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PFSC Legislative Updates |
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Legislative Alerts - Action Needed! Updated 2-17-09 Contacting Your Legislator: How to write letters and contact your legislator Dec. 1, 2008
was the first day of the new two-year session (2009/2010) of the
Pennsylvania legislature. After even-year November
elections, newly-elected legislators take office on Dec. 1 of
that year. At that time, they begin their two-year
(Representatives) or four-year (Senators) terms to serve in the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives or the Pennsylvania Senate
respectively.
The first
voting session day is held at noon on the first Tuesday of the
following January, at which time the legislators take their oath of
office. Following the attendance vote and the
“swearing in” ceremony the members of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives will cast their first substantive
public votes to elect a Speaker of the House and to determine the rules
of the House.
It is
important to note that all legislation introduced in the previous
legislative session expired at the end of that session. For legislation
to be considered in the new legislative session, it must be
re-introduced for the new two-year session.
2009/2010 Session Bills PFSC is Tracking Updated 3-9-09 Review Legislation that Affects Sportsmen & Women & Our Resources Game Bills Fish & Boat Bills Firearm Bills Environmental Bills Miscellaneous Bills 2009/2010 Session Bills Signed or vetoed 2009/2010 Session Committee Reports Read the Legislative Committee Reports that Affect Sportsmen & Women & Our Resources Federal Bills: Law Enacted: H.R. 146: Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 MAJOR CONSERVATION BILL BECOMES LAW . . . Containing more than 150 separate bills related to land and wildlife conservation, the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009 has been signed into law. Among many things, the bill designates two million acres of new wilderness areas and new wild and scenic rivers, establishes a 26-million acre National Landscape Conservation System to protect lands controlled by the Bureau of Land Management that have significant environmental and historic value, and provides funds to protect ecologically sensitive coastal areas and estuaries. The bill contains language that ensures access to hunting, trapping, target shooting and fishing on public lands. According to The Washington Post, this is the most significant wilderness law in the last 15 years. HR
17 Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 2009
To protect the right to obtain firearms for security, and to use
firearms in defense of self, family, or home, and to provide for the
enforcement of such right.
HR
45 Blair Holt's Firearm
Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 To
provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers
of certain firearms and for a record of sale system for those firearms,
and for other purposes.
HR
510 Introduced in US House Would Change FAET Collection The legislation
introduced by former Congressional
Sportsmen's Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) and current Co-Chairs
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Rep. Dan Boren (D-OK) along with current
Vice-Chairs Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR) and Rep. Jeff Miller (R-FL) would
allow the firearms and ammunition industry to pay the FAET on a
quarterly basis, the same payment schedule as every other industry
supporting conservation. Currently firearms and ammunition
manufacturers must pay the FAET bi-weekly. MORE
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HR 1054 and HR 1055 were introduced by former Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus Co-Chair, Congressman Don Young of Alaska. These polar bear "trophy" bills would amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to authorize the Secretary of Interior to issue import permits to hunters with legally taken polar bear trophies from Canada that were prohibited entry into the United States after the polar bear was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Rep. Young has sent the following letter to his colleagues. MORE S.632 The Firearms Fairness and Affordability Act was introduced in the U.S Senate last Wednesday by Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus Senate Co-Chair Senator Mike Crapo and former Co-Chair Senator Max Baucus. This legislation is the Senate version of H.R.510, introduced by former House Caucus Co-Chair, Representative Ron Kind, which would allow the firearms and ammunition industry to pay the firearms excise tax (FAET) on a quarterly basis, the same payment schedule as every other industry supporting conservation. |