S.Amdt. 3495
What it does: Rewrites page 30, line 21 through page 31, line 21
Sen. John Thune (R-SD)What it changes
1 change to S. 2363
The Congressional Record cuts off the end of this amendment, so some changes may be missing.
Rewrites page 30, line 21 through page 31, line 21
ReplacesPrinted pageRemoves page 30, line 21 through page 31, line 21 of the printed bill. See that page
Inserted: (4) Bureau of land management, national park system, and forest service land.--
Inserted: (A) Land open.--
Inserted: (i) Bureau of land management land and forest service land.--
Inserted: (I) In general.--Land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management or the Forest Service (including a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, land designated as a wilderness study area or administratively classified as wilderness eligible or suitable, and primitive or semiprimitive areas, but excluding land on the outer Continental Shelf) shall be open to recreational fishing, hunting, and recreational shooting unless the managing Federal public land agency acts to close the land to the activity.
Inserted: (II) Motorized access.--Nothing in subclause (I) authorizes or requires motorized access or the use of motorized vehicles for recreational fishing, hunting, or recreational shooting purposes within land designated as a wilderness study area or administratively classified as wilderness eligible or suitable.
Inserted: (ii) National park system land.--
Inserted: (I) In general.--Any unit of the National Park System described in subclause (II) shall be open to the recreational hunting of elk unless the Director of the National Park Service closes the unit to the recreational hunting of elk after a 60-day public comment period.
Inserted: (II) Description of land.--A unit of the National Park System referred to in subclause (I) is a unit--
Inserted: (aa) comprised of more than 2,000 contiguous acres of land; and
Inserted: (bb) that utilizes a management planning process to examine alternatives to translocation to maintain elk populations at a size at which vegetation, other ungulates and wildlife, neighbors of the unit of the National Park System, and other resources of the unit of the National Park System would not experience adverse effects.
Inserted: (B) Closure or restriction.--Land described in subparagraph (A)(i)(I) may be subject
Original wording
Beginning on page 30, strike line 21 and all that follows through page 31, line 21, and insert the following:
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As printed
SA 3495. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2363, 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:
Beginning on page 30, strike line 21 and all that follows through page 31, line 21, and insert the following:
(4) Bureau of land management, national park system, and forest service land.--
(A) Land open.--
(i) Bureau of land management land and forest service land.--
(I) In general.--Land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management or the Forest Service (including a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, land designated as a wilderness study area or administratively classified as wilderness eligible or suitable, and primitive or semiprimitive areas, but excluding land on the outer Continental Shelf) shall be open to recreational fishing, hunting, and recreational shooting unless the managing Federal public land agency acts to close the land to the activity.
(II) Motorized access.--Nothing in subclause (I) authorizes or requires motorized access or the use of motorized vehicles for recreational fishing, hunting, or recreational shooting purposes within land designated as a wilderness study area or administratively classified as wilderness eligible or suitable.
(ii) National park system land.--
(I) In general.--Any unit of the National Park System described in subclause (II) shall be open to the recreational hunting of elk unless the Director of the National Park Service closes the unit to the recreational hunting of elk after a 60-day public comment period.
(II) Description of land.--A unit of the National Park System referred to in subclause (I) is a unit--
(aa) comprised of more than 2,000 contiguous acres of land; and
(bb) that utilizes a management planning process to examine alternatives to translocation to maintain elk populations at a size at which vegetation, other ungulates and wildlife, neighbors of the unit of the National Park System, and other resources of the unit of the National Park System would not experience adverse effects.
(B) Closure or restriction.--Land described in subparagraph (A)(i)(I) may be subject
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Senate amendment submitted
July 9, 2014