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116TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-144
AMENDING THE PITTMAN-ROBERTSON WILDLIFE RESTORATION ACT AND
THE DINGELL-JOHNSON SPORT FISH RESTORATION ACT, TO PROVIDE
PARITY FOR UNITED STATES TERRITORIES AND THE DISTRICT OF CO-
LUMBIA, TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO SUCH ACTS AND RE-
LATED LAWS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
JULY 10, 2019.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 1809]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1809) to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restora-
tion Act and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act, to
provide parity for United States territories and the District of Co-
lumbia, to make technical corrections to such Acts and related
laws, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report
favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill
do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 1809 is to amend the Pittman-Robertson
Wildlife Restoration Act and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Res-
toration Act, to provide parity for United States territories and the
District of Columbia, and to make technical corrections to such
Acts and related laws.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
This bill would amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restora-
tion Act and the Dingell-Johnson Federal Aid in Sport Fish Res-
toration Act to allow the District of Columbia and five U.S. Terri-
tories-American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Marianas Islands,
Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands-to receive state-equal
funding consideration under both laws. Pittman-Robertson provides
federal funding, derived from excise taxes on sporting equipment,
for wildlife restoration and hunter education. Dingell-Johnson pro-
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