A bill to protect individuals engaged in a lawful hunt within a national forest, to establish an administrative civil penalty for persons who intentially obstruct, impede, or interfere with the conduct of a lawful hunt, and for other purposes.
Recreational Hunting Safety and Preservation Act of 1991 - Makes it unlawful to intentionally obstruct a lawful hunt (as defined by this Act) within a national forest.
Establishes: (1) civil penalties for such violations; (2) procedures for individual and government agent complaints; and (3) permitted uses of collected penalty money. Authorizes injunctive relief. Permits an affected individual or sportsman's organization to bring a civil action to recover actual and punitive damages and attorney's fees.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Senate Committee on Agriculture discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Senate Committee on Agriculture discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
Held at the desk.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy.
Referred jointly to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred jointly to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
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