Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act

Sponsored by Rep. Robert J. Wittman (R-VA) · 83 active : 83 Republicans

Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedMar 18, 2026
Senate: next
President: not yet

9 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2025

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This bill bars the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the Forest Service from prohibiting or regulating the use of lead ammunition or tackle on federal land or water. The bill makes exceptions for specified existing regulations and where the FWS, the BLM, or the Forest Service determines that a decline in wildlife population at the specific unit of federal land or water is primarily caused by the use of lead in ammunition or tackle, based on the field data from such unit, and the state approves the regulations.

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Agriculture · HouseDischarged from · Referred to
House Committee on Natural Resources · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Forestry and Horticulture · HouseReferred to
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works · SenateReferred to

Subjects

Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Hunting and fishing
Land use and conservation
Metals
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

40Swing 70–100
173Middle 30–70
218Entrenched 0–30
2Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 2 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional

: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 16.5 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 556 · Mar 18, 2026 · Roll call 453On PassageProtecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act
PassedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 615 · Apr 30, 2024 · Roll call 885On PassageProtecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 3397 · Apr 30, 2024 · Roll call 883On PassageWEST Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 4219 · Sep 14, 2026 · Roll call 656On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedNational Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 5103 · Mar 25, 2026 · Roll call 461On PassageMake the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4294 · Mar 17, 2026 · Roll call 448On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedMAWS Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 261 · Feb 11, 2026 · Roll call 427On PassageUndersea Cable Protection Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.J.Res. 140 · Jan 21, 2026 · Roll call 398On PassageProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Public Land Order No. 7917 for Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN
PassedSame policy area×0.5

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H.J.Res. 130 · Nov 18, 2025 · Roll call 293On PassageProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to “Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment”
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.J.Res. 105 · Sep 3, 2025 · Roll call 225On PassageProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to “North Dakota Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan”
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.J.Res. 106 · Sep 3, 2025 · Roll call 224On PassageProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to “Central Yukon Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan”
PassedSame policy area×0.5

Cosponsors

83 active

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Aaron Bean (R-FL-4)
Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5)
Ann Wagner (R-MO-2)
Austin Scott (R-GA-8)
Barry Moore (R-AL-1)
Ben Cline (R-VA-6)
Brad Finstad (R-MN-1)
Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3)
Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11)
Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24)
Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4)
Daniel Webster (R-FL-11)
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1)
Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15)
Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3)
Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL)
Jack Bergman (R-MI-1)
Jennifer A. Kiggans

How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.