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Calendar No. 195 

109TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! SENATE 1st Session 109–124 

JUNIOR DUCK STAMP REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2005 

AUGUST 31, 2005.—Ordered to be printed 

Filed, under authority of the order of the Senate of July 29, 2005 

Mr. INHOFE, from the Committee on Environment and Public 

Works, submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany S. 1339] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which was 

referred a bill (S. 1339) to reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994, having considered the 

same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. 

GENERAL STATEMENT AND BACKGROUND

Originating in 1989, with a grant made from the National Fish 

and Wildlife Foundation, Dr. Joan Allemand, an elementary school 

teacher, developed the Federal Junior Duck Stamp Conservation 

and Design Program, creatively involving her class in conservation 

activities at nearby J.N. ‘‘Ding’’ Darling National Wildlife Refuge in 

Sanibel, Florida. The Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design 

Act of 1994 was later enacted on October 6, 1994. The program was 

created as a dynamic, active arts curriculum designed to teach wetlands and waterfowl conservation to students in kindergarten 

through high school. The Act directed the Secretary of the Interior 

to create a Junior Duck Stamp and to license and market the 

stamp. In 2000, Congress reauthorized the Junior Duck Stamp 

Conservation and Design Act for another 5 years, and expanded 

the conservation education program throughout the U.S. and its 

territories. Since then, all 50 States, the District of Columbia, 

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American Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands have joined the program. 

The program incorporates scientific and wildlife management 

principles into a visual arts curriculum. This nontraditional pairing 

of subjects crosses cultural, ethnic, social, and geographic boundaries to teach greater awareness of our nation’s natural resources. 

This benefits not only ducks, but all migratory birds, including 

neotropical migratory songbirds, and hundreds of other plants and 

animals that depend on wetland habitat for their survival. 

The program is administered by dedicated State and regional coordinators, most of whom are employees of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), State resource agencies, or nonprofit conservation organizations. In addition, the Service’s Federal Duck 

Stamp Office provides some staff time and national level support 

for the program. Participation, however, is largely dependant on 

the dedicated teachers and interested parents who utilize the Junior Duck Stamp Curriculum. The curriculum culminates in a Junior Duck Stamp Contest, in which thousands of students participate each year. Over the past 5 years, student participation rates 

have risen. Nearly 27,000 students submitted art for the contest in 

2005. It is estimated that many thousands of other students participated in the curriculum, but did not submit an entry for the art 

contest. 

Each year, the winning entry from the national contest is used 

as the design for the next Junior Duck Stamp. Proceeds generated 

from the sale of Junior Duck Stamps are used to pay for awards 

for those who participate in the program, environmental education, 

and marketing of the program. In 2004, Junior Duck Stamp sales 

raised over $172,000. 

OBJECTIVES OF THE LEGISLATION

The purpose of S. 1339 is to extend authorization of the program 

through fiscal year 2010. 

SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS

Section 1. Short Title. 

This section provides that this Act may be cited as the ‘‘Junior 

Duck Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2005’’. 

Sec. 2. Reauthorization. 

This section amends 16 U.S.C. 719c (the Junior Duck Stamp 

Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994) by changing the 

dates from ‘‘2001 through 2005’’ to ‘‘2006 through 2010’’. 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

On June 30, 2005, Senator James M. Inhofe introduced S. 1339, 

which was cosponsored by Senator James Jeffords, Senator Lincoln 

Chafee and Senator Mike Crapo. The bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. On July 20, 

2005, the full committee held a business meeting and unanimously 

ordered S. 1339 to be favorably reported without amendment to the 

full Senate. 

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HEARINGS

No committee hearings were held on S. 1339. 

ROLLCALL VOTES

The Committee on Environment and Public Works met to consider S. 1339 on July 20, 2005. The committee approved S. 1339 

by unanimous consent. 

REGULATORY IMPACT STATEMENT

In compliance with section 11(b) of rule XXVI of the Standing 

Rules of the Senate, the committee finds that S. 1339 does not create any additional regulatory burdens, nor will it cause any adverse impact on the personal privacy of individuals. 

MANDATES ASSESSMENT

In compliance with the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 

(Public Law 104–4), the committee finds that S. 1339 would not impose Federal intergovernmental unfunded mandates on State, local, 

or tribal governments. 

COST OF LEGISLATION

Section 403 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act requires that a statement of the cost of the reported bill, 

prepared by the Congressional Budget Office, be included in the report. That statement follows: 

S. 1339, Junior Duck Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2005, As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and 

Public Works on July 20, 2005 

S. 1339 would reauthorize discretionary funding for the junior 

duck stamp program for fiscal years 2006 through 2010 at the current authorization level of $250,000 annually. Under existing law, 

this authorization will expire after fiscal year 2005. Assuming appropriation of the amounts authorized by the bill, CBO estimates 

that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) would spend up 

to $250,000 in each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. In recent 

years, the USFWS has spent less than $200,000 to administer the 

program, mostly to conduct the annual competition for the design 

of junior duck stamps. 

Enacting S. 1339 would not affect direct spending or revenues. 

The bill contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates 

as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would have 

no significant impact on the budgets of State, local, or tribal governments. 

The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Deborah Reis. This estimate was approved by Peter H. Fontaine, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis. 

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW

In compliance with section 12 of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules 

of the Senate, changes in existing law made by the bill as reported 

are shown as follows: Existing law proposed to be omitted is enVerDate Aug 18 2005 21:53 Sep 02, 2005 Jkt 022946 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6659 Sfmt 6602 E:\HR\OC\SR124.XXX SR124
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closed in [black brackets], new matter is printed in italic, existing 

law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman: 

[16 U.S.C. 719C]

TITLE 16—CONSERVATION 

CHAPTER 7—PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND 

INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS 

Subchapter V—Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and 

Design Program 

[Redesignate first section 6 (16 U.S.C. 719c), relating to authorization of appropriations as section 7 and move section so as to appear at the end of the Act] 

SEC. 719c. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for 

administrative expenses of the Program $250,000 for each of the 

fiscal years ø2001 through 2005¿ 2006 through 2010. 

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