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Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act District of Columbia Equality Act of 2026

To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and Dingell- Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to treat the District of Columbia as a State for the purposes of such Acts, and for other purposes.

Introduced Feb 20, 2026

Latest action (Feb 20, 2026) Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Referred to
Natural Resources Committee
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Issues
Civil RightsClimate & Energy

Summary
  • The bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to treat the District of Columbia as a state for purposes of that act.
  • The bill amends the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to treat the District of Columbia as a state for purposes of that act.
  • The bill removes separate allocations and provisions for the District of Columbia under both acts, allowing D.C. to participate in wildlife and fish restoration funding on the same basis as the 50 states.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Eleanor Holmes Norton’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • THE DONOHOE COMPANIES INC. $16,550
  • TGV ROCKETS $4,000
  • THE DONOHUE COMPANIES INC. $3,500
  • HILTON CORPORATION $3,300
  • RAM CUSTOM SERVICES $3,300

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Eleanor Holmes Norton → · Outside spending →

Actions (3)
  1. Feb 20, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. · house
  2. Feb 20, 2026 Introduced in House
  3. Feb 20, 2026 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E147)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 4250 — Sport Fish Restoration, Recreational Boating Safety, and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2026 · Introduced Mar 26, 2026 · Cong. 119 71%
  • HR 3858 — Sport Fish Restoration, Recreational Boating Safety, and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2025 · Introduced Jul 15, 2025 · Cong. 119 70%
  • HR 4675 — Columbia River Clean-Up Act · Introduced Jul 24, 2025 · Cong. 119 62%
  • HR 9637 — Protecting Columbia River Salmon Act of 2026 · Introduced Jul 9, 2026 · Cong. 119 60%
  • HR 1304 — Delaware River Basin Restoration Program Reauthorization Act of 2025 · Introduced Feb 13, 2025 · Cong. 119 59%
  • HR 1173 — Equal Federal Funding for the District of Columbia Act · Introduced Feb 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 59%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Feb 20, 2026

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 20, 2026

Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

A BILL

To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and Dingell- Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to treat the District of Columbia as a State for the purposes of such Acts, 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 “Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act District of Columbia Equality Act of 2026”.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNDER PITTMAN-ROBERTSON WILDLIFE RESTORATION ACT AND DINGELL-JOHNSON SPORT FISH RESTORATION ACT.

(a) Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act.—The Pittman- Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669 et seq.) is amended—

(1) in section 2 (16 U.S.C. 669a)—

(A) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (11) as paragraphs (7) through (12), respectively; and

(B) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:

“(6) the term ‘State’ means each of the several States and the District of Columbia;”; and

(2) in section 4 (16 U.S.C. 669c)—

(A) in subsection (b), by striking “several”;

(B) in subsection (d)(1)(A), by striking “District of Columbia and to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, each” and inserting “Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,”; and

(C) in subsection (e)(5), by striking “the District of Columbia,”.

(b) Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act.—The Dingell- Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777 et seq.) is amended—

(1) in section 2 (16 U.S.C. 777a)—

(A) by striking “and” at the end of paragraph

(2);

(B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph

(3) and inserting “; and”; and

(C) by adding at the end the following:

“(4) the term ‘State’ means each of the several States and the District of Columbia.”;

(2) in section 4(c)(1) (16 U.S.C. 777c(c)(1)), by striking “several”; and

(3) in section 12 (16 U.S.C. 777k)—

(A) in the first sentence—

(i) by striking “the Mayor of the District of Columbia,”;

(ii) by striking “the District of Columbia,”; and

(iii) by striking “for the District of Columbia one-third of 1 per centum,”; and

(B) in the second sentence, by striking “the District of Columbia,”. <all>

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