1018-AY75 201610 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1018 United States Fish and Wildlife Service FWS 1000 Department of the Interior DOI Multi-Year Hunting and Fishing License Certification for the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program

This proposed rule will address how we count multi-year hunting and fishing licenses for States to report total license holders for their annual apportionments from the Service's Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration (WSFR) Trust Funds under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration and Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Acts. These funds go to support grants and cooperative agreements that fund projects that conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, their habitats, and the hunting, sport fishing, and recreational boating opportunities they provide. State fish and game agencies have repeatedly asked for action on this issue, so initiation of an action to change inadequate language in our current implementing regulations is not controversial.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No 50 CFR 80 16 U.S.C. 661 16 U.S.C. 669 16 U.S.C. 777 16 U.S.C. 742a 16 U.S.C. 742f(a)(4) 16 U.S.C. 1531 16 U.S.C. 2901 to 2911 16 U.S.C. 3741 to 3744 16 U.S.C. 3951 16 U.S.C. 460l-4 to 460l-11 33 U.S.C. 1322 43 U.S.C. 1356a(b) Pub. L. 104-421 Pub. L. 108-421 Annual Appropriations Acts No NPRM 11/00/2016 No Local State Tribal No No No Nicholas Popoff Manager, Policy and Programs Branch 1018 United States Fish and Wildlife Service FWS 413 362-9067 nicholas_popoff@fws.gov Office of Conservation Investment, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: WSFR, Falls Church VA 22041-3803