Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act - Requires federal public land management officials to facilitate the use of, and access to, federal public lands, including National Monuments, Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Study Areas, or lands administratively classified as wilderness eligible or suitable and primitive or semi-primitive areas, for fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting, except as limited by: (1) statutory authority that authorizes or withholds action for reasons of national security, public safety, or resource conservation; (2) any other federal statute that specifically precludes recreational fishing, hunting, or shooting on specific federal public lands or waters; and (3) discretionary limitations on recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting determined to be necessary and reasonable.
Requires Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Forest Service lands, excluding lands on the Outer Continental Shelf, to be open to recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting unless the managing agency acts to close such lands to such activity for purposes of resource conservation, public safety, energy production, water supply facilities, or national security.
Requires the heads of federal agencies to use their authorities to: (1) lease their lands or permit use of their lands for shooting ranges, and (2) designate specific lands for recreational shooting activities.
Sets forth requirements for a permanent or temporary withdrawal, change of classification, or change of management status that effectively closes or significantly restricts 640 or more contiguous acres of federal public lands for fishing or hunting or related activities.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-01-31 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 250. | House floor actions |
| 2014-01-31 | Discharge | Committee on Agriculture discharged. | House floor actions |
| 2014-01-31 | Committee | Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-337, Part I. | House floor actions |
| 2013-06-12 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 15. | House committee actions |
| 2013-06-12 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2013-06-12 | Committee | Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged. | House committee actions |
| 2013-06-12 | Committee | Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged. | House committee actions |
| 2013-05-22 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry. | House committee actions |
| 2013-05-09 | Committee | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House committee actions |
| 2013-05-06 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. | House committee actions |
| 2013-05-06 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs. | House committee actions |
| 2013-05-03 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. | House floor actions |
| 2013-05-03 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. | House floor actions |
| 2013-05-03 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |