To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from restricting certain hunting activities in the Kisatchie National Forest, and for other purposes.

Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from restricting the use of dogs in deer hunting activities within the Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana unless those restrictions are applicable to the smallest practicable parts and are necessary for the reduction or control of trespassing onto adjacent land.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2793 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2793

   To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from restricting certain 
  hunting activities in the Kisatchie National Forest, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 5, 2011

 Mr. Fleming introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from restricting certain 
  hunting activities in the Kisatchie National Forest, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. HUNTING IN THE KISATCHIE NATIONAL FOREST.

    Consistent with the Act of June 4, 1897 (16 U.S.C. 551), the 
Secretary may not restrict the use of dogs in deer hunting activities 
in the Kisatchie National Forest, unless such restrictions--
            (1) apply to the smallest practicable portions of such 
        forest; and
            (2) are necessary to reduce or control trespass onto land 
        adjacent to such forest.
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