119th Congress Public Lands and Natural Resources
S. 537: Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2025
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Summary
This bill bars the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the Forest Service from prohibiting or regulating the use of lead ammunition or tackle on federal land or water. The bill makes exceptions for specified existing regulations and where the FWS, the BLM, or the Forest Service determines that a decline in wildlife population at the specific unit of federal land or water is primarily caused by the use of lead in ammunition or tackle, based on the field data from such unit, and the state approves the regulations.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- John Boozman R-AROriginal
- Marsha Blackburn R-TNOriginal
- John Barrasso R-WYOriginal
- Ted Budd R-NCOriginal
- Katie Britt R-ALOriginal
- Michael Crapo R-IDOriginal
- Shelley Capito R-WVOriginal
- Bill Cassidy R-LAOriginal
- Tom Cotton R-AROriginal
- Kevin Cramer R-NDOriginal
- Deb Fischer R-NEOriginal
- Bill Hagerty R-TNOriginal
- John Hoeven R-NDOriginal
- Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MSOriginal
- Jim Justice R-WVOriginal
- Cynthia Lummis R-WYOriginal
- James Lankford R-OKOriginal
- Mike Lee R-UTOriginal
- Jerry Moran R-KSOriginal
- Roger Marshall R-KSOriginal
- James Risch R-IDOriginal
- Mike Rounds R-SDOriginal
- Dan Sullivan R-AKOriginal
- Rick Scott R-FLOriginal
- Tim Sheehy R-MTOriginal
- John Thune R-SDOriginal
- Tommy Tuberville R-ALOriginal
- Thom Tillis R-NCOriginal
- Roger Wicker R-MSOriginal
- Jim Banks R-IN
- Pete Ricketts R-NE
- John Cornyn R-TX
- Lindsey Graham R-SC
- John Curtis R-UT
- Darline Graham Nordone R-SC
- Todd Young R-IN
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Steve Daines.
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- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.