Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act District of Columbia Equality Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8963
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-12-14
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: District of Columbia

Firearms and explosives

Hunting and fishing

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Sales and excise taxes

State and local finance

Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Latest action: action_date: 2020-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-12-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act District of Columbia Equality Act of 2020</strong></p> <p> This bill treats the District of Columbia as a state with respect to receiving federal funds for management and restoration of approved wildlife projects and for fish restoration and management projects.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8963 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 14, 2020 Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to treat the District of Columbia the same as a State for purposes of such Acts, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act District of Columbia Equality Act of 2020 . 2. Treatment of District of Columbia under Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (a) Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act The Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act ( 16 U.S.C. 669 et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 2, by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (11) as paragraphs (7) through (12), and by inserting after paragraph (5) the following: (6) the term State includes the District of Columbia; ; and (2) in section 4— (A) by amending paragraph (1) of subsection (d) to read as follows: (1) The Secretary of the Interior shall apportion from the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account a sum equal to not more than one-fourth of 1 percent thereof to each of Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. ; and (B) in subsection (e)(5), by striking the District of Columbia, . (b) Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act The Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act ( 16 U.S.C. 777 et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 2— (A) by striking and at the end of paragraph (2); (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (4) the term State includes the District of Columbia. ; and (2) in section 12— (A) by striking the Mayor of the District of Columbia, ; (B) by striking the District of Columbia, the second and third place it appears; and (C) by striking for the District of Columbia one-third of 1 per centum, .