SCS Caucus Members Introduce Hunting, Fishing Legislative Package

By Ammoland Editor Joe Evans

WASHINGTON D.C. -(Ammoland.com)- This week, Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC) Members Senator Lisa Murkowski (AK) and Senator Martin Heinrich (NM), along with CSC leaders, Senators Jim Risch (ID), Joe Manchin (WV), Deb Fischer (NE), and Heidi Heitkamp (ND), introduced a bipartisan sportsmen’s package of legislation (S. 733) in the Senate.

Provisions within this bill would increase access to public lands for outdoor recreation, and enhance opportunities for pursuing hunting, angling, and recreational shooting traditions.

Key provisions within S. 733 include:

• Reauthorizing federal land open to hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting;
• Reauthorizing the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act;
• Exempts commercial filming permits for film crews of three or fewer, or for news gathering purposes;
• Authorizing the Hunt Unrestricted on National Treasures (HUNT) Act
• Amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to allocate funds for construction and expansion of public target ranges on federal land;
• Permanently establishes the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee to advise the Secretaries of
• Interior and Agriculture on wildlife and habitat conservation, hunting, and recreational shooting.
• Allows the transport of bows or crossbows across National Park Service (NPS) land;
• Allows use of qualified hunter volunteers to manage wildlife on NPS land.

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