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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."}],"words":108},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Bars the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from prohibiting or issuing regulations on the level of lead in ammunition or tackle on Federal land or water under their jurisdiction that is made available for hunting or fishing, with stated exceptions.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/615/text/eh#HE67B7D1D82844904B9F82B1A09231929"}]},"core_areas":["Lead ammunition and tackle on Federal land and water open to hunting or fishing"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service or the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, and the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, from prohibiting the use of lead ammunition or tackle on Federal land or water under their jurisdiction that is made available for hunting or fishing.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/615/text/eh#HE67B7D1D82844904B9F82B1A09231929"}},{"text":"Prohibits those Secretaries from issuing regulations relating to the level of lead in ammunition or tackle to be used on that Federal land or water.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/615/text/eh#HE67B7D1D82844904B9F82B1A09231929"}},{"text":"Excepts section 20.21 and section 20.108 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment, from these limits.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/615/text/eh#HE67B7D1D82844904B9F82B1A09231929"}},{"text":"Allows a prohibition or regulations limited to a specific unit of Federal land or water if the applicable Secretary determines that a decline in wildlife population at that unit is primarily caused by the use of lead in ammunition or tackle, based on field data from that unit.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/615/text/eh#HE67B7D1D82844904B9F82B1A09231929"}},{"text":"Requires that such a prohibition or regulations also be consistent with the law of the State, consistent with an applicable policy of the State fish and wildlife department, or approved by that department.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/615/text/eh#HE67B7D1D82844904B9F82B1A09231929"}},{"text":"Requires the applicable Secretary to include in a Federal Register notice an explanation of how any such prohibition or regulations meet the exception's requirements.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/615/text/eh#HE67B7D1D82844904B9F82B1A09231929"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/615/text/eh#HE67B7D1D82844904B9F82B1A09231929"},"heading":"Protecting access for hunters and anglers on Federal land and water","effect":"Allows a lead ammunition or tackle prohibition or regulation limited to a specific unit of Federal land or water when the Secretary determines, from field data at that unit, that lead primarily caused a wildlife population decline, and the measure is consistent with State law or policy or approved by the State fish and wildlife department.","amount":null,"quote":"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"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-04-30","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/615/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/615","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/615/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-615.png","v":"4efbe5f6c912","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 615, 118th Congress: Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2023. House: 214 Yea, 201 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 30 Apr 2024."}}