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S. Rept. 114-210 1 (2016-02-24)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxsfh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP Calendar No. 371 114TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session SENATE 114-210 BIPARTISAN SPORTSMEN'S ACT OF 2016 FEBRUARY 24, 2016.-Ordered to be printed Mr. INHOFE, from the Committee on Environment and Public Works, submitted the following REPORT together with MINORITY VIEWS [To accompany S. 659] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which was referred the bill (S. 659) to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass. GENERAL STATEMENT AND BACKGROUND Hunting and fishing has long been a tradition in the United States for both subsistence and for recreation. According to the 2013 Sportsmen's Economic Impact Report from the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation, roughly 37.4 million people engaged in hunting or fishing activities in 2011. Sportsmen and women inher- ently have special ties to the land, and regularly spend more than $3 billion per year on conservation efforts. The purpose of S. 659 is to ensure more access to hunting and fishing, reauthorize con- servation programs, and encourage responsible recreational activi- ties, by addressing the following issues. TSCA regulation of ammunition and sport fishing equipment Anti-hunting and fishing interests are currently litigating against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) attempting 59-010

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