Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act of 2016. The bill amends existing laws to expand access and increase opportunities for hunting, fishing and other recreational activities. This legislation protects the Second Amendment right to recreational shooting and hunting and eliminates cumbersome regulations which prevent thousands of Americans from using their public lands.“I am proud to support this bill, which celebrates and protects the tradition of American sportsmen to fish and hunt,” said Rep. Denham. “As a hunter myself, I strongly support public access to recreational lands and believe all Americans should have the freedom to exercise their constitutional rights, not to have them bungled by excessive red tape.”
This bipartisan bill would require federal land management agencies, such as the Department of Interior, to facilitate access for recreational activities and clearly designate “hunter access corridors” within federal lands, national monuments and wilderness areas. The Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee, temporarily commissioned in 2010, would become permanently established and tasked with advising federal agencies on how to expand hunting access and increase land conservation efforts. The legislation also restores power back to the states by freeing up their access to federal funds for the expansion of shooting ranges and prohibiting federal agencies from regulating lead content ammunition and fishing tackle that are otherwise compliant with state laws.
Rep. Denham previously voted for a similar bill of the same name in 2014, which passed with bipartisan support in the House, but was never taken up in the Senate.
Full text of the bill, H.R. 2406, can be found here.
Source: Congressman Jeff Denham
