1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act District of Columbia Equality Act of 2021”.
Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act District of Columbia Equality Act of 2021
A BILL
To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to treat the District of Columbia the same as a State for purposes of such Acts, and for other purposes.
2. Treatment of District of Columbia under Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act
Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act— The Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669 et seq.) is amended—
in section 2, by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (11) as paragraphs (7) through (12), and by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
“(6) the term “State” includes the District of Columbia;”
in section 4—
by amending paragraph (1) of subsection (d) to read as follows:
“(1) The Secretary of the Interior shall apportion from the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account a sum equal to not more than one-fourth of 1 percent thereof to each of Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.”
in subsection (e)(5), by striking “the District of Columbia,”.
Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act— The Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777 et seq.) is amended—
in section 2—
by striking “and” at the end of paragraph (2);
by striking the period at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting “; and”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(4) the term “State” includes the District of Columbia.”
in section 12—
by striking “the Mayor of the District of Columbia,”;
by striking “the District of Columbia,” the second and third place it appears; and
by striking “for the District of Columbia one-third of 1 per centum,”.