HR 556 · Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Introduced
- Jan 16, 2025
- Latest action
- Mar 19, 2026
- Sponsor
- Rep. Robert J. Wittman [R-VA-1]
- Policy area
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Cosponsors
- 83
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.
Recent actions
- Mar 19, 2026 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Mar 18, 2026 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 18, 2026 On passage Passed by recorded vote: 215 - 202 (Roll no. 93). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2576)
- Mar 18, 2026 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)
- Mar 18, 2026 On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 206 - 209 (Roll no. 92).
- Mar 18, 2026 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2581-2582)
- Mar 18, 2026 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 556, the Chair put the question on the motion to recommit and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Dingell demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
- Mar 18, 2026 The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
Votes
- On Passage Passed · Mar 18, 2026, 9:21 PM
- On Motion to Recommit Failed · Mar 18, 2026, 9:13 PM