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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3179

To reauthorize and amend the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design 

Program Act of 1994. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 30, 2005

Mr. ORTIZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Resources 

A BILL

To reauthorize and amend the Junior Duck Stamp 

Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Junior Duck Stamp 

5 Reauthorization Amendments Act of 2005’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. USE OF PROCEEDS FROM LICENSING AND MAR2 KETING OF JUNIOR DUCK STAMPS AND JUN3 IOR DUCK STAMP DESIGNS. 

4 Section 3(c) of the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation 

5 and Design Program Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 719a(c)) is 

6 amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘(c) USE OF PROCEEDS.—Amounts received under 

8 subsection (b)—

9 ‘‘(1) shall be available to the Secretary until ex10 pended, without further appropriations, solely for—

11 ‘‘(A) awards, prizes, and scholarships to 

12 individuals who submit designs in competitions 

13 under subsection (a), that are—

14 ‘‘(i) selected in such a competition as 

15 winning designs; or 

16 ‘‘(ii) otherwise determined in such a 

17 competition to be superior; 

18 ‘‘(B) awards and prizes to schools, stu19 dents, teachers, and other participants to fur20 ther education activities related to the conserva21 tion education goals of the Program; 

22 ‘‘(C) award ceremonies for winners of na23 tional and State Junior Duck Stamp competi24 tions; 
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1 ‘‘(D) travel expenses for winners of na2 tional and State Junior Duck Stamp competi3 tions to award ceremonies, if—

4 ‘‘(i) the event is intended to honor 

5 students for winning a national competi6 tion; or 

7 ‘‘(ii) the event is intended to honor 

8 students for winning a State competition; 

9 ‘‘(E) expenses for licensing and marketing 

10 under subsection (b); 

11 ‘‘(F) expenses for migratory bird reference 

12 materials or supplies awarded to schools that 

13 participate in the Program; and 

14 ‘‘(G) expenses for marketing and edu15 cational materials developed to promote the 

16 Program;’’. 

17 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

18 Section 6 of the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation 

19 and Design Program Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 719c) is 

20 amended—

21 (1) by striking ‘‘$250,000’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘$350,000’’; 

23 (2) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2001 through 

24 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2006 through 

25 2010’’; 
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1 (3) by inserting ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—’’ be2 fore the first sentence; and 

3 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS ON USE FOR DISTRIBUTION TO

5 STATE AND REGIONAL COORDINATORS TO IMPLEMENT

6 COMPETITIONS.—Of the amount appropriated under this 

7 section for a fiscal year—

8 ‘‘(1) not more than $100,000 may be used by 

9 the Secretary to administer the Program; and 

10 ‘‘(2) not more than $250,000 may be distrib11 uted to State and regional coordinators to imple12 ment competitions under the Program.’’. 

13 SEC. 4. REPEAL. 

14 The second section 6 of the Junior Duck Stamp Con15 servation and Design Program Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 

16 668dd note), relating to an environmental education cen17 ter and refuge headquarters, is repealed.

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