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H. Rept. 116-628 1 (2020-12-08)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxadpc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION . 116TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-628 MODERNIZING THE PITTMAN-ROBERTSON FUND FOR TOMORROWS NEEDS ACT DECEMBER 8, 2020.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany H.R. 877] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 877) to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restora- tion Act to modernize the funding of wildlife conservation, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE OF THE BILL The purpose of H.R. 877 is to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to modernize the funding of wildlife con- servation, and for other purposes. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION In the United States, the majority of wildlife management is car- ried out by states, territories, and tribes, with much of the funding coming from federal sources such as the Pittman-Robertson Wild- life Restoration Act. The Pittman-Robertson Act provides signifi- cant funding for state conservation programs through an excise tax on hunting equipment. To qualify for funds, states, territories, and the District of Columbia draft their own Wildlife Action Plans, which are approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).1 Annual revenue from the excise tax has been declining due to a de- crease in shooting and archery-related recreation. This bill seeks to sustain these conservation funds by amending the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to allow funds to be 'See generally R. ELIOT CRAFTON, CONG. RESEARCH SERV., R45667, PITTMAN-ROBERTSON WILD- LIFE RESTORATION ACT: UNDERSTANDING APPORTIONMENTS FOR STATES AND TERRITORIES (2019), https://www.crs.gov/reports/pdf/R45667. 19-006