HR 556
Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act
Summary
Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2025 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.
Bill status
- Status
- Passed House
- Sponsor
- Rep. Robert J. Wittman [R-VA-1]
- Cosponsors
- 83
- Policy area
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Introduced
- 2025-01-16
- Latest action
- 2026-03-19: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Committee referrals
- Environment and Public Works Committee: Senate · Referred To · 2026-03-19
- Natural Resources Committee: House · Unknown · 2026-03-18
- Natural Resources Committee: House · Unknown · 2026-03-18
- Agriculture Committee: House · Discharged From · 2025-11-25
- Natural Resources Committee: House · Reported By · 2025-11-25
Recent actions
- 2026-03-19: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- 2026-03-18: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2026-03-18: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 215 - 202 (Roll no. 93). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2576)
- 2026-03-18: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 215 - 202 (Roll no. 93). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2576)
- 2026-03-18: On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 206 - 209 (Roll no. 92).