H.R. 4089

Sportsmen's Heritage Act of 2012

At-a-Glance
Amendments
Rules

Rule Hearing Information:

Meeting Time: Monday, April 16, 2012 at 5:00 PM in H-313 The Capitol

Amendment Deadline: Monday, April 16, 2012 at 10:00 AM

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Resources:

Text of H.R. 4089 — Sportsmen's Heritage Act of 2012 (Rules Committee Print 112-19, showing the text of the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on Natural Resources) [PDF][XML]
Text of H. Rept. 112-426 Part 1 — Report from the Committee on Natural Resources [PDF][XML]
Hearing Documents:
   :: Rule [PDF]
   :: H. Res. 614 [PDF][XML]
   :: H. Rept. 112-444 [PDF][XML]

Amendments:

Last Updated: 04/16/2012 at 7:08 PM

#	Version #	Sponsor(s)	Party	Summary	Status
#3	Version 2	Bishop, Tim (NY)	Democrat	Revised Would allow for recreational fishing of Atlantic Striped Bass in the Block Island Sound transit zone.	Made In Order
#10	Version 2	Connolly (VA)	Democrat	Revised Would clarify that state "Stand Your Ground Laws" do not supersede federal public safety laws.	Submitted
#1	Version 1	Fleming (LA)	Republican	Would prohibit the Forest Service from banning hunters with dogs during deer season on Kisatchie National Forest.	Made In Order
#8	Version 2	Foxx (NC)	Republican	Revised Would require Presidential monument designations provided for under the Antiquities Act to be approved by the state legislatures and governors where the proposed monument is located.	Made In Order
#6	Version 1	Grijalva, Raul (AZ)	Democrat	Would make the new restrictions on managing hunting, fishing and recreational shooting effective only if the amount of land available for those purposes falls below 75% of all federal public lands.	Made In Order
#9	Version 2	Hastings, Doc (WA)	Republican	Revised Manager’s Amendment Would add certain provisions that were added to the components of the HR 4089 when they were marked up as separate bills. The amendment would add shooting ranges to the list of valid uses of public land clarifies the term “wilderness areas” by adding “including Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Study Areas, or lands administratively classified as wilderness eligible or suitable and primitive or semi-primitive areas.” It states that the protection given hunting in wilderness areas is not intended to permit motorized recreation or mineral extraction and reduces the reporting requirements. Would addresses technical conflicts between Title I and Title II over certain Bureau of Land Management land and makes several technical changes.	Made In Order
#4	Version 1	Heinrich (NM)	Democrat	Would preserve hunting, fishing and recreational shooting in wilderness areas by specifying that the underlying bill will not allow development and motorized recreation in wilderness.	Made In Order
#2	Version 2	Holt (NJ)	Democrat	Revised Would make a technical correction to clarify that all units of the National Park System, not just National Parks and National Monuments, are exempt from Title I. National Park System units currently open for hunting or recreational shooting would not be affected.	Made In Order
#5	Version 1	Luján (NM)	Democrat	Withdrawn Would preserve local land manager’s existing authority to implement emergency closure of public lands to hunting, fishing and recreational shooting if such closure is necessary for drug interdiction, border security or to reduce the risk of wildfire.	Withdrawn
#7	Version 1	Peters (MI)	Democrat	Would strike a provision in the underlying bill allowing the importation of endangered polar bear trophies from Canada by hunters who killed the bears despite warnings that importation of the bears would likely be illegal.	Made In Order

Rule Information for H.R. 4089

COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY VOICE VOTE on Monday, April 16, 2012.

FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 614:
Adopted by record vote of 228-184, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 235-179 and the question of consideration by record vote 234-175, on Tuesday, April 17, 2012.

MANAGERS: Bishop (UT)/McGovern

1. Structured rule.

2. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural Resources.

3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.

4. Makes in order as original text for purpose of amendment an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of Rules Committee Print 112-19 and provides that it shall be considered as read.

5. Waives all points of order against the amendment in the nature of a substitute.

6. Makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution. Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.

7. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in the report.

8. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

9. Provides that the House-passed budget resolution shall have force and effect until the adoption of a conference report on the budget resolution.

10. Provides that the reconciliation directives, provided in the House-passed budget resolution, to the Committee on Agriculture be decreased by $490 million and the directives to the Committee on Financial Services be increased by $490 million for the period of fiscal years 2012 and 2013.

Summary of Amendments to be Made in Order:

(summaries derived from information provided by sponsors)

Sponsor	#	Description	Debate Time
1. Hastings, Doc (WA)	#9	(REVISED) Manager’s Amendment - would add certain provisions that were added to the components of the HR 4089 when they were marked up as separate bills. The amendment would add shooting ranges to the list of valid uses of public land clarifies the term “wilderness areas” by adding “including Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Study Areas, or lands administratively classified as wilderness eligible or suitable and primitive or semi-primitive areas.” It states that the protection given hunting in wilderness areas is not intended to permit motorized recreation or mineral extraction and reduces the reporting requirements. Would addresses technical conflicts between Title I and Title II over certain Bureau of Land Management land and makes several technical changes.	(10 minutes)
2. Holt (NJ)	#2	(REVISED) Would make a technical correction to clarify that all units of the National Park System, not just National Parks and National Monuments, are exempt from Title I. National Park System units currently open for hunting or recreational shooting would not be affected.	(10 minutes)
3. Grijalva, Raul (AZ)	#6	Would make the new restrictions on managing hunting, fishing and recreational shooting effective only if the amount of land available for those purposes falls below 75% of all federal public lands.	(10 minutes)
4. Peters (MI)	#7	Would strike a provision in the underlying bill allowing the importation of endangered polar bear trophies from Canada by hunters who killed the bears despite warnings that importation of the bears would likely be illegal.	(10 minutes)
5. Fleming (LA)	#1	Would prohibit the Forest Service from banning hunters with dogs during deer season on Kisatchie National Forest.	(10 minutes)
6. Bishop, Tim (NY)	#3	(REVISED) Would allow for recreational fishing of Atlantic Striped Bass in the Block Island Sound transit zone.	(10 minutes)
7. Heinrich (NM)	#4	Would preserve hunting, fishing and recreational shooting in wilderness areas by specifying that the underlying bill will not allow development and motorized recreation in wilderness.	(10 minutes)
8. Foxx (NC)	#8	(REVISED) Would require Presidential monument designations provided for under the Antiquities Act to be approved by the state legislatures and governors where the proposed monument is located.	(10 minutes)