATIONAL LANDS SELF-DEFENSE ACT

SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Recreational Lands Self-Defense 
Act''.

SEC. 302. PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM VIOLENT CRIME.

    The Secretary of the Army shall not promulgate or enforce any 
regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm, 
including a firearm that is assembled, loaded, and functional, at a 
water resources development project covered under section 327.0 of 
title 36, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of 
enactment of this Act), if--
            (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from 
        possessing the firearm; and
            (2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the 
        law of the State in which the water resources development 
        project is located.

 TITLE IV--RECREATIONAL FISHING AND HUNTING HERITAGE OPPORTUNITIES ACT

SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Recreational Fishing and Hunting 
Heritage and Opportunities Act''.

SEC. 402. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title:
            (1) Federal public land.--The term ``Federal public land'' 
        means any land or water that is owned and managed by the Bureau 
        of Land Management or the Forest Service.
            (2) Federal public land management officials.--The term 
        ``Federal public land management officials'' means--
                    (A) the Secretary of the Interior and the Director 
                of the Bureau of Land Management regarding Bureau of 
                Land Management lands and waters; and
                    (B) the Secretary of Agriculture and the Chief of 
                the Forest Service regarding the National Forest 
                System.
            (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, collection, 
                        trapping, or killing of wildlife;
                            (ii) attempt to pursue, shoot, capture, 
                        collect, trap, or kill wildlife; or
                            (iii) the training of hunting dogs, 
                        including 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 ``recreational 
        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, handgun, or shotgun, or the use of a bow 
        and arrow.

SEC. 403. RECREATIONAL FISHING, HUNTING, AND SHOOTING.

    (a) In General.--Subject to valid existing rights and subsection 
(g), and cooperation with the respective State fish and wildlife 
agency, Federal public land management officials shall exercise 
authority under existing law, including provisions regarding land use 
planning, to facilitate use of and access to Federal public 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 recreational 
fishing, hunting, and 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 
        recreational fishing, hunting, or shooting on specific Federal 
        public lands, waters, or units thereof; or
            (3) discretionary limitations on recreational fishing, 
        hunting, and shooting determined to be necessary and reasonable 
        as supported by the best scientific evidence and advanced 
        through a transparent public process.
    (b) Management.--Consistent with subsection (a), the head of each 
Federal public land management agency shall exercise its land 
management discretion--
            (1) in a manner that supports and facilitates recreational 
        fishing, hunting, and shooting opportunities;
            (2) to the extent authorized under applicable State law; 
        and
            (3) in accordance with applicable Federal law.
    (c) Planning.--
            (1) Evaluation of effects on opportunities to engage in 
        recreational fishing, hunting, or shooting.--Federal public 
        land planning documents, including land resources management 
        plans, resource management plans, and comprehensive 
        conservation plans, shall include a specific evaluation of the 
        effects of such plans on opportunities to engage in 
        recreational fishing, hunting, or shooting.
            (2) No major federal action.--No action taken under this 
        title, or under section 4 of the National Wildlife Refuge 
        System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd), either 
        individually or cumulatively with other actions involving 
        Federal public lands or lands managed by the United States Fish 
        and Wildlife Service, shall be considered under the National 
        Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) to be 
        a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of 
        the human environment, and no additional identification, 
        analysis, or consideration of environmental effects, including 
        cumulative effects, is necessary or required with respect to 
        such an action.
            (3) Other activity not considered.--Federal public land 
        management officials are not required to consider the existence 
        or availability of recreational fishing, hunting, or shooting 
        opportunities on adjacent or nearby public or private lands in 
        the planning for or determination of which Federal public lands 
        are open for these activities or in the setting of levels of 
        use for these activities on Federal public lands, unless the 
        combination or coordination of such opportunities would enhance 
        the recreational fishing, hunting, or shooting opportunities 
        available to the public.
    (d) Federal Public Lands.--
            (1) Lands open.--Notwithstanding any other law, lands under 
        the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management or the Forest 
        Service, including Wilderness Areas, Wilderness 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 recreational 
        fishing, hunting, and shooting unless the managing Federal 
        agency acts to close lands to such activity. Lands may be made 
        subject to closure to or restriction on recreational fishing, 
        hunting, or shooting if determined by the head of the agency 
        concerned to be necessary and reasonable and supported by facts 
        and evidence, for purposes including resource conservation, 
        public safety, energy or mineral production, energy generation 
        or transmission infrastructure, water supply facilities, 
        protection of other permittees, protection of private property 
        rights or interest, national security, or compliance with other 
        law.
            (2) Shooting ranges.--
                    (A) In general.--The head of each Federal 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.
                    (B) Limitation on liability.--Any designation 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 designated lands.
    (e) Necessity in Wilderness Areas and ``Within and Supplemental 
to'' Wilderness Purposes.--
            (1) Minimum requirements for administration.--The provision 
        of opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and 
        shooting and the conservation 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 administration of the 
        wilderness area, provided that this determination shall not 
        authorize or facilitate commodity development, use, or 
        extraction, motorized recreational access or use that is not 
        otherwise allowed under the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
        seq.), or permanent road construction or maintenance within 
        designated wilderness areas.
            (2) Application of wilderness act.--Provisions of the 
        Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), stipulating that 
        wilderness purposes are ``within and supplemental to'' the 
        purposes of the underlying Federal land unit are reaffirmed. 
        When seeking to carry out fish and wildlife conservation 
        programs and projects or provide fish and wildlife dependent 
        recreation opportunities on designated wilderness areas, the 
        head of each Federal agency 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 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 recreational fishing, hunting, or shooting occurs shall 
submit 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--
            (1) any Federal public land administered by the agency head 
        that was closed to recreational fishing, 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 established or 
        prescribed by land planning actions referred to in subsection 
        (d) or emergency closures described in paragraph (3) of this 
        subsection, a permanent or temporary withdrawal, change of 
        classification, or change of management status of Federal 
        public land that effectively closes or significantly restricts 
        640 or more contiguous acres of Federal public land to access 
        or use for recreational fishing or hunting or activities 
        related to recreational fishing or hunting, or both, shall take 
        effect only if, before the date of withdrawal or change, the 
        head of the Federal agency that has jurisdiction over the 
        Federal public land--
                    (A) publishes appropriate notice of the withdrawal 
                or change, respectively;
                    (B) demonstrates that coordination has occurred 
                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 Resources of the Senate written 
                notice of the withdrawal or change, respectively.
            (2) Aggregate or cumulative effects.--If the aggregate or 
        cumulative effect of separate withdrawals 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 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 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 Affected.--Nothing in this 
title shall affect or modify management 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 recreational fishing, hunting, 
or shooting over other uses of Federal public land or over land or 
water management priorities established by Federal law.
    (j) Consultation With Councils.--In fulfilling the duties set forth 
in this Act, the heads of Federal agencies shall consult with 
respective advisory councils as established in Executive Order Nos. 
12962 and 13443.
    (k) Authority of the States.--
            (1) In general.--Nothing in this title shall be construed 
        as interfering with, diminishing, or conflicting with the 
        authority, jurisdiction, or responsibility of any State to 
        exercise primary management, control, or regulation of fish and 
        wildlife under State law (including regulations) on land or 
        water within the State, including on Federal public land.
            (2) Federal licenses.--Nothing in this title shall be 
        construed to authorize the head of a Federal agency to require 
        a license, fee, or permit to fish, hunt, or trap on land or 
        water in a State, including on Federal public land in the 
        States, except that this paragraph shall not affect the 
        Migratory Bird Stamp requirement set forth in the Migratory 
        Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act (16 U.S.C. 718 et 
        seq.).

SEC. 404. 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 includes the 
                Director of the National Park Service, with regard to 
                units of the National Park System;
                    (B) the Secretary of the Interior and includes the 
                Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, with regard 
                to Fish and Wildlife Service lands and waters;
                    (C) the Secretary of the Interior and includes 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 includes the 
                Chief of the Forest Service, with regard to National 
                Forest System lands.
            (3) Volunteer from the hunting community.--The term 
        ``volunteer from the hunting community'' means a volunteer who 
        holds a valid hunting license issued by a State.
    (b) Volunteer Hunters.--When planning wildlife management involving 
reducing the size of a wildlife population 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 management 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 Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate a report that describes--
            (1) any public land administered by the Secretary that was 
        closed to fishing, hunting, and recreational 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 established or 
        prescribed by land planning actions referred to in section 
        604(e) or emergency closures described 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, recreational 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 occurred 
                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 Resources of the Senate written 
                notice of the withdrawal or change, respectively.
            (2) Emergency closures.--Nothing in this Act prohibits the 
        Secretary from establishing or implementing 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 closure 
        shall terminate after a reasonable period of time unless 
        converted to a permanent closure consistent with this Act.

               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 inserting 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 
                                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 
                                normal 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, depositing, 
                distributing, or scattering of salt, grain, or other 
                feed that could lure or attract migratory 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 
                        prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.
                    ``(D) Normal agricultural practice.--
                            ``(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 
                                Cooperative Extension System of the 
                                Department of Agriculture, in 
                                consultation with, and if requested, 
                                the concurrence of, the head of the 
                                applicable State department of fish and 
                                wildlife.
                            ``(ii) Inclusions.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--Subject to 
                                subclause (II), the term `normal 
                                agricultural practice' includes the 
                                destruction of a crop in accordance 
                                with practices required by the Federal 
                                Crop Insurance Corporation for 
                                agricultural producers to obtain crop 
                                insurance under the Federal Crop 
                                Insurance 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 
                                natural disaster (including any 
                                hurricane, storm, tornado, flood, high 
                                water, wind-driven water, tidal wave, 
                                tsunami, 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 Disaster 
                                Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
                                U.S.C. 5170)).
                                    ``(II) Limitations.--The term 
                                `normal agricultural practice' only 
                                includes a crop described in subclause 
                                (I) that has been destroyed or 
                                manipulated 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 insurance under the Federal 
                                Crop Insurance 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 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 Interior may 
        promulgate regulations to implement this subsection.''.

     TITLE VI--TRANSPORTING BOWS ACROSS NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LANDS

SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Hunter Access Corridors 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:
``Sec. 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 private 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 require a permit 
        for, or promulgate or enforce any regulation that prohibits an 
        individual from transporting 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 located; 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.
            ``(2) Enforcement.--Nothing in this subsection limits the 
        authority of the Director to enforce laws (including 
        regulations) prohibiting hunting or the taking of wildlife in 
        any System unit.
    ``(c) Establishment of Hunter Access Corridors.--
            ``(1) In general.--On a determination by the Director under 
        paragraph (2), the Director may establish and publish (in 
        accordance with section 1.5 of title 36, Code of Federal 
        Regulations (or a successor regulation)), on a publicly 
        available map, hunter 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 determination 
        referred to in paragraph (1) is a determination that the hunter 
        access corridor would provide wildlife management or visitor 
        experience benefits 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 seasons.
            ``(4) Exception.--The Director may establish limited 
        periods during which access through the hunter access corridors 
        is closed for reasons of public safety, administration, or 
        compliance with applicable 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 Director 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 transporting legally 
                taken game through individual hunter access corridors.
            ``(6) Registration; transportation of game.--The Director 
        may--
                    ``(A) provide registration boxes to be located at 
                the trailhead of each hunter access corridor for self-
                registration;
                    ``(B) provide a process for online self-
                registration; and
                    ``(C) allow nonmotorized conveyances to transport 
                legally taken game through a hunter access corridor 
                established under this subsection, including game carts 
                and sleds.
            ``(7) Consultation with states.--The Director shall consult 
        with each applicable State wildlife agency to identify 
        appropriate hunter access corridors.
    ``(d) Effect.--Nothing in this section--
            ``(1) diminishes, enlarges, or modifies any Federal or 
        State authority with respect to hunting, recreational shooting, 
        or any other recreational activities 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.--
            ``(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 Environmental 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 environmental effects) is 
        necessary or required with respect 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.

           TITLE VIII--STATE APPROVAL OF FISHING RESTRICTION

SEC. 801. STATE OR TERRITORIAL APPROVAL OF RESTRICTION OF RECREATIONAL 
              OR COMMERCIAL FISHING ACCESS TO CERTAIN STATE OR 
              TERRITORIAL WATERS.

    (a) Approval Required.--The Secretary of the Interior 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 
restrictions are developed in coordination with, and approved 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''.

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 subsection (h);
            (3) by striking subsection (e); and
            (4) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
    ``(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 adversary 
        adjudication, if available.
            ``(2) The name of the agency involved in the adversary 
        adjudication.
            ``(3) A description of the claims in the adversary 
        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.
            ``(6) The basis for the finding that the position of the 
        agency concerned was not substantially justified.
    ``(f) The online searchable database described in subsection (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 Conference 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 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 position 
                of the agency concerned was not substantially 
                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)--
                    (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 inserting 
                ``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 practicable 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:
            (1) Eligible.--The term ``eligible'', with respect 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-recovery mission, have 
                attained the age of majority under the law of the State 
                where the mission 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 Agriculture, as applicable.
    (b) Process.--
            (1) In general.--Each Secretary shall develop and implement 
        a process to expedite access to Federal 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.
            (2) Inclusions.--The process developed and implemented 
        under this subsection shall include provisions to clarify 
        that--
                    (A) an eligible organization or individual granted 
                access under this section--
                            (i) shall be acting for private purposes; 
                        and
                            (ii) shall not be considered to be a 
                        Federal volunteer;
                    (B) an eligible organization or individual 
                conducting a good Samaritan search-and-recovery mission 
                under this section shall not be considered 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 organization 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 Employees' 
                Compensation Act''), shall not apply to an eligible 
                organization or individual conducting a good Samaritan 
                search-and-recovery mission 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 Liability.--The Secretary 
shall not require an eligible organization 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 Government 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.
            (2) Denials.--If the Secretary denies a request from an 
        eligible organization or individual to carry out a good 
        Samaritan search-and-recovery mission under this section, the 
        Secretary shall notify the eligible organization or individual 
        of--
                    (A) the reason for the denial of the request; and
                    (B) any actions that the eligible organization or 
                individual can take to meet the requirements 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 administrative jurisdiction 
        of the Secretary; and
            (2) to expedite and accelerate good Samaritan search-and-
        recovery mission efforts for missing individuals on Federal 
        land under the administrative jurisdiction 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
            (2) efforts carried out to expedite and accelerate 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 TRANSPORTATION 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:
``Sec. 926A. Interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition
    ``(a) Notwithstanding any provision of any law, rule, or regulation 
of a State or any political subdivision thereof:
            ``(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--
                    ``(A) if the transportation is by motor vehicle, 
                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 device.
            ``(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 
        possess, 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 vehicle, 
                the ammunition is--
                            ``(i) not directly accessible from the 
                        passenger compartment of the vehicle; or
                            ``(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 treatment, 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 possession, 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.
    ``(d)(1) A person who is deprived of any right, privilege, 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 relief.
    ``(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 CONSERVATION AND FAIRNESS ACT

SEC. 1201. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Polar Bear Conservation and 
Fairness Act''.

SEC. 1202. PERMITS FOR IMPORTATION OF POLAR BEAR TROPHIES TAKEN IN 
              SPORT HUNTS IN CANADA.

    Section 104(c)(5)(D) of the Marine Mammal Protection 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, expeditiously 
        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 application, 
                proof that the polar bear was legally harvested 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 harvested 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) 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 
        before the date of enactment of the Polar Bear Conservation and 
        Fairness Act.''.

       TITLE XIII--NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION EXTENSION

SEC. 1301. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``North American Wetlands 
Conservation Extension Act''.

SEC. 1302. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 7(c) of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 4406(c)) is amended by striking ``not to exceed--'' and all that 
follows through paragraph (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 subsection (a) shall not 
apply with respect to any specific land acquisition required by 
contract or other agreement entered into before the date of enactment 
of this Act.

SEC. 1304. ENHANCED REPORT ON EXPENDITURES.

    Section 10(2) of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 4409(2)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) an annual assessment of the status of wetlands 
        conservation projects, including an accounting of--
                    ``(A) expenditures by Federal, State, and other 
                United States entities;
                    ``(B) expenditures made for fee-simple acquisition 
                of Federal lands in the United States; and
                    ``(C) expenditures by Canadian and Mexican sources 
                to carry out wetland projects funded 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 provision of law, not 
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall reissue--
            (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 
        Experimental Population'' (77 Fed. Reg. 55530 (September 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 FIREARMS.

    (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 inserting ``; 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 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 RELATION TO FIREARM 
              SILENCERS.

    Section 927 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following: ``Notwithstanding 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 requirement 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 enactment of this 
Act, the Attorney General shall destroy any registration of a silencer 
maintained in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record 
pursuant to section 5841 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, any 
application to transfer filed under section 5812 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 that identifies the transferee of a silencer, and 
any application to make filed under section 5822 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 that identifies 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 diminishing the report of a 
portable firearm, including the `keystone part' of such a device.
    ``(B) The term `keystone part' means, with respect to a firearm 
silencer or firearm muffler, an externally visible part of a firearm 
silencer or firearm muffler, without which a device capable of 
silencing, muffling, or diminishing the report of a portable firearm 
cannot be assembled, but the term does not include any interchangeable 
parts designed to mount a firearm silencer or firearm muffler 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 
                muffler,''; and
                    (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 muffler, 
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 muffler, in such manner as the Attorney General 
shall by regulations prescribe, each firearm silencer or firearm 
muffler imported or manufactured by such importer or manufacturer, 
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 variance 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 requested would not further the 
purposes of this chapter.''.

SEC. 1507. IMPOSITION OF TAX ON FIREARM SILENCERS OR FIREARM MUFFLERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 4181 of the Internal Revenue 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, muffling, 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 inserting ``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 section 4181 and''.
            (3) Section 4182(c)(1) of such Code is amended by striking 
        ``or firearm'' and inserting ``firearm, firearm silencer, or 
        firearm muffler,''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to articles sold by the manufacturer, producer, or importer in 
any calendar quarter beginning 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 Attorney 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 designed and intended by the manufacturer or importer 
        to be used for hunting, recreational, or competitive 
        shooting''.

SEC. 1603. ELIMINATION OF RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTATION OF NON-NATIONAL 
              FIREARMS ACT FIREARM OR AMMUNITION THAT MAY OTHERWISE 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 political subdivision of 
                a State;
                    ``(B) is for the purpose of exportation; or
                    ``(C) is for the purpose of testing or 
                experimentation, and has been authorized by the 
                Attorney General;'';
            (2) in subsection (l), by striking ``925(d) of this 
        chapter'' and inserting ``925''; and
            (3) by striking subsection (r).
    (b) Broadening of Exceptions.--Section 925 of such title is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ``determined'' and 
        all that follows through the end and inserting ``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 ``intended 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 thereof if--
            ``(A) the firearm or ammunition is being imported 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;
            ``(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 ammunition (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 imported 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 political subdivision of a State;
            ``(F) the firearm or ammunition is being imported or 
        brought in for the purpose of exportation;
            ``(G) the firearm or ammunition was previously taken out of 
        the United States or a possession thereof 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 receives an 
application therefor, the Attorney General shall permit the conditional 
importation or bringing in of a firearm or ammunition for examination 
and testing in connection with the making of a determination as to 
whether the importation or bringing in of the firearm or ammunition 
will be allowed under this subsection.
    ``(3) The Attorney General shall not authorize, under this 
subsection, the importation of any firearm the importation of which is 
prohibited by section 922(p).''.

SEC. 1604. PROTECTION OF SHOTGUNS, SHOTGUN SHELLS, AND LARGE CALIBER 
              RIFLES FROM ARBITRARY 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 inserting 
        ``recognized as suitable for lawful purposes''; and
            (2) by striking ``use solely for sporting purposes'' 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
            (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``solely''.

SEC. 1605. BROADENING OF THE TEMPORARY INTERSTATE TRANSFER PROVISION TO 
              ALLOW TEMPORARY TRANSFERS FOR ALL LAWFUL PURPOSES 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 Transaction 
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, recreational access 
        and use, or other'';
            (2) in section 203(2) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
        (A), by striking ``on the date of enactment 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 Facilitation Act 
        Reauthorization, to establish and make available to the public, 
        on the website of the Department of the Interior, a database 
        containing a comprehensive list of all the land referred to in 
        paragraph (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:
            ``(1) Use of funds.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Funds in the Federal Land 
                Disposal Account shall be expended, subject 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 
                                designated areas and contain 
                                exceptional resources.
                                    ``(III) Provide opportunities for 
                                hunting, recreational fishing, 
                                recreational shooting, and other 
                                recreational activities.
                                    ``(IV) Likely to aid in the 
                                performance of deferred maintenance or 
                                the reduction of operation and 
                                maintenance costs or other deferred 
                                costs.
                            ``(ii) To perform deferred maintenance or 
                        other maintenance activities that enhance 
                        opportunities for recreational access.'';
            (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 redesignated by this 
                paragraph)--
                            (i) by striking ``purchases'' and inserting 
                        ``land purchases and performance of deferred 
                        maintenance activities'';
                            (ii) by striking ``subparagraph (C)'' and 
                        inserting ``subparagraph (B)''; and
                            (iii) by inserting ``for the activities 
                        outlined in paragraph (2)'' after 
                        ``generated''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Any funds made available under subparagraph 
                (C) that are not obligated or expended by the end of 
                the fourth full fiscal year 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 recreational 
                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 reduction, 
        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 considers appropriate).''; and
            (8) in section 207(b) (43 U.S.C. 2306(b))--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``96-568'' and inserting 
                        ``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, Recreation, 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
            ``(8) section 2606 of the Omnibus Public Land Management 
        Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-11; 123 Stat. 1121).''.

                        TITLE XVIII--FILM CREWS

SEC. 1801. ANNUAL PERMIT AND FEE FOR FILM CREWS OF 5 PERSONS OR FEWER.

    Section 100905 of title 54, United States Code, is amended as 
follows:
            (1) In subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``provide a fair 
                return to the United States'' and insert ``be 
                sufficient to cover the cost of a film permit and other 
                administrative and personnel costs''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Film crew of 5 persons or fewer.--For a commercial 
        film crew of 5 persons or fewer for commercial filming 
        activities or similar projects on Federal land and waters 
        administered by the Secretary the Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) assess an annual fee in an amount sufficient 
                to cover the administrative cost of issuing a permit 
                under this section, but not greater than $200; and
                    ``(B) require a permit which shall be valid for 
                commercial filming activities or similar projects that 
                occur in areas designated for public use during public 
                hours on all Federal land and waterways administered by 
                the Secretary for a 1-year period beginning on the date 
                of issuance of the permit.''.
            (2) By striking subsection (b) and redesignating 
        subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) as subsections (b), (c), 
        (d), and (e), respectively.
            (3) In subsection (b), as redesignated by this section, by 
        adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Still photography crew of 5 persons or fewer.--The 
        fee under this paragraph for a still photography crew of 5 
        persons or fewer shall be not more than $200.''.
            (4) In subsection (e), as redesignated by this section--
                    (A) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(1) Timing.--The Secretary''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Criteria.--The Secretary shall not consider subject 
        matter or content as a criterion for issuing or denying a 
        permit under this Act.''.
            (5) By adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Exemption From Commercial Filming or Still Photography 
Permits and Fees.--The Secretary shall not require persons holding 
commercial use authorizations or special recreation permits to obtain 
an additional permit or pay an additional fee for commercial filming or 
still photography under this section if--
            ``(1) the filming or still photography conducted is 
        incidental to the permitted activity that is the subject of the 
        commercial use authorization or special recreation permit; and
            ``(2) the holder of the commercial use authorization or 
        special recreation permit is an individual or small business 
        concern (within the meaning of section 3 of the Small Business 
        Act (15 U.S.C. 632)).
    ``(g) News Gathering Activities.--For the purposes of this section, 
a news gathering shall not be considered a commercial activity.
    ``(h) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section--
            ``(1) the term `commercial film crew' means any persons 
        present on Federal land or water under the jurisdiction of the 
        Secretary who are associated with the production of a film;
            ``(2) the term `news gathering' means the gathering, 
        recording, and filming of news and information related to news 
        in any medium; and
            ``(3) the term `Secretary' means the Secretary of the 
        Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as applicable, with 
        respect to land under the respective jurisdiction of such 
        Secretary.''.

       TITLE XIX--RESPECT FOR STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY

SEC. 1901. AUTHORITY OF THE STATES.

    Nothing in this Act shall be construed as interfering with, 
diminishing, or conflicting with the authority, jurisdiction, or 
responsibility of any State to exercise primary management, control, or 
regulation of fish and wildlife under State law on land or water within 
the State, including on Federal land administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management or the Forest Service.

SEC. 1902. FEDERAL LICENSES.

    Nothing in this Act, shall be construed to authorize the head of a 
Federal agency 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 
State, except that this paragraph shall not affect the Migratory Bird 
Stamp requirement set forth in the Migratory Bird Hunting and 
Conservation Stamp Act (16 U.S.C. 718 et seq.).

SEC. 1903. COOPERATION WITH STATE FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES ON 
              MANAGEMENT PLANS.

    (a) Use of State Fish and Wildlife Data and Analyses.--The 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
prioritize coordination and cooperation with the appropriate State fish 
and wildlife agencies to recognize and fully utilize State fish and 
wildlife data and analyses, unless such data or analyses are 
proprietary or protected from disclosure under State law, as a primary 
source to inform--
            (1) land and resource management plans for units of the 
        National Forest System developed under section 6 of the Forest 
        and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 
        U.S.C. 1604);
            (2) land use plans developed under section 202 of the 
        Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
        1712);
            (3) comprehensive conservation plans developed under 
        section 4 of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration 
        Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd);
            (4) project planning and execution; and
            (5) related natural resource policies and decisions.
    (b) Sharing Data.--Federal agencies shall evaluate and utilize 
existing analysis of data on fish and wildlife populations prepared by 
the appropriate State and share Federal data with State fish and 
wildlife managers.
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