LEAD Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6268 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6268 To require the Secretary of the Interior to prohibit the use of lead ammunition on United States Fish and Wildlife Service lands, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 21, 2025 Mr. Lieu (for himself, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Norton, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Mr. Nadler, Ms. McCollum, and Mr. Min) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Secretary of the Interior to prohibit the use of lead ammunition on United States Fish and Wildlife Service lands, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Lead Endangers Animals Daily Act of 2025'' or the ``LEAD Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) In 1991, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service required the use of nontoxic ammunition for all waterfowl hunting. (2) Research has shown that the presence of lead in the environment poses a threat to human and wildlife health. (3) The Environmental Protection Agency has determined that lead is toxic to both humans and animals, and can negatively affect nearly every organ and system in the human body, including the heart, bones, intestines, kidneys, and reproductive and nervous systems. Lead exposure interferes with the development of the nervous system and is therefore particularly toxic to children, causing potentially permanent learning and behavioral disorders. (4) Lead is a potent neurotoxin, for which no safe exposure level exists for humans. The use of lead has been outlawed in and removed from pai