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Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH) has been named the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s Legislator of the Year for his tireless efforts in promoting, protecting and preserving pro-sportsmen and sportswomen’s policies. Latta accepted the award at the organization’s annual dinner, where he also delivered the keynote address. 

“I am honored to be named the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s Legislator of the Year,” said Latta. “As Co-Chairman of the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus and a lifelong hunter, sportsmen and sportswomen’s issues are extremely important to me. Earlier this year, the House passed legislation I sponsored to promote these activities, and I have been working diligently with the Senate to pass these policies into law, so we can continue our country's rich outdoors legacy for generations to come.” 

“We salute Congressman Latta for his outstanding leadership in the U. S. House of Representatives as Co-Chair of the bipartisan Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC), and are honored to present him with 2013 NSSF's Legislator of the Year Award,” said Lawrence G. Keane, NSSF senior vice president and general counsel. “Congressman Latta was instrumental in the CSC’s introduction last fall of the Sportsmen's Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act. This package of pro-sportsmen's legislation will safeguard and promote America's hunting and fishing traditions and will garner wide support from both sides of the political aisle.”

On February 5, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R 3590, the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act, bipartisan legislation that includes various pro-sportsmen and sportswomen’s provisions to help ensure our outdoor traditions are protected and advanced. The legislation also addresses some of the most current concerns of American hunters, recreational anglers, shooters and trappers by allowing open access to federal lands and providing the needed certainty for the rules surrounding these activities.

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