,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ecg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #ab1      
#bjbe,mr4 ,daines 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,moran1 ,mr4 ,sullivan1 ,mr4 ,cassidy1  
,mr4 ,tillis1 ,mr4 ,crapo1 ,mr4 ,risch1 
,ms4 ,lummis1 ,mr4 ,barrasso1 ,mr4      
,scott of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,lankford1 ,mr4
 ,tuberville1 ,mr4 ,lee1 ,mr4 ,boozman1 
,mr4 ,marshall1 ,mrs4 ,blackburn1 ,mr4  
,wicker1 ,mrs4 ,fischer1 ,mr4 ,sheehy1  
,mr4 ,rounds1 ,mrs4 ,britt1 ,mr4        
,cramer1 ,mr4 ,cotton1 ,mr4 ,justice1   
,mr4 ,hagerty1 ,mr4 ,hoeven1 ,mrs4      
,hyde-,smith1 ,mr4 ,thune1 ,mrs4        
,capito1 and ,mr4 ,budd7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,environment and ,public ,works  ,a     
,,bill  ,to prohibit the ,secretary of  
the ,interior and the ,secretary of     
,agriculture from prohibiting the use of
 lead ammunition or tackle on certain   
,federal land or water under the        
jurisdiction of the ,secretary of the   

,interior and the ,secretary of         
,agriculture1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,protecting ,access for ,hunters
 and ,anglers ,act of #bjbe4  #b4       
,protecting access for hunters and      
anglers on ,federal land and water  7a7 
,in general ,except as provided in      
section #bj4ba or #bj4ajh of title #ej1 
,code of ,federal ,regulations 7as in   
effect on the date of enactment of this 
,act71 and subsection 7b71 the          
,secretary of the ,interior1 acting     
through the ,director of the ,united    
,states ,fish and ,wildlife ,service or 
the ,director of the ,bureau of ,land   
,management1 and the ,secretary of      
,agriculture1 acting through the ,chief 
of the ,forest ,service 7referred to in 
this section as the applicable          
,secretary71 may not-- 7#a7 prohibit the
 use of lead ammunition or tackle on    
,federal land or water that is-- 7,a7   
under the jurisdiction of the applicable
 ,secretary2 and  7,b7 made available   

for hunting or fishing activities2 or   
7#b7 issue regulations relating to the  
level of lead in ammunition or tackle to
 be used on ,federal land or water      
described in paragraph 7#a74  7b7       
,exception ,subsection 7a7 shall not    
apply to a prohibition or regulations   
described in that subsection that are   
limited to a specific unit of ,federal  
land or water1 if the applicable        
,secretary determines that-- 7#a7 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 tackle1 based on the   
field data from the specific unit of    
,federal land or water2 and  7#b7 the   
prohibition or regulations1 as          
applicable1 are-- 7,a7 consistent with  
the law of the ,state in which the      
specific ,federal land or water is      
located2  7,b7 consistent with an       
applicable policy of the fish and       
wildlife department of the ,state in    
which the specific ,federal land or     

water is located2 or  7,c7 approved by  
the applicable fish and wildlife        
department of the ,state in which the   
specific ,federal land or water is      
located4  7c7 ,federal register notice  
,the applicable ,secretary shall include
 in a ,federal ,register notice with    
respect to any prohibition or           
regulations that meet the requirements  
of paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b7 of          
subsection 7b7 an explanation of how the
 prohibition or regulations1 as         
applicable1 meet those requirements4