Bill GivesS States Flexibility In Spending P-R $ For Ranges

[theGinsue]

The Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act (HR3781) would give state agencies more flexibility in spending Pittman-Robertson dollars for the development of new sites for shooting ranges.

The bill, supported by National Shooting Sports Foundation, would give states the ability to use excise tax revenue to purchase land for new ranges for the first time and increase federal dollars for range construction and improvement.

Sadly, the last major action on this Bill was on 10/15/2009 when it was referred to the House Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife

Here's the text of the Bill: (take special note of the 3rd paragraph. In my opinion, not having this requirement in place is a major reason that we keep losing our places to shoot in CO:


EDIT:
Use this link: http://thomas.loc.gov/
Then, in the middle of the screen, under Legislation in Current Congress, Search Bill Summary & Status, click the radio button for Bill Number, then enter HR3781 in the text box, then click the "Search" button.

In the window that opens, you'll get the best information by clicking on "All Information (except text)".

[pickenup]

This is what i got from the link....

"Temporary file open error. Display failed."

[theGinsue]

Since the link stopped working, I've edited the OP with the general Library of Congress "Thomas" site URL and added instructions for getting to this legislation.