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Enhanced Hunter Education and Safety

Program Information

Popular name

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Program Number

15.626

Program objective

This program provides funds for the enhancement of hunter and archery education programs and the enhancement or construction of firearm shooting ranges and archery ranges as well as acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing public target ranges, including ranges on Federal land.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2017

    The program expects to receive approximately 40 applications and to issue about 35 awards The program received 39 applications nationally and issued 39 awards. Program funds are generally used annually by States to develop and implement model recruitment and retention programs; offer shooting skills and development; enhance existing shooting and archery range facilities; update safety features of firearm safety and archery ranges; enhance interstate coordination of hunter education, fire arm and archery range programs.

  2. 2018

    The program received 39 applications nationally and issued 39 awards. Program funds are generally used annually by States to develop and implement model recruitment and retention programs; offer shooting skills and development; enhance existing shooting and archery range facilities; update safety features of firearm safety and archery ranges; enhance interstate coordination of hunter education, fire arm and archery range programs.

  3. 2019

    The program received 39 applications nationally and issued 39 awards. Program funds are generally used annually by States to develop and implement model recruitment and retention programs; offer shooting skills and development; enhance existing shooting and archery range facilities; update safety features of firearm safety and archery ranges; enhance interstate coordination of hunter education, fire arm and archery range programs.

  4. 2020

    The program expects to receive approximately 40 applications and to issue about 40 awards.

  5. 2021

    The program expects to receive approximately 40 applications and to issue about 40 awards.

  6. 2022

    The program expects to receive approximately 40 applications and to issue about 40 awards.

  7. 2023

    General program accomplishments can be viewed here: https://partnerwithapayer.org/news/

  8. 2024

    Program has not yet completed selecting projects for funding.

  9. 2025

    Program has not yet completed selecting projects for funding.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

50 CFR 80 contains the program regulation for this program. Matching and cost-sharing requirements are discussed in 50CFR 80.85 and 2 CFR 200.306. Applicants can visit these regulations and guidance at http://fawiki.fws.gov/display/WTK/Toolkit+Homepage.

  1. Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act—Firearm and bow hunter education and safety program grants (16 U.S.C. §669h-1) as amended Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act (Public Law 116-17, May 10, 2019), as amended Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow’s Needs Act (Public Law 116-94, December 20, 2019).

Program details

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • State
  • U.S. Territories

Additional resources