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Today, the House of Representatives approved H.R. 3590 the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act by a bipartisan vote of 268-154. This bipartisan legislation protects the traditional rights of American sportsmen to fish and hunt, removes government roadblocks and red tape, and promotes American job creation and economic growth by supporting recreational opportunities on federal lands. 

“The Fifth Congressional District is home to some of the best outdoor hunting and fishing that America has to offer. This legislation prevents President Obama and the EPA from overreaching and attempting to regulate ammunition and fishing tackle. Our public lands are open until closed. No bureaucrats in Washington should be making legislation blocking hunting and fishing activities. This legislation is an important step in eliminating threats to these great recreational pastimes.”          

- Congressman Doug Lamborn (CO-05)

H.R. 3590 Additional Information

-Clearly reaffirms that fishing, hunting, and shooting are important and traditional activities that should continue on public lands.

-Protects sportsmen from arbitrary efforts by the federal government to block public lands from hunting and fishing activities by implementing an “open until closed” management policy. 

-Clarifies the law to prevent anti-hunting nuisance suits that tie up conservation funds in paperwork.

-Establishes a Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee.

-Allows sportsmen across the country to more easily obtain a federal duck stamp by making them available for purchase online.  

-Adjusts funding limitations to make more funds available to states, for a longer period of time, for the creation and maintenance of shooting ranges.

-Protects law-abiding individuals’ constitutional right to bear arms on lands owned by the Army Corps of Engineers. 

-Protects the use of traditional ammunition and fishing tackle by reiterating and clarifying existing law to clearly limit EPA’s authority.

-Eliminates government red tape for the importation of specific, legal hunting trophies. 

Please click here for complete information on H.R. 3590: http://naturalresources.house.gov/legislation/?legislationid=368003