Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act

Bill: 115-hr-788
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2017-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Forests, forestry, trees
Government liability
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation
Solid waste and recycling
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: 

Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act 

 
 This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the construction and expansion of public target ranges by: (1) authorizing a state to pay up to 90% of the costs of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range; (2) authorizing a state to elect to allocate 10% of a specified amount apportioned to it from the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for those costs; (3) limiting the federal share of those costs under such Act to 90%; and (4) requiring amounts provided for those costs under such Act to remain available for expenditure and obligation for five fiscal years.
 
The United States shall be shielded from any civil action or claim for money damages for injury to or loss of property, personal injury, or death caused by an activity occurring at a public target range that is funded by the federal government pursuant to such Act or located on federal land, except to the extent provided under the Federal Tort Claims Act with respect to the exercise or performance of a discretionary function. 
 
The bill urges the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to 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 its continued use for target practice or marksmanship training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-29
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 546.
action_date: 2018-05-29
text: Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
action_date: 2018-05-29
text: Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
action_date: 2018-05-29
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-707, Part I.
action_date: 2018-05-29
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-707, Part I.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Introduced in House