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B-329120 1 (2017-06-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtmc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-329120 June 9, 2017 The Honorable John Barrasso Chairman The Honorable Tom Carper Ranking Member Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate The Honorable Rob Bishop Chairman The Honorable RadI M. Grijalva Ranking Member Committee on Natural Resources House of Representatives Subject: Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service: Migratory Bird Hunting; Final Frameworks for Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations Pursuant to section 801 (a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) entitled Migratory Bird Hunting; Final Frameworks for Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations (RIN: 1018- BB40). We received the rule on May 24, 2017. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on May 30, 2017. 82 Fed. Reg. 24,786. The final rule prescribes final frameworks from which states may select season dates, limits, and other options for the 2017-18 migratory bird hunting seasons. This final rule is meant to facilitate the states' selection of hunting seasons and to further the annual establishment of the migratory bird hunting regulations. The Service annually prescribes frameworks, or outer limits, for dates and times when hunting may occur and the number of birds that may be taken and possessed in hunting seasons. The Service views these frameworks as necessary to allow state selections of seasons and limits and to allow recreational harvest at levels compatible with population and habitat conditions. In general, the Congressional Review Act requires a 60-day delay in effective date of a major rule from the date of publication in the Federal Register or receipt of the rule by Congress, whichever is later. 5 U.S.C. § 801(a)(3)(A). However, any rule that establishes, modifies, opens, closes, or conducts a regulatory program for commercial, recreational, or subsistence activity related to hunting, fishing, or camping is exempt from the 60-day delay requirement. 5 U.S.C. § 808(1). This rule relates to hunting and, therefore, is exempt from the 60-day delay requirement. This final rule became effective on May 30, 2017.

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