{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-556","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 556","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"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 Agriculture, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"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 Agriculture, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"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 Agriculture, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2025"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-01-16","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2026-03-18","vote":{"id":"119-2026-h93","question":"On Passage","title":"Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act","result":"Passed","yea":215,"nay":202,"present":0,"not_voting":15,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll093.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.","date":"2026-03-19"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2026-03-18","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act","result":"Failed","yea":206,"nay":209,"present":0,"not_voting":17,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll092.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-01-16","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2025"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill bars the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the Forest Service from prohibiting or regulating the use of lead ammunition or tackle on federal land or water. The bill makes exceptions for specified existing regulations and where the FWS, the BLM, or the Forest Service 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":104},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Bars the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from prohibiting or regulating the lead content of ammunition or tackle on Federal land and water open to hunting or fishing, with a limited exception for specific units.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/556/text/eh#HB5C0AD4D76A34B87A171119DD19B3CD6"}]},"core_areas":["Lead ammunition and tackle use on Federal land and water open to hunting or fishing"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Fish and Wildlife Service or the Bureau of Land Management, and the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Forest Service, from prohibiting the use of lead ammunition or tackle on Federal land or water made available for hunting or fishing.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/556/text/eh#HB5C0AD4D76A34B87A171119DD19B3CD6"}},{"text":"Prohibits those Secretaries from issuing regulations relating to the level of lead in ammunition or tackle used on that Federal land or water.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/556/text/eh#HB5C0AD4D76A34B87A171119DD19B3CD6"}},{"text":"Leaves in place the restrictions in sections 20.21 and 20.108 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/556/text/eh#HB5C0AD4D76A34B87A171119DD19B3CD6"}},{"text":"Allows a prohibition or regulation limited to a specific unit of Federal land or water if the Secretary determines, from field data from that unit, that a decline in wildlife population there is primarily caused by the use of lead in ammunition or tackle.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/556/text/eh#HB5C0AD4D76A34B87A171119DD19B3CD6"}},{"text":"Requires that a unit-specific prohibition or regulation also be consistent with State law, consistent with an applicable State fish and wildlife department policy, or approved by that department.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/556/text/eh#HB5C0AD4D76A34B87A171119DD19B3CD6"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to explain in a Federal Register notice how a prohibition or regulation meets the exception's requirements.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/556/text/eh#HB5C0AD4D76A34B87A171119DD19B3CD6"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/556/text/eh#HB5C0AD4D76A34B87A171119DD19B3CD6"},"heading":"Protecting access for hunters and anglers on federal land and water","effect":"Leaves in place two existing federal regulations, sections 20.21 and 20.108 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment, so the bar on prohibiting lead ammunition or tackle does not override them.","amount":null,"quote":"Except as provided in section 20.21 or 20.108 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act)"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2026-03-18","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/556/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-03","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/556","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/556/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-556.png","v":"b99638f9ed46","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 556, 119th Congress: Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act. House: 215 Yea, 202 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 18 Mar 2026."}}