PUBLIC LAW 113–264—DEC. 18, 2014 128 STAT. 2939 

Public Law 113–264 

113th Congress 

An Act 

To amend the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to increase 

in the price of Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps to fund the 

acquisition of conservation easements for migratory birds, 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 ‘‘Federal Duck Stamp Act of 

2014’’. 

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN PRICE OF MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING AND CONSERVATION STAMP TO FUND ACQUISITION OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS FOR MIGRATORY BIRDS. 

The Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act is 

amended— 

(1) in section 2(b) (16 U.S.C. 718b(b))— 

(A) by striking ‘‘1990, and’’ and inserting ‘‘1990,’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘for each hunting year thereafter’’ and 

inserting ‘‘for hunting years 1991 through 2013, and $25 

for each hunting year thereafter’’; 

(2) by adding at the end of section 2 (16 U.S.C. 718b) 

the following: 

‘‘(c) REDUCTION IN PRICE OF STAMP.—The Secretary may reduce 

the price of each stamp sold under the provisions of this section 

for a hunting year if the Secretary determines that the increase 

in the price of the stamp after hunting year 2013 resulted in 

a reduction in revenues deposited into the fund.’’; and 

(3) in section 4 (16 U.S.C. 718d)— 

(A) in subsection (a)(3), by inserting before the period 

the following: ‘‘, in which there shall be a subaccount to 

which the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer all 

amounts in excess of $15 that are received from the sale 

of each stamp sold for each hunting year after hunting 

year 2013’’; 

(B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘So much’’ and 

inserting ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (4), so much’’; 

(C) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘paragraph (3)’’ 

and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (3) and (4)’’; and 

(D) by adding at the end of subsection (b) the following: 

‘‘(4) CONSERVATION EASEMENTS.—Amounts in the subaccount referred to in subsection (a)(3) shall be used by the 

Secretary solely to acquire easements in real property in the 

United States for conservation of migratory birds.’’. 

Determination. 

16 USC 718 note. 

Federal Duck 

Stamp Act of 

2014. 

Dec. 18, 2014 

[H.R. 5069] 


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128 STAT. 2940 PUBLIC LAW 113–264—DEC. 18, 2014 

SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORT ON EXPENDITURES. 

Section 4 of the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation 

Stamp Act (16 U.S.C. 718d) is further amended— 

(1) in subsection (c)— 

(A) by striking so much as precedes ‘‘The Secretary 

may’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘(c) PROMOTION OF STAMP SALES.—’’; and 

(B) by striking paragraph (2); and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall include in each 

annual report of the Commission under section 3 of the Migratory 

Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 715b)— 

‘‘(1) a description of activities conducted under subsection 

(c) in the year covered by the report; 

‘‘(2) an annual assessment of the status of wetlands conservation projects for migratory bird conservation purposes, 

including a clear and accurate accounting of— 

‘‘(A) all expenditures by Federal and State agencies 

under this section; and 

‘‘(B) all expenditures made for fee-simple acquisition 

of Federal lands in the United States, including the amount 

paid and acreage of each parcel acquired in each acquisition; 

‘‘(3) an analysis of the refuge lands opened, and refuge 

lands closed, for hunting and fishing in the year covered by 

the report, including— 

‘‘(A) identification of the specific areas in each refuge 

and the reasons for the closure or opening; and 

‘‘(B) a detailed description of each closure including 

detailed justification for such closure; 

‘‘(4) the total number of acres of refuge land open for 

hunting and fishing, and the total number of acres of refuge 

land closed for hunting and fishing, in the year covered by 

the report; and 

‘‘(5) a separate report on the hunting and fishing status 

of those lands added to the system in the year covered by 

the report.’’. 

SEC. 4. EXEMPTION FOR TAKINGS BY RURAL ALASKA SUBSISTENCE 

USERS. 

Section 1(a)(2) of the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation 

Stamp Act (16 U.S.C. 718a(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ after 

the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (B), by striking the 

period at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting ‘‘; or’’, and 

by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(D) by a rural Alaska resident for subsistence uses 

(as that term is defined in section 803 of the Alaska 


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PUBLIC LAW 113–264—DEC. 18, 2014 128 STAT. 2941 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5069: 

HOUSE REPORTS: No. 113–622 (Comm. on Natural Resources). 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 160 (2014): 

Nov. 17, considered and passed House. 

Dec. 2, considered and passed Senate. 

Æ 

National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 

3113)).’’. 

Approved December 18, 2014. 


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