S. 593: Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-03-09 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: By Senator Barrasso from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 115-372. Additional views filed.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-03-09 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: By Senator Barrasso from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 115-372. Additional views filed. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act

Plain summary

Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the construction and expansion of public target ranges by: (1) authorizing a state to pay up to 90% of the costs of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range; (2) authorizing a state to elect to allocate 10% of a specified amount apportioned to it from the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for those costs; (3) limiting the federal share of those costs under such Act to 90%; and (4) requiring amounts provided for those costs under such Act to remain available for expenditure and obligation for five fiscal years. The United States shall be shielded from any civil action or claim for money damages for injury to or loss of property, personal injury, or death caused by an activity occurring at a public target range that is funded by the federal government pursuant to such Act or located on federal land, except to the extent provided under the Federal Tort Claims Act with respect to the exercise or performance of a discretionary function. The bill urges the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to cooperate with state and local authorities and other entities to carry out waste removal and other activities on any federal land used as a public target range to encourage its continued use for target practice or marksmanship training.

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Official text

Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] · 17 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 593, Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act (2018-09-27)

Cosponsors on this site

John Boozman (R-AR), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), James E. Risch (R-ID), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Mike Rounds (R-SD)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] reported raising $5.4 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115s593.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/s>

Record fed-us-cong115-s593 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115