Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB5756
Legislation Overview
Title: Heller Public Firearms Range Act of 2014
Subject: Birds: District of Columbia: Firearms and explosives: Hunting and fishing: Sports and recreation facilities: State and local finance: User charges and fees: Wildlife conservation and habitat protection: Sports and recreation
Description: Heller Public Firearms Range Act of 2014 - Amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to include the District of Columbia in the apportionment to states and U.S. territories and possessions of revenues from taxes imposed on pistols, revolvers, bows, and arrows. Revises specified payments authority to: (1) authorize the Secretary of the Interior to cooperate with the Mayor of the District in conducting wildlife restoration projects and hunter safety programs; (2) authorize payments to the District out of funds made available under the Act for such purposes; and (3) limit the amount of such payments to one-half of 1% of the total amount apportioned to states, territories, and possessions for any year. Requires the Secretary to use amounts in the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund (FAWRF) to make a limited grant in FY2015 to the Mayor for construction and operation of an indoor public target range for firearm users in the District. Requires the Secretary to construct and operate the target range on suitable federal land within the District using FAWRF funds and such grant amount or from other sources, if the Mayor fails to apply for the grant within 90 days after enactment of this Act or fails to construct a target range with it within one year after the enactment.
Session: 113th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
Last Action Date: December 2, 2014
Link: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:HN05756:@@@L&summ2=m&
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Steve Stockman;
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 0% (1 of 435)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Dec 2, 2014 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs. |
| House | Nov 20, 2014 | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Dec 1 2014 | federal link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Committee
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Natural Resources
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
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