HELP for Wildlife Act

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Introduced

29 June 2017

Last action

5 October 2017 · Reported

Status

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 237.

Summary

Hunting Heritage and Environmental Legacy Preservation for Wildlife Act or the HELP for Wildlife Act This bill revises a variety of existing programs to expand access to, and opportunities for, hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting. The bill reauthorizes through FY2022 the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act, and the Chesapeake Bay Program. It also reauthorizes through FY2023 the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network and the Chesapeake Bay Gateways Grants Assistance Program. The proportion of funding from the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act that states may use for public target ranges is increased. The bill revises standards for determining what a baited area is for purposes of the prohibition on taking migratory game birds. The Department of the Interior must reissue two rules that removed protections under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 for the gray wolf populations located in the western Great Lakes (all of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota, as well as portions of North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio) and Wyoming. Interior's prior rules that removed the protections were overruled by district courts. Components of firearms and ammunition and sport fishing equipment and its components (such as lead sinkers) are exempted from regulations of chemical substances under the Toxic Substances Control Act. The National Fish Habitat Board is established to: (1) promote, oversee, and coordinate the implementation of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan; (2) establish national goals and priorities for fish habitat conservation; (3) recommend the designation of Fish Habitat Partnerships; and (4) review and make recommendations regarding fish habitat conservation projects.

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Timeline

29 June 2017
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
29 June 2017
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Source: IntroReferral
19 July 2017
Committee
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-77.
Source: Committee
26 July 2017
Reported
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Source: Committee
5 October 2017
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 237.
Source: Calendars
5 October 2017
Reported
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Barrasso with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-168. Additional and Minority views filed.
Source: Committee
5 October 2017
Reported
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Barrasso with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-168. Additional and Minority views filed.
Source: Committee

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Related records

related to → Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017
related to → Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act
related to → Hunter and Farmer Protection Act of 2017
related to → Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act
related to → Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act
related to → National Fish Habitat Conservation Act
related to → National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act
related to ← Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Act
related to ← ACCESS Act

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1514
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/1514
us · 115-s-1514 · source updated 7 April 2025