16 U.S.C. § 669h-1 : US Code - Section 669H-1: Firearm and bow hunter education and safety program grants

Search 16 U.S.C. § 669h-1 : US Code - Section 669H-1: Firearm and bow hunter education and safety program grants

(a) In general
(1) Grants
Of the revenues covered into the fund, $7,500,000 for each of
fiscal years 2001 and 2002, and $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2003
and each fiscal year thereafter, shall be apportioned among the
States in the manner specified in section 669c(c) (!1) of this
title by the Secretary of the Interior and used to make grants to
the States to be used for -
(A) in the case of a State that has not used all of the funds
apportioned to the State under section 669c(c) (!1) of this
title for the fiscal year in the manner described in section
669g(b) of this title -
(i) the enhancement of hunter education programs, hunter
and sporting firearm safety programs, and hunter development
programs;
(ii) the enhancement of interstate coordination and
development of hunter education and shooting range programs;
(iii) the enhancement of bow hunter and archery education,
safety, and development programs; and
(iv) the enhancement of construction or development of
firearm shooting ranges and archery ranges, and the updating
of safety features of firearm shooting ranges and archery
ranges; and
(B) in the case of a State that has used all of the funds
apportioned to the State under section 669c(c) (!1) of this
title for the fiscal year in the manner described in section
669g(b) of this title, any use authorized by this chapter
(including hunter safety programs and the construction,
operation, and maintenance of public target ranges).
(2) Limitation on use
Under paragraph (1), a State shall not be required to use more
than the amount described in section 669g(b) of this title for
hunter safety programs and the construction, operation, and
maintenance of public target ranges.
(b) Cost sharing
The Federal share of the cost of any activity carried out with a
grant under this section shall not exceed 75 percent of the total
cost of the activity.
(c) Period of availability; reapportionment
(1) Period of availability
Amounts made available and apportioned for grants under this
section shall remain available only for the fiscal year for which
the amounts are apportioned.
(2) Reapportionment
At the end of the period of availability under paragraph (1),
the Secretary of the Interior shall apportion amounts made
available that have not been used to make grants under this
section among the States described in subsection (a)(1)(B) of
this section for use by those States in accordance with this
chapter.