II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2092 To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to modernize the funding of wildlife conservation, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JULY 11, 2019 Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mr. JONES, Mr. COTTON, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. ALEX- ANDER, Mr. MANCHIN, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. KING, and Mr. BOOZMAN) in- troduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- mittee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to modernize the funding of wildlife conservation, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Modernizing the Pitt- 4 man-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow’s Needs Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 6 The first section of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife 7 Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669) is amended by adding 8 at the end the following: ‘‘One of the purposes of this Act 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Jul 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2092.IS S2092 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 2092 IS is to provide financial and technical assistance to the 1 States for the promotion of hunting and recreational 2 shooting.’’. 3 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 4 Section 2 of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restora- 5 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 669a) is amended— 6 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 7 (9) as paragraphs (4) through (11), respectively; 8 and 9 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol- 10 lowing: 11 ‘‘(2) for the purposes of determining the num- 12 ber of paid hunting-license holders in a State, the 13 term ‘fiscal year’ means the fiscal year or license 14 year of the State; 15 ‘‘(3) the term ‘hunter recruitment and rec- 16 reational shooter recruitment’ means any activity or 17 project to recruit or retain hunters and recreational 18 shooters, including by— 19 ‘‘(A) outreach and communications as a 20 means— 21 ‘‘(i) to improve communications with 22 hunters, recreational shooters, and the 23 general public with respect to hunting and 24 recreational shooting opportunities; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Jul 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2092.IS S2092 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •S 2092 IS ‘‘(ii) to reduce barriers to participa- 1 tion in these activities; 2 ‘‘(iii) to advance the adoption of 3 sound hunting and recreational shooting 4 practices; 5 ‘‘(iv) to promote conservation and the 6 responsible use of the wildlife resources of 7 the United States; and 8 ‘‘(v) to further safety in hunting and 9 recreational shooting; 10 ‘‘(B) providing education, mentoring, and 11 field demonstrations; 12 ‘‘(C) enhancing access for hunting and rec- 13 reational shooting, including through range con- 14 struction; and 15 ‘‘(D) providing education to the public 16 about the role of hunting and recreational 17 shooting in funding wildlife conservation;’’. 18 SEC. 4. APPORTIONMENT OF AVAILABLE AMOUNTS. 19 (a) APPORTIONMENT OF CERTAIN TAXES.—The first 20 subsection (c) of section 4 of the Pittman-Robertson Wild- 21 life Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669c) is amended— 22 (1) by inserting ‘‘APPORTIONMENT OF REVE- 23 NUES FROM PISTOLS, REVOLVERS, BOWS, AND AR- 24 ROWS.—’’ after the enumerator; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Jul 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2092.IS S2092 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •S 2092 IS (2) by striking ‘‘One-half’’ and inserting the fol- 1 lowing: 2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 3 1⁄2’’; 4 (3) by striking ‘‘: Provided, That’’ and inserting 5 a period; 6 (4) by striking ‘‘each State shall be apportioned 7 not more than 3 per centum and not less than 1 per 8 centum of such revenues’’ and inserting the fol- 9 lowing: 10 ‘‘(2) CONDITION.—The amount apportioned to 11 each State under paragraph (1) shall be not greater 12 than 3 percent and not less than 1 percent of the 13 revenues described in that paragraph’’; 14 (5) in paragraph (2) (as so designated), by 15 striking ‘‘one-sixth of 1 per centum of such reve- 16 nues’’ and inserting ‘‘1⁄6 of 1 percent of those reve- 17 nues’’; 18 (6) by striking ‘‘For the purpose’’ and inserting 19 the following: 20 ‘‘(3) POPULATION DETERMINATION.—For the 21 purpose’’; and 22 (7) by adding at the end the following: 23 ‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.—In addition to other uses 24 authorized under this Act, amounts apportioned 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Jul 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2092.IS S2092 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 5 •S 2092 IS under this subsection may be used for hunter re- 1 cruitment and recreational shooter recruitment.’’. 2 (b) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 4 of the Pitt- 3 man-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669c) 4 is amended by redesignating the second subsection (c) and 5 subsection (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively. 6 SEC. 5. EXPENDITURES FOR MANAGEMENT OF WILDLIFE 7 AREAS AND RESOURCES. 8 Section 8 of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restora- 9 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 669g) is amended— 10 (1) in subsection (a), in the third sentence, by 11 striking ‘‘and public relations’’; and 12 (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘, as a part 13 of such program’’. 14 SEC. 6. FIREARM AND BOW HUNTER EDUCATION AND SAFE- 15 TY PROGRAM GRANTS. 16 Section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Pittman-Robertson Wild- 17 life Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669h–1(a)(1)(A)) is 18 amended— 19 (1) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 20 and 21 (2) by adding at the end the following: 22 ‘‘(v) the enhancement of hunter re- 23 cruitment and recreational shooter recruit- 24 ment; and’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Jul 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2092.IS S2092 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 6 •S 2092 IS SEC. 7. MULTISTATE CONSERVATION GRANT PROGRAM. 1 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 11 of the Pittman-Robert- 2 son Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669h–2) is 3 amended— 4 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 5 (A) by striking ‘‘Not more than’’ and in- 6 serting the following: 7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not more than’’; and 8 (B) by adding at the end the following: 9 ‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY FOR HUNTER AND 10 RECREATIONAL SHOOTER GRANTS.—Not more 11 than $5,000,000 of the revenues covered into 12 the fund from any tax imposed under section 13 4161(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 14 for a fiscal year shall be available to the Sec- 15 retary exclusively for making hunter recruit- 16 ment and recreational shooter recruitment 17 grants that promote a national hunting and 18 shooting sport recruitment program, including 19 related communication and outreach activi- 20 ties.’’; 21 (2) in subsection (b)(3), in the matter pre- 22 ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Inter- 23 national’’; 24 (3) in subsection (c)(2)(A)— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Jul 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2092.IS S2092 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 7 •S 2092 IS (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 1 striking ‘‘International’’; and 2 (B) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘or to rec- 3 reational shooting activities’’ after ‘‘wildlife’’; 4 and 5 (4) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘or to rec- 6 reational shooting activities’’ after ‘‘wildlife’’. 7 (b) STUDY.—Not later than 10 years after the date 8 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, 9 acting through the Director of the United States Fish and 10 Wildlife Service, shall— 11 (1) review and evaluate the effects of the funds 12 made available under subparagraph (B) of section 13 11(a)(1) of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restora- 14 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 669h–2(a)(1)) on funds avail- 15 able for wildlife conservation; and 16 (2) submit a report describing the results of the 17 review and evaluation under paragraph (1) to— 18 (A) the Committee on Environment and 19 Public Works of the Senate; and 20 (B) the Committee on Natural Resources 21 of the House of Representatives. 22 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Jul 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2092.IS S2092 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS