Recreational Shooting Protection Act

The Recreational Shooting Protection Act (H.R. 6449) would establish a federal policy requiring that public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) remain open to recreational shooting. Under this bill, the BLM would be required to support and promote shooting opportunities and could only restrict access for specific reasons such as national security, public safety, or compliance with state and federal laws.

For citizens, the bill’s primary impact is a "no net loss" provision, which mandates that if any federal land is permanently closed to recreational shooting, the government must open an equal amount of land of comparable size and distance to replace it. Additionally, the bill would require the BLM to submit annual reports to Congress detailing any closures and the specific lands opened to compensate for them, while allowing states to take legal action if these requirements are not met.