LEGISLATION

Wednesday, the U.S. Senate resoundingly voted to protect science-based wildlife management by rejecting a proposal, S.J. Res. 69, to overturn the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) Barred Owl Management Strategy, an effort influenced by some of the nation’s leading anti-hunting and animal rights activists. Leading up to the vote, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) worked directly with the nearly 60 U.S. Senators in the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus to see this proposal defeated.

The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is happy to report there has been progress on drumming up support for a permitless carry veto override vote in the Tar Heel State. Last week the Committee sent letters to four key North Carolina lawmakers and urged them to support a veto override of SB 50.

NSSF® celebrated Oklahoma’s Gov. Kevin Stitt signing SB 500, the NSSF-priority Firearm Industry Nondiscrimination (FIND) Act, yesterday in Oklahoma City. The law prohibits state agencies and local government entities from entering into contracts with corporations that discriminate against the firearm industry.

In Delaware, Knife Rights supported bipartisan SB 108 was signed by Governor Matt Meyer. This bill removed the restrictions on sale or possession of automatic (switchblade) knives in the First State.

Safari Club International (SCI) has long supported science-based wildlife management and have repeatedly litigated against anti-hunting groups that ignore the science in favor of emotional ploys that drive their fundraising.

Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the reconciliation bill, commonly known as the One, Big, Beautiful Bill, which was previously approved by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. The bill includes NRA-supported language that eliminates the burdensome $200 excise tax imposed by federal law on suppressors, short-barreled firearms, and “any other weapons” as defined by the National Firearms Act (NFA).

Three states will enjoy enactment of bills that advance knife rights. Knife Rights' bills signed into law earlier this year take effect in Tennessee, Idaho and Vermont.

Gun Owners of America and six other gun rights organizations issued a joint statement urging the U.S. Senate to continue to fight to gut the National Firearms Act of 1934 despite the Parliamentarian’s egregiously incorrect ruling that NFA excise taxes cannot be repealed using the budget reconciliation process.

The Firearms Policy Coalition issued a statement in response to reports that the Senate Parliamentarian has advised that key pro-liberty provisions in the Republican reconciliation package would be subject to a 60-vote threshold under the Byrd Rule, essentially striking them from the Senate’s version of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” unless the Senate overrules her.

Gun Owners of America (GOA) and six other gun rights organizations issued a joint statement urging the U.S. Senate to continue to fight to gut the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) despite the Parliamentarian’s egregiously incorrect ruling that NFA excise taxes cannot be repealed using the budget reconciliation process.

In Delaware, Knife Rights supported bipartisan SB 108 unanimously passed the House. This bill would remove the restrictions on sale or possession of automatic (switchblade) knives in the First State. It also amends the “Deadly Weapons” exemption for “ordinary pocketknife” by deleting “folding” in order to cover all types of knives, and increases the length from 3 inches to 3.75 inches. The bill now Heads to Governor Matt Meyer who is expected to sign it.

Yesterday, the language to dispose of certain federal lands across 11 western states was committed to be removed from the Senate budget reconciliation bill, delivering a big win for sportsmen and women across the nation. Since the proposal was first made public, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) has been working tirelessly to keep public lands in public hands and defend access for sportsmen and women. 

NSSF® applauds U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum’s signing of a Secretarial Order to begin implementation of key provisions of H.R. 6492, the NSSF-supported Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences (EXPLORE) Act, which was signed into law last year.

Earlier this week, the Senate Parliamentarian determined that the mandate to sell-off at least 2 million acres and up to 3 million acres of federal public lands under the Senate budget reconciliation bill, as originally proposed and written, was incompatible with rules of the U.S. Senate and cannot be included in this budget reconciliation bill.

Safari Club International (SCI) applauds the recent ruling, by the Senate Parliamentarian, that the proposed sale of up to three million acres of public land is non-compliant with the Senate rules, specifically the Byrd Rule.

The Boone and Crockett Club strongly urges the U.S. Senate to take a different course on the future of public lands, that starts with removing provisions to sell land from the budget reconciliation process. The Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s budget reconciliation proposal would dangerously complicate an already complicated problem for which a simpler and safer solution is available.

The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation strongly opposes a measure placed in the budget reconciliation bill that calls for the sale of 2 to 3 million acres of Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service land.

A coalition of public interest organizations, led by Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and FPC Action Foundation (FPCAF), warned Senators about the far-reaching effects of a provision in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s reconciliation language (Subtitle B, Section 203 of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act) that would require courts to impose financial bonds before issuing temporary restraining orders or preliminary injunctions against the federal government.

In a letter sent to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), along with its partners, helps set the record straight regarding the removal of suppressors and short-barreled firearms from the National Firearms Act (NFA).

Firearms Policy Coalition announced that Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has signed FPC-supported House Bill 407, which repeals residency restrictions and expands access to the right to bear arms in the state. HB 407 is a legislative response to an FPC right-to-carry lawsuit, Mate v. Wescott, that was filed as part of FPC’s work to eliminate unconstitutional residency requirements throughout the United States.