H.R. 556: Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act
Sponsor
Robert Wittman
Republican · VA-1
What H.R. 556 does
H.R. 556 would stop the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service from banning or regulating lead ammunition or fishing tackle on federal land and water.
There would be exceptions for certain existing regulations, and for cases where the agency finds, based on field data, that a decline in wildlife at a specific unit of federal land or water is mainly caused by lead in ammunition or tackle and the state approves the regulation.
How the House voted
Passed · March 18, 20267 Democrats broke with their party to vote yes
Henry Cuellar
Donald Davis
Jared Golden
Vicente Gonzalez
Adam Gray
John Mannion
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez1 Republican broke with their party to vote no
Brian FitzpatrickOn Passage: H R 556 Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act · Roll no. 93 · Official record
HR556 Legislative Journey
Committee Action
Mar 19, 2026
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
House: Passed 215-202
Mar 18, 2026
On passage Passed by recorded vote: 215 - 202 (Roll no. 93). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2576)
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House: Committee Action
Mar 16, 2026
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1115 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 556, H.R. 1958 and H.R. 4638. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 556, H.R. 1958, and H.R. 4638 under a closed rule. The resolution provides for one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
House: Committee Action
Nov 25, 2025
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
House: Vote: 23-17
Jul 15, 2025
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 17.
About the Sponsor
Robert Wittman
Republican, Virginia's 1st congressional district · 19 years in Congress
Committees: Natural Resources, House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, Armed Services
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Cosponsors (83)
All 83 cosponsors are Republicans. Cosponsors represent 31 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, and 28 more.
John McGuire
Republican · VA
Randy Weber
Republican · TX
Austin Scott
Republican · GA
Monica De La Cruz
Republican · TX
Ann Wagner
Republican · MO
Aaron Bean
Republican · FL
Claudia Tenney
Republican · NY
Ken Calvert
Republican · CA
Ryan Zinke
Republican · MT
Pete Stauber
Republican · MN
Chuck Edwards
Republican · NC
Ralph Norman
Republican · SC
Committee Sponsors
Environment and Public Works Committee
0 of 18 committee members cosponsored
No committee members have cosponsored this bill
Natural Resources Committee
14 of 45 committee members cosponsored
Agriculture Committee
14 of 53 committee members cosponsored
35 Republicans across these committees haven't cosponsored yet. Mobilize their constituents
H.R. 556 Quick Facts
- Committee
- Environment and Public Works
- Chamber
- House
- Policy
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Introduced
- Jan 16, 2025
Passed the House, received in Senate
Mar 19, 2026
H.R. 556 Bill Text
“To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from prohibiting the use of lead ammunition or tackle on certain Federal land or water under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.”
Source: U.S. Government Publishing Office
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