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H.R.2799 / 113th Congress

SHARE Act

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 249.

Official summary

Version 18 · Reported to House amended, Part I · Jan 29, 2014

Sportsmen's Heritage And Recreational Enhancement or SHARE Act - Amends the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act to establish the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee to advise the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture (USDA) on wildlife and habitat conservation, hunting, and recreational shooting.

Requires the Advisory Committee to report annually to the Secretaries and to Congress.

Exempts the Advisory Committee from the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

Abolishes the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] · R–OH

Committees

  • Agriculture Committee
  • Natural Resources Committee
7 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

Actions

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  1. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 249.

  2. Committee on Agriculture discharged.

  3. Committee on Agriculture discharged.

  4. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-336, Part I.

  5. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-336, Part I.

  6. Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

  7. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

  8. Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.

  9. Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.

  10. Subcommittee Hearings Held.

  11. Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.

  12. Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  13. Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  14. Introduced in House

  15. Introduced in House

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