S. 537In CommitteePUBLIC LANDS AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2025
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances · Hunting and fishing · Land use and conservation
Key facts
Introduced: Feb 12, 2025
Chamber: Senate
Cosponsors: 34
Congress: 119th
Latest action · Feb 12, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Summary
Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2025
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.
Summary by Congressional Research Service.
Timeline
- Feb 12, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Feb 12, 2025Introduced in Senate
Cosponsors (showing first 30 of 34)
- Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] R-KS
- Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] R-AK
- Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] R-LA
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] R-NC
- Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] R-ID
- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] R-ID
- Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] R-WY
- Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] R-WY
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] R-FL
- Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] R-OK
- Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL] R-AL
- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] R-UT
- Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] R-AR
- Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] R-KS
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] R-TN
- Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] R-MS
- Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] R-NE
- Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] R-MT
- Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] R-SD
- Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL] R-AL
- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] R-ND
- Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] R-AR
- Sen. Justice, James C. [R-WV] R-WV
- Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN] R-TN
- Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] R-ND
- Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] R-MS
- Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] R-SD
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] R-WV
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] R-NC
- Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] R-IN
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