Federal Affairs
SCI is the only pro-hunting organization with an office in Washington, D.C. that has full-time policy experts, in-house legal counsel and on-staff dedicated to protecting hunting everywhere.
SCI monitors, evaluates and lobbies on federal legislation impacting hunting, hunters and wildlife conservation. SCI ensures that hunting interests are at the forefront when important bills come up by building relationships with Congressional leaders as well as staying current on the issues.
Each year in May, SCI hosts Lobby Day where SCI members from all around the country come to Washington, D.C. for personal meetings with Senators, Representatives and their staffs. During these important lobbying opportunities, SCI members share SCI’s positions on key pieces of legislation. These visits also provide SCI members with an opportunity to highlight the organization, its achievements and assets. SCI’s Washington, D.C. hunter advocacy staff provide federal legislators with information about SCI’s concerns and interests throughout the year.
On The Issues
Recent Federal Affairs Articles
SCI Federal Advocacy Updates
Holding the Biden Administration Accountable: Senator Cynthia Lummis (WY) and fourteen of her colleagues in the Senate introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) disapproving of critical habitat designation regulations under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Last year, the Biden Administration rescinded the 2020 Trump Administration rule that stated that habitat
Read MoreBiden Administration Lines Up Against Federal Court’s Decision to Overturn ESA Rule for Gray Wolves
This week, the Biden administration appealed a poorly reasoned federal district court decision. That ruling overturned a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) rule that removed Endangered Species Act (ESA) status for gray wolves throughout much of the United States. Safari Club International (SCI) commends the administration’s decision, as an
Read MoreSCI Appeals District Court’s Erroneous National Wildlife Refuge Decision
On April 15, Safari Club International (SCI) joined with the National Rifle Association of America, Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation, and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation to appeal an erroneous decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana denying the pro-hunting organizations’ efforts to intervene to defend the expansion
Read MoreSCI and NRA File Notice of Appeal In Gray Wolf Delisting Case
On Monday, April 11, Safari Club International and the NRA filed a notice of appeal of a federal district court judge’s decision to overturn a 2020 delisting rule that had removed federal protections for many wolves in the Lower 48 states, including in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Gray wolf populations
Read MoreJudge Denies Intervention in Challenge to Hunting on National Wildlife Refuges
Last week, a federal judge in Montana denied a motion to intervene filed by SCI, NRA, Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation, and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. SCI and its partners seek to defend the 2020 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regulation that expanded hunting and fishing opportunities on almost 100 National Wildlife
Read MoreStand with SCI and Alaskan Sportsmen to Protect Hunting Access!
On March 30th, the Federal Subsistence Board (FSB) took action on a temporary Wildlife Special Action (WSA21-01) that proposed to close the moose and caribou hunting season to anyone except qualified subsistence hunters from August 1st to September 30th, 2022, on two specific federal land units in Alaska. Although they did not
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