H. R. 3179

One Hundred Ninth Congress

of the

United States of America 

AT THE FIRST SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 

the fourth day of January, two thousand and five 

An Act 

To reauthorize and amend the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program 

Act of 1994.

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 ‘‘Junior Duck Stamp Reauthorization Amendments Act of 2005’’. 

SEC. 2. USE OF PROCEEDS FROM LICENSING AND MARKETING OF 

JUNIOR DUCK STAMPS AND JUNIOR DUCK STAMP 

DESIGNS. 

Section 3(c) of the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design 

Program Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 719a(c)) is amended to read as 

follows: 

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

(b)—

‘‘(1) shall be available to the Secretary until expended, 

without further appropriations, solely for—

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

who submit designs in competitions under subsection (a), 

that are—

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

designs; or 

‘‘(ii) otherwise determined in such a competition 

to be superior; 

‘‘(B) awards and prizes to schools, students, teachers, 

and other participants to further education activities 

related to the conservation education goals of the Program; 

‘‘(C) award ceremonies for winners of national and 

State Junior Duck Stamp competitions; 

‘‘(D) travel expenses for winners of national and State 

Junior Duck Stamp competitions to award ceremonies, if—

‘‘(i) the event is intended to honor students for 

winning a national competition; or 

‘‘(ii) the event is intended to honor students for 

winning a State competition; 

‘‘(E) expenses for licensing and marketing under subsection (b); 

‘‘(F) expenses for migratory bird reference materials 

or supplies awarded to schools that participate in the Program; and 

‘‘(G) expenses for marketing and educational materials 

developed to promote the Program;’’. 
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SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

Section 6 of the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design 

Program Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 719c) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘$250,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$350,000’’; 

(2) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2001 through 2005’’ and 

inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2006 through 2010’’; 

(3) by inserting ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—’’ before the first 

sentence; and 

(4) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS ON USE FOR DISTRIBUTION TO STATE AND

REGIONAL COORDINATORS TO IMPLEMENT COMPETITIONS.—Of the 

amount appropriated under this section for a fiscal year—

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

to administer the Program; and 

‘‘(2) not more than $250,000 may be distributed to State 

and regional coordinators to implement competitions under the 

Program.’’. 

SEC. 4. REPEAL. 

The second section 6 of the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation 

and Design Program Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 668dd note), relating 

to an environmental education center and refuge headquarters, 

is repealed.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.