Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2025
Introduced Feb 12, 2025 by Sen. Steve Daines
It's waiting on a committee vote to reach the full chamber. Most bills never leave this stage.
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 the Congressional Research Service.
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