text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE, FINDINGS, AND PURPOSE.
  
      (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Target Practice 
  and Marksmanship Training Support Act''.
      (b) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
              (1) Use of firearms for target practice and marksmanship 
          training on Federal lands is allowed except to the extent 
          specific portions of such lands have been closed to such 
          activities.
              (2) In recent years, considerations of public safety have 
          made it necessary to close additional portions of Federal lands 
          to target practice and marksmanship training, especially in 
          States that have experienced significant population growth.
              (3) Use of public target ranges on Federal lands is often 
          more consistent with public safety and convenience than use of 
          undeveloped Federal lands for target practice and marksmanship 
          training.
              (4) It is in the public interest for the Federal Government 
          to provide support for construction or expansion of public 
          target ranges, especially in States where population growth and 
          patterns of settlement in recent years have made it necessary 
          to prohibit such activities on Federal lands where target 
          practice and marksmanship training were formerly allowed.
              (5) Current law, including the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife 
          Restoration Act, provides Federal support for construction or 
          expansion of public target ranges by making available to States 
          funds that can be used for construction, operation, and 
          maintenance of public target ranges.
              (6) It is in the public interest to provide greater Federal 
          support to facilitate construction or expansion of public 
          target ranges in States that have experienced population growth 
          and a reduction in the number of such target ranges on Federal 
          lands.
      (c) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to facilitate the 
  construction and expansion of public target ranges, including ranges on 
  Federal lands managed by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land 
  Management, in States that have experienced population growth and a 
  reduction in the extent to which target practice and marksmanship 
  training are permitted on Federal lands in such States.
  
  SEC. 2. FUNDING.
  
      (a) Cost Sharing and Availability of Funds.--Section 10 of the 
  Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669h-1) is 
  amended as follows:
              (1) By amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
      ``(b) Cost Sharing.--
              ``(1) In general.--Except as provided by paragraph (2), the 
          Federal share of the cost of any activity carried out with a 
          grant under this section shall not exceed 75 percent of the 
          total cost of the activity.
              ``(2) Public target range construction or expansion.--
                      ``(A) The Federal share of the cost of acquiring 
                  land for, or construction or expansion of, a public 
                  target range in an eligible State shall not exceed 90 
                  percent of such cost.
                      ``(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the term 
                  `eligible State' means a State that, since the most 
                  recent decennial census, has experienced--
                              ``(i) at least a 2 percent growth in 
                          population, as demonstrated by the State to the 
                          satisfaction of the Secretary; and
                              ``(ii) a reduction in the acreage of 
                          Federal lands in such State where target 
                          practice and marksmanship training are 
                          permitted, as determined by the Secretary.''.
              (2) In subsection (c)(1), by striking the final period and 
          inserting the following: ``except that amounts provided for 
          acquiring land for, or construction or expansion of, public 
          target ranges shall remain available until expended in the case 
          of a State that, since the most recent decennial census, has 
          experienced--
                      ``(A) at least a 2 percent growth in population, as 
                  demonstrated by the State to the satisfaction of the 
                  Secretary; and
                      ``(B) a reduction in the acreage of Federal lands 
                  in such State where target practice and marksmanship 
                  training are permitted, as determined by the 
                  Secretary.''.
      (b) Use of Wildlife Conservation Funds.--Section 4 of the Pittman-
  Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669c) is amended--
              (1) by redesignating subsection (c) (relating to 
          apportionment of Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account) 
          as subsection (d) and subsection (d) (relating to Wildlife 
          Conservation and Restoration Programs) as subsection (e);
              (2) in subsection (e)(3), as redesignated by paragraph (1), 
          by striking ``subsection (c)'' and inserting ``subsection 
          (d)''; and
              (3) in subsection (e)(4)(B), as redesignated by paragraph 
          (1), by--
                      (A) inserting ``(i)'' after ``(B)''; and
                      (B) adding at the end the following new clauses:
                              ``(ii) During the first fiscal year 
                          beginning after the date of enactment of the 
                          Target Practice and Marksmanship Training 
                          Support Act and each of the 9 subsequent fiscal 
                          years, not more than 10 percent of the amounts 
                          apportioned to an eligible State under this 
                          section for such State's wildlife conservation 
                          and restoration program may be used for 
                          acquiring land for, or construction or 
                          expansion of, public target ranges or for 
                          assisting a Federal land-management agency with 
                          environmental remediation or other steps needed 
                          to allow for public target ranges on Federal 
                          lands.
                              ``(iii) As used in clause (ii), the term 
                          `eligible State' means a State that, since the 
                          most recent decennial census, has experienced--
                                      ``(I) at least a 2 percent growth 
                                  in population, as demonstrated by the 
                                  State to the satisfaction of the 
                                  Secretary; and
                                      ``(II) a reduction in the acreage 
                                  of Federal lands in such State where 
                                  target practice and marksmanship 
                                  training are permitted, as determined 
                                  by the Secretary.''.
  
  SEC. 3. LIMITS ON LIABILITY.
  
      (a) Discretionary Function.--For purposes of the Federal Tort 
  Claims Act (28 U.S.C. 1346(b), 2671-2680), any action by an agent or 
  employee of the United States to authorize use of Federal land for 
  purposes of target practice or marksmanship training by members of the 
  public shall be considered to constitute the exercise or performance of 
  a discretionary function.
      (b) Civil Action or Claims.--Except to the extent provided in the 
  Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U.S.C. 1346(b), 2671-2680), the United 
  States shall not be subject to any civil action or claim for money 
  damages for injury or loss of property, or personal injury or death 
  caused by any activity occurring at a public target range that is 
  wholly or partially funded by the United States pursuant to this Act or 
  located on Federal land.
  
  SEC. 4. COOPERATION.
  
      It is the sense of Congress that, consistent with applicable laws 
  and regulations, the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management 
  should cooperate with State and local authorities and other entities to 
  carry out environmental remediation or other activities on Federal 
  lands used as public target ranges in order to avoid closing such lands 
  to use for target practice or marksmanship training.
target: Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - Amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to limit the federal share of the cost of acquiring land for, or construction or expansion of, public target ranges in eligible states to 90% of such cost. Defines "eligible state" to mean a state that, since the most recent decennial census, has experienced: (1) at least a 2% growth in population; and (2) a reduction in the acreage of federal lands in such state where target practice and marksmanship training are permitted.
  
  Specifies that amounts made available and apportioned for grants that are provided to eligible states under the firearm and bow hunter education and safety program for acquiring land for, or construction or expansion of, public target ranges shall remain available until they are expended.
  
  Permits not more than 10% of the amounts apportioned to an eligible state under the Act for such state's wildlife conservation and restoration program to be used for acquiring land for, or construction or expansion of, public target ranges or for assisting a federal land-management agency with environmental remediation or other steps needed to allow for public target ranges on federal lands.
feat_title: To facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States.