LEAD Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
Requires the Fish and Wildlife Service to prohibit lead ammunition on lands and waters under its control, maintain an approved nonlead-ammunition list, and enforce the rule with civil penalties.
Who Benefits and How
Wildlife and ecosystems may face less lead exposure, and hunters and consumers gain a federal shift toward nonlead ammunition standards on refuge-system lands and waters.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Hunters and ammunition sellers must comply with the nonlead requirement, and Interior must certify compliant ammunition and enforce the prohibition.
Key Provisions
- Finds that lead ammunition harms wildlife, ecosystems, livestock, and people.
- Requires final regulations banning the discharge of lead ammunition on Fish and Wildlife Service lands and waters within 1 year.
- Directs annual maintenance of an approved nonlead-ammunition list and sets civil penalties for violations.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires the Fish and Wildlife Service to prohibit lead ammunition on lands and waters under its control, maintain an approved nonlead-ammunition list, and enforce the rule with civil penalties.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Agriculture, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Requires the Fish and Wildlife Service to prohibit lead ammunition on lands and waters under its control, maintain an approved nonlead-ammunition list, and enforce the rule with civil penalties.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Wildlife and habitats exposed to lead contamination
- Public health and food-safety interests tied to reduced lead exposure
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Hunters using Fish and Wildlife Service lands and waters
- Ammunition manufacturers and sellers adapting to the nonlead requirement
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Lieu (for himself, Ms. Barragán, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Norton, …
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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Hunters using Fish and Wildlife Service lands and waters
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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