Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act

Bill: 114-s-225
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2015-01-21
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Hunting and fishing

Outdoor recreation
Latest action: action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act</b></p> <p>This bill exempts components of firearms and ammunition and sport fishing equipment and its components (such as lead sinkers) from regulations on chemical substances under the Toxic Substances Control Act. </p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 225 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 21, 2015 Mr. Thune (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to certain sporting good articles, and to exempt those articles from a definition under that Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act . 2. 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 and inserting , or any component of any such article including, without limitation, shot, bullets and other projectiles, propellants, and primers, ; (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 section 4162(a) 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 provided by section 4162 or 4221 or any other provision of such Code), and sport fishing equipment components. .