Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act
This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the construction and expansion of public target ranges by: (1) authorizing a state to pay up to 90% of the costs of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range; (2) authorizing a state to elect to allocate 10% of a specified amount apportioned to it from the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for those costs; (3) limiting the federal share of those costs under such Act to 90%; and (4) requiring amounts provided for those costs under such Act to remain available for expenditure and obligation for five fiscal years.
The United States shall be shielded from any civil action or claim for money damages for injury to or loss of property, personal injury, or death caused by an activity occurring at a public target range that is funded by the federal government pursuant to such Act or located on federal land, except to the extent provided under the Federal Tort Claims Act with respect to the exercise or performance of a discretionary function.
The bill urges the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to cooperate with state and local authorities and other entities to carry out waste removal and other activities on any federal land used as a public target range to encourage its continued use for target practice or marksmanship training.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-29 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 546. | House floor actions |
| 2018-05-29 | Discharge | Committee on the Judiciary discharged. | House floor actions |
| 2018-05-29 | Committee | Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-707, Part I. | House floor actions |
| 2018-04-18 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. | House committee actions |
| 2018-04-18 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2018-04-18 | Committee | Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged. | House committee actions |
| 2017-03-02 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. | House committee actions |
| 2017-02-10 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | House committee actions |
| 2017-02-01 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 |
| 2017-02-01 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 |
| 2017-02-01 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |