Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act

116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 94 AN ACT To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2 † S 94 ES SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Target Practice and 2 Marksmanship Training Support Act’’. 3 SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 5 (1) the use of firearms and archery equipment 6 for target practice and marksmanship training ac- 7 tivities on Federal land is allowed, except to the ex- 8 tent specific portions of that land have been closed 9 to those activities; 10 (2) in recent years preceding the date of enact- 11 ment of this Act, portions of Federal land have been 12 closed to target practice and marksmanship training 13 for many reasons; 14 (3) the availability of public target ranges on 15 non-Federal land has been declining for a variety of 16 reasons, including continued population growth and 17 development near former ranges; 18 (4) providing opportunities for target practice 19 and marksmanship training at public target ranges 20 on Federal and non-Federal land can help— 21 (A) to promote enjoyment of shooting, rec- 22 reational, and hunting activities; and 23 (B) to ensure safe and convenient locations 24 for those activities; 25 3 † S 94 ES (5) Federal law in effect on the date of enact- 1 ment of this Act, including the Pittman-Robertson 2 Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669 et seq.), 3 provides Federal support for construction and ex- 4 pansion of public target ranges by making available 5 to States amounts that may be used for construc- 6 tion, operation, and maintenance of public target 7 ranges; and 8 (6) it is in the public interest to provide in- 9 creased Federal support to facilitate the construction 10 or expansion of public target ranges. 11 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to facili- 12 tate the construction and expansion of public target 13 ranges, including ranges on Federal land managed by the 14 Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. 15 SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF PUBLIC TARGET RANGE. 16 In this Act, the term ‘‘public target range’’ means 17 a specific location that— 18 (1) is identified by a governmental agency for 19 recreational shooting; 20 (2) is open to the public; 21 (3) may be supervised; and 22 (4) may accommodate archery or rifle, pistol, or 23 shotgun shooting. 24 4 † S 94 ES SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO PITTMAN-ROBERTSON WILDLIFE 1 RESTORATION ACT. 2 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the Pittman-Robert- 3 son Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669a) is amend- 4 ed— 5 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 6 (8) as paragraphs (3) through (9), respectively; and 7 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol- 8 lowing: 9 ‘‘(2) the term ‘public target range’ means a 10 specific location that— 11 ‘‘(A) is identified by a governmental agen- 12 cy for recreational shooting; 13 ‘‘(B) is open to the public; 14 ‘‘(C) may be supervised; and 15 ‘‘(D) may accommodate archery or rifle, 16 pistol, or shotgun shooting;’’. 17 (b) EXPENDITURES FOR MANAGEMENT OF WILD- 18 LIFE AREAS AND RESOURCES.—Section 8(b) of the Pitt- 19 man-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 20 669g(b)) is amended— 21 (1) by striking ‘‘(b) Each State’’ and inserting 22 the following: 23 ‘‘(b) EXPENDITURES FOR MANAGEMENT OF WILD- 24 LIFE AREAS AND RESOURCES.— 25 5 † S 94 ES ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para- 1 graph (2), each State’’; 2 (2) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by 3 striking ‘‘construction, operation,’’ and inserting 4 ‘‘operation’’; 5 (3) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘The 6 non-Federal share’’ and inserting the following: 7 ‘‘(3) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal 8 share’’; 9 (4) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘The Sec- 10 retary’’ and inserting the following: 11 ‘‘(4) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary’’; and 12 (5) by inserting after paragraph (1) (as des- 13 ignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) the fol- 14 lowing: 15 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding the limita- 16 tion described in paragraph (1), a State may pay up 17 to 90 percent of the cost of acquiring land for, ex- 18 panding, or constructing a public target range.’’. 19 (c) FIREARM AND BOW HUNTER EDUCATION AND 20 SAFETY PROGRAM GRANTS.—Section 10 of the Pittman- 21 Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669h–1) 22 is amended— 23 (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 24 following: 25 6 † S 94 ES ‘‘(3) ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.— 1 Of the amount apportioned to a State for any fiscal 2 year under section 4(b), the State may elect to allo- 3 cate not more than 10 percent, to be combined with 4 the amount apportioned to the State under para- 5 graph (1) for that fiscal year, for acquiring land for, 6 expanding, or constructing a public target range.’’; 7 (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 8 following: 9 ‘‘(b) COST SHARING.— 10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para- 11 graph (2), the Federal share of the cost of any activ- 12 ity carried out using a grant under this section shall 13 not exceed 75 percent of the total cost of the activ- 14 ity. 15 ‘‘(2) PUBLIC TARGET RANGE CONSTRUCTION OR 16 EXPANSION.—The Federal share of the cost of ac- 17 quiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public 18 target range in a State on Federal or non-Federal 19 land pursuant to this section or section 8(b) shall 20 not exceed 90 percent of the cost of the activity.’’; 21 and 22 (3) in subsection (c)(1)— 23 (A) by striking ‘‘Amounts made’’ and in- 24 serting the following: 25 7 † S 94 ES ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 1 subparagraph (B), amounts made’’; and 2 (B) by adding at the end the following: 3 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Amounts provided for 4 acquiring land for, constructing, or expanding a 5 public target range shall remain available for 6 expenditure and obligation during the 5-fiscal- 7 year period beginning on October 1 of the first 8 fiscal year for which the amounts are made 9 available.’’. 10 SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING COOPERATION. 11 It is the sense of Congress that, consistent with appli- 12 cable laws and regulations, the Chief of the Forest Service 13 and the Director of the Bureau of Land Management 14 should cooperate with State and local authorities and 15 other entities to carry out waste removal and other activi- 16 ties on any Federal land used as a public target range 17 to encourage continued use of that land for target practice 18 or marksmanship training. 19 Passed the Senate April 10, 2019. Attest: Secretary. 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 94 AN ACT To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restora- tion Act to facilitate the establishment of addi- tional or expanded public target ranges in certain States.