S.Amdt. 2903

SA 2903. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2875 proposed by Mr. Reid (for Mr. Tester) to the bill
S. 3525, to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting,
fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie
on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle A of title I, add the following:

SEC. 1__. HUNTING IN KISATCHIE NATIONAL FOREST.

(a) In General.--Consistent with the eleventh undesignated
paragraph under the heading ``SURVEYING THE PUBLIC LANDS'' of
the Act of June 4, 1897 (16 U.S.C. 551), the Secretary of
Agriculture (referred to in this section as the
``Secretary'') may not impose restrictions on the use of dogs
in deer hunting activities in Kisatchie National Forest,
unless the restrictions--
(1) apply to the smallest practicable portions of the unit;
and
(2) are necessary to reduce or control trespass onto land
adjacent to the unit.
(b) Prior Restrictions Void.--Any restrictions regarding
the use of dogs in deer hunting activities in Kisatchie
National Forest in force on the date of enactment of this Act
shall be void and have no force or effect.
(c) Adjacent Landowners.--
(1) In general.--The owner of land that is adjacent to a
unit of the Kisatchie National Forest may submit to the
Secretary a petition to restrict the use of dogs in deer
hunting activities that take place on the unit that is
adjacent to the land.
(2) Restrictions.--If the Secretary receives a petition
from an adjacent landowner

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under paragraph (2), the Secretary, after notice and
opportunity for a hearing, may impose restrictions on the use
of dogs in deer hunting that are--
(A) limited to units of the Kisatchie National Forest
within 300 yards of the boundary of the land of the
petitioning landowner; and
(B) consistent with subsection (a).
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