A bill to reaffirm the authority of States to regulate certain hunting and fishing activities.
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Reaffirmation of State Regulation of Resident and Nonresident Hunting and Fishing Act of 2005 - Expresses the policy of Congress that it is in the public interest for each State to continue regulating the taking for any purpose of fish and wildlife. Prohibits congressional silence from being construed as imposing a commerce clause barrier to such regulation by a State or Indian tribe.
Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) limit the applicability or effect of any Federal law related to the protection or management of fish or wildlife or to the regulation of commerce; (2) limit the authority of the United States to prohibit hunting or fishing on U.S. lands; or (3) abrogate, abridge, affect, modify, supersede, or alter any treaty-reserved or other right of any Indian tribe as recognized by any other means.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1214)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1214-1215)
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Specter without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Specter without amendment. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 85.
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