Bill Sponsor
House Bill 788
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act
Introduced
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Introduced in House on Feb 1, 2017
Overview
Text
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Feb 1, 2017
Latest Action
May 29, 2018
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Bill Number
788
Congress
115
Policy Area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Primary focus of measure is natural areas (including wilderness); lands under government jurisdiction; land use practices and policies; parks, monuments, and historic sites; fisheries and marine resources; mining and minerals. Measures concerning energy supplies and production may fall under Energy policy area.
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No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act

This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the construction and expansion of public target ranges by: (1) authorizing a state to pay up to 90% of the costs of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range; (2) authorizing a state to elect to allocate 10% of a specified amount apportioned to it from the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for those costs; (3) limiting the federal share of those costs under such Act to 90%; and (4) requiring amounts provided for those costs under such Act to remain available for expenditure and obligation for five fiscal years.

The United States shall be shielded from any civil action or claim for money damages for injury to or loss of property, personal injury, or death caused by an activity occurring at a public target range that is funded by the federal government pursuant to such Act or located on federal land, except to the extent provided under the Federal Tort Claims Act with respect to the exercise or performance of a discretionary function.

The bill urges the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to cooperate with state and local authorities and other entities to carry out waste removal and other activities on any federal land used as a public target range to encourage its continued use for target practice or marksmanship training.

Text (2)
May 29, 2018
February 1, 2017
Actions (10)
05/29/2018
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 546.
05/29/2018
Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
05/29/2018
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-707, Part I.
04/18/2018
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
04/18/2018
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
04/18/2018
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
03/02/2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
02/10/2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
02/01/2017
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
02/01/2017
Introduced in House
Public Record
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