Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2023
Sponsored by Robert J. Wittman
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
May 1, 2024
The Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2023 prohibits the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture from banning or regulating lead ammunition or tackle on federal lands and waters under their jurisdiction that are open to hunting or fishing. The bill preserves existing lead-related regulations in place before enactment. It allows the departments to regulate lead ammunition or tackle only if field data from a specific federal site shows that wildlife population decline at that location is primarily caused by lead use, and the relevant state approves the regulation.
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Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2023 This bill bars the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture from prohibiting or regulating the use of lead ammunition or tackle on federal land or water that is under the jurisdiction of such departments and made available for hunting or fishing. The bill makes exceptions for specified existing regulations and where the applicable department 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.