Bill > HR3173

This bill, the Sportsmen's Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Enhancement Act, aims to bolster conservation efforts to improve hunting, fishing, and other outdoor recreational opportunities. It expresses Congress's support for the National Fish Habitat Initiative, which works to protect and restore fish populations and their habitats through partnerships. The bill also reauthorizes and modifies the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act, which deals with the sale or exchange of public lands, by clarifying its purpose to include recreational access and use, and by establishing a public database of lands identified for disposal. Additionally, it reauthorizes the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, increasing its annual funding limit, and reauthorizes the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, making changes to its board of directors, executive director appointment, and how it can accept and administer funds, including restitution and mitigation payments for natural resource impacts. The bill also reauthorizes the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act and the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program Act, and it mandates that a significant portion of funds for certain projects be used to secure public access to federal lands for hunting, fishing, and recreation.