Lead Free Forests Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8169 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8169 To require the Secretary of Agriculture to prohibit the use of lead ammunition on all lands and waters under the jurisdiction and control of the Forest Service, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 30, 2024 Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania (for herself and Mr. Lieu) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Secretary of Agriculture to prohibit the use of lead ammunition on all lands and waters under the jurisdiction and control of the Forest Service, 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 Free Forests Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) There are no defined safe levels of lead intake in humans, and the toxic effects of lead are numerous and largely irreversible. Lead has been banned from gasoline, paints, and various household items in most developed countries, while lead ammunition is still widely used for hunting and shooting in the United States. (2) Poisoning from spent lead ammunition puts the health of raptors, scavengers, and other animals at risk. Lead contamination of carcasses remains a particularly serious threat to the health and sustainability of scavenging birds, many of whom are killed each year after ingesting lead from spent ammunition. (3) People who frequently consu