,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eecj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ah1 #bjad
 ,mr4 ,broun of ,georgia introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources1  
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,agriculture1 for a period to be        
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to require that hunting     
activities be a land use in all         
management plans for ,federal land under
 the jurisdiction of the ,secretary of  
the ,interior or the ,secretary of      
,agriculture to the extent that such use
 is not clearly incompatible with the   
purposes for which the ,federal land is 
managed1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,hunting on ,federal land  7a7 ,purpose 
,the purpose of this section is to      
require that hunting activities be a    
land use in all management plans for    

,federal land to the extent that such   
use is not clearly incompatible with the
 purposes for which the ,federal land is
 managed4  7b7 ,hunting ,allowed ,unless
 ,incompatible ,when developing or      
considering approval of a management    
plan 7or any amendment to such a        
management plan7 for ,federal land1 the 
head of the agency with jurisdiction    
over such ,federal land shall ensure    
that hunting activities are allowed as a
 use of such ,federal land to the extent
 that such use is not clearly           
incompatible with the purposes for which
 the ,federal land is managed4  7c7     
,prohibiting or ,restricting ,hunting   
7#a7 ,reasons set forth in management   
plan ,if hunting activities are not     
allowed or are restricted on ,federal   
land1 the head of the agency with       
jurisdiction over such ,federal land    
shall set forth in the management plan  
for that ,federal land the specific     
reason that hunting activities are not  
allowed or are restricted4  7#b7        

,restriction clarified ,for the purposes
 of this subsection--  7,a7 allowing    
contract or quota thinning of wildlife  
shall not constitute allowing           
unrestricted hunting2 and  7,b7 a fee   
charged by any entity related to hunting
 activities on ,federal land that is in 
excess of that needed to recoup costs of
 management of the ,federal land shall  
be deemed to be a restriction on        
hunting4  7d7 ,fees ,fees charged       
related to hunting activities on        
,federal land shall be--  7#a7 retained 
by--  7,a7 the ,state or local authority
 tasked with managing the land to offset
 costs directly related to management of
 hunting on the ,federal land upon which
 hunting activities related to the fee  
are conducted2 or  7,b7 in any case     
where a ,state or local authority       
described in subparagraph 7,a7 does not 
exist1 the head of the agency with      
jurisdiction over such ,federal land to 
offset costs directly related to        
management of hunting on the ,federal   

land upon which hunting activities      
related to the fee are conducted2 and   
7#b7 limited to what the ,secretary     
reasonably estimates to be necessary to 
offset costs directly related to        
management of hunting on the ,federal   
land upon which hunting activities      
related to the fee are conducted4  7e7  
,definitions ,in this section--  7#a7   
the term ,federal land means ,federal   
land under the jurisdiction of the      
,secretary of the ,interior 7excluding  
lands held in trust for an ,indian or an
 ,indian tribe7 or the ,secretary of    
,agriculture2  7#b7 the term hunting    
means hunting1 trapping1 netting1 and   
fishing2 and  7#c7 the term management  
plan means a management plan1 management
 contract1 or other comprehensive plan  
or agreement for the management or use  
of ,federal land4  7f7 ,applicability   
,this section shall apply to all        
management plans developed1 approved1 or
 amended after the date of the enactment
 of this section4