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authorization for agency personnel to 

discuss the records in that person’s 

presensce. An individual may also 

request an accounting of disclosures 

that have been made of the records 

about the individual, if any. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

An individual seeking to amend a 

record about the individual in this 

system of records must submit a written 

request to the relevant System Manager 

indicated above. An amendment request 

must include verification of the 

requester’s identity in the same manner 

required for an access request, and must 

reasonably identify the record and 

specify the information being contested, 

the corrective action sought, and the 

reasons for requesting the correction, 

along with supporting information to 

show how the record is inaccurate, 

incomplete, untimely, or irrelevant. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

An individual who wishes to know if 

this system of records contains records 

about the individual must submit a 

written request to the relevant System 

Manager indicated above and verify 

identity in the same manner required for 

an access request. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

HISTORY: 

84 FR 28823 (June 20, 2019). 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health 

(NIH), Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, 

as amended, the Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS) is 

publishing notice of modifications to a 

system of records maintained by the 

National Institutes of Health (NIH), 

‘‘Clinical Research: Patient Medical 

Records, HHS/NIH/CC,’’ no. 09–25– 

0099. The modifications affect most 

sections of the System of Records Notice 

(SORN) and are fully explained in the 

‘‘Supplementary Information’’ section of 

this notice. 

DATES: The modified system of records 

is April 5, 2021, subject to a 30-day 

period in which to comment on the 

routine uses, described below. Please 

submit any comments by April 5, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the Privacy Act SORN no. 

09–25–0099, by any of the following 

methods: Email: privacy@mail.nih.gov. 

Telephone: (301) 402–6201. Fax: (301) 

402–0169. Mail or hand-delivery: NIH 

Privacy Act Officer, Office of 

Management Assessment, National 

Institutes of Health, 6011 Executive 

Blvd., Ste. 601, MSC 7669, Rockville, 

MD 20892. Comments received will be 

available for public inspection at this 

same address from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

federal holidays. Please call (301) 496– 

4606 for an appointment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

General questions about the system of 

records may be submitted to Celeste 

Dade-Vinson, NIH Privacy Act Officer, 

Office of Management Assessment 

(OMA), Office of the Director (OD), 

National Institutes of Health (NIH), 6011 

Executive Blvd., Ste. 601, MSC 7669, 

Rockville, MD 20892, or telephone (301) 

402–6201. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Explanation of Revisions to System No. 

09–25–0099 

The revised SORN published in this 

notice for system no. 09–25–0099 is in 

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and 

(11), and includes the following 

significant changes, in addition to minor 

wording changes throughout: 

• Purposes section. Three new 

purpose descriptions (a, c, d,) have been 

added, and the one existing purpose 

description (b, formerly 1 and 2) has 

been revised. The changes reflect 

additional purposes for which records 

will be used within the agency due to 

a system upgrade or other developments 

intended to serve patient needs, or 

provide improved descriptions of 

existing uses within the agency. For 

example: 

Æ The patient medical records system 

was upgraded to provide the basic 

functions of a hospital electronic health 

record. As a result, the system is now 

able to support the electronic 

registration of new patients, electronic 

authorization of patient travel for 

participation in research protocols 

conducted at the NIH Clinical Center, 

and the creation of reports for the 

patient and any physician authorized by 

the patient to receive a summary of the 

patient’s care. 

• Categories of Individuals section. 

This section has been updated to 

include only registered NIH Clinical 

Center patients (non-registered patients 

have been excluded). 

• Routine Uses section. Certain 

routine uses have been deleted, revised, 

or added, and a note has been added to 

the introductory paragraph to indicate 

that other federal laws may place 

additional requirements on the use and 

disclosure of the information contained 

in this system. Specifically: 

Æ The routine use formerly numbered 

as 1, which authorized disclosures to 

congressional offices to assist them in 

responding to constituent inquiries, has 

been deleted as unnecessary. NIH can 

respond to a congressional inquiry by 

explaining that NIH will provide 

requested records directly to the named 

constituent or with the prior written 

consent of the named constituent. 

Æ The routine use formerly numbered 

as 2, which authorized disclosures by 

the Social Work Department to 

community agencies to assist patients or 

their families, has been deleted as 

unnecessary. Such disclosures are 

provided pursuant to written 

authorization by the patient. 

Æ Routine uses 1 through 8 are 

existing routine uses; routine uses 2 

through 8 have been revised as follows: 

D The last sentence in routine use 2 

(formerly 4), which stated that the 

disclosure recipients (research 

organizations, experts, or consultants 

outside HHS) are required to maintain 

Privacy Act safeguards with respect to 

the records, has been omitted because 

those recipients are not agency 

contractors, so are not required to be 

subject to the federal Privacy Act. 

D Routine use 3 (formerly 5) has been 

broadened to refer to ‘‘authorized 

accrediting agencies or organizations’’ 

‘‘conducting established accreditation 

activities,’’ instead of referring to one 

particular accrediting agency and one 

activity (e.g., onsite inspections). 

D Routine use 4 (formerly 6) has been 

revised to include ‘‘other reportable 

events’’ and reporting to ‘‘local or 

tribal’’ (not just state and federal) 

government authorities as disclosure 

recipients. 

D Routine use 5 (formerly 7) has been 

revised to remove unnecessary wording 

(i.e., ‘‘may be disclosed in identifiable 

form’’). 

D Routine use 6 (formerly 8), which 

previously authorized disclosures to 

‘‘private firms’’ (meaning, contractors 

and others functioning akin to HHS 

employees) for limited purposes (i.e., 

‘‘transcribing updating, copying or 

otherwise refining records in the 

system’’), has been revised to include 

more of the same type of disclosure 

recipient (i.e., ‘‘other federal agencies, 


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HHS contractors, or HHS volunteers’’) 

and to describe broader purposes for 

which they might be engaged to assist 

HHS and require access to records in 

this system (i.e., to assist HHS in 

accomplishing an HHS function relating 

to the purposes of the system of 

records). 

D Routine use 7 (formerly 9), which 

authorizes disclosures for litigation 

purposes, has been revised to include 

courts and tribunals (not just the 

Department of Justice) as disclosure 

recipients; to reorganize the description 

of ‘‘defendant’’ into subparts a through 

d (instead of a through c); and to omit 

a condition that followed the reference 

to the United States (i.e., that any claim 

against the United States must be likely 

to directly affect agency operations if 

successful). 

D Routine use 8 (formerly 10), which 

authorizes disclosure of information 

concerning exposure to HIV, has been 

revised to state that such information 

may be disclosed ‘‘consistent with 

applicable laws, policies, and 

procedures.’’ 

Æ Routine use 9 is new. Routine use 

9 has been added to authorize 

disclosures to ‘‘designated organ 

procurement organizations/agencies that 

recover organs, eyes or tissue for 

transplantation or donation’’ in order 

‘‘to facilitate donor and recipient 

matching involving patients 

participating in clinical research.’’ 

Æ Routine uses 10 is also new; it 

authorizes disclosures for records 

management purposes. 

Æ Two breach response-related 

routine uses which were added 

February 14, 2018 (see 83 FR 6591) are 

now numbered as 11 and 12. 

Dated: January 21, 2021. 

Alfred C. Johnson, 

Deputy Director for Management, National 

Institutes of Health. 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: 

Clinical Research: Patient Medical 

Records, HHS/NIH/CC, 09–25–0099. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

The address of the agency component 

responsible for the system of records is: 

Health Information Management 

Department, Clinical Center, Bldg. 10, 

Rm. 1N208, 10 Center Dr., Bethesda, MD 

20892–1192. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S): 

Director, Health Information 

Management Department, Clinical 

Center (CC), Bldg. 10, Rm. 1N208, 10 

Center Dr., Bethesda, MD 20892–1192, 

(301) 496–2292. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

42 U.S.C. 241, 248, 282 and 284. 

Collection of SSN is impliedly 

authorized by 42 U.S.C. 282(b)(19) 

which authorizes the NIH Director to 

admit and treat individuals for purposes 

of study (this requires using an 

enumerator to differentiate between 

individuals for patient tracking and 

patient safety), and by E.O. 9397 (8 FR 

16094, Nov. 30, 1943), as amended by 

E.O. 13478 (73 FR 70239, Nov. 20, 

2008), which permits SSN to be used as 

the enumerator. 

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM: 

Records are used within the agency 

for these purposes: 

a. To facilitate clinical care, clinical 

research studies, discharge planning, 

and reporting of information (i.e., 

medical and research findings) to 

patients and their treating and/or 

referring physicians. 

b. To document clinical care and 

research and provide a continuous 

history of the medical and clinical 

research services afforded to registered 

Clinical Center patients. 

c. To create reports and compile 

information to provide to recipients 

authorized by the Privacy Act and this 

SORN, e.g., designated organ 

procurement organizations, consultants 

for expert medical opinions, and 

authorized outside physicians for 

continuing patient care. 

d. To allow Institute/Center research 

team members to register patients. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

The records pertain to registered NIH 

Clinical Center patients. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

This system consists of medical and 

clinical records, containing patient 

name, demographics, contact 

information, physician name and work 

address, principal investigator name, 

names of clinicians and other health 

care staff involved in the care of the 

patient or management of research 

activities associated with the protocol, 

clinical research data and records 

related to screening, diagnosis, 

observation and/or treatment at the NIH 

Clinical Center, social security number 

(SSN), diagnosis and medication, 

protocol number, medical record 

number, lab tests results, genomic data, 

radiologic images, imaging studies, 

blood product utilization, type of 

sample and storage location, social work 

encounter, medical and ethical consults, 

and surgery and other related clinical 

interactions. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Information contained within this 

system of records is obtained from the 

subject individuals; patient interviews; 

referring physicians; diagnostic, 

therapeutic, and research results; multidisciplinary care teams; other medical 

facilities; relatives of patients; and 

others authorized by patients to provide 

information. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

Under the Privacy Act of 1974, as 

amended, NIH may disclose information 

about an individual from this system of 

records to parties outside HHS, without 

the individual’s prior written consent, 

pursuant to the following routine uses. 

Note, however, that other federal laws 

may apply to the information contained 

in this system that place additional 

requirements on the use and disclosure 

of that information, beyond those found 

in the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 

or what is mentioned in this system of 

records notice. 

1. To referring physicians for 

continuing patient care after discharge, 

unless otherwise notified by patient. 

2. To appropriate medical or research 

organizations, experts, or consultants 

outside HHS, to obtain expert opinions 

regarding diagnostic problems, or cases 

having unusual scientific value in 

connection with the treatment of 

patients, or in order to accomplish the 

research purposes of this system. 

3. To representatives of authorized 

accrediting agencies or organizations 

conducting established accreditation 

activities. 

4. To report certain diseases, 

conditions, or other reportable events to 

federal, state, local or tribal government 

authorities that are authorized by law to 

receive such information, or as may be 

required to comply with applicable 

laws, provided that such reporting is 

also consistent with applicable agency 

policies. 

5. To tumor registries for maintenance 

of health statistics or use in 

epidemiologic studies. 

6. To other federal agencies, HHS 

contractors, or HHS volunteers who are 

engaged to work directly for HHS but 

are not within the definition of HHS 

employees and who require access to 

the records in order to assist HHS in 

accomplishing an HHS function related 

to the purposes of this system of 

records. These recipients are required to 

comply with the requirements of the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. 

7. To the Department of Justice (DOJ) 

or to a court or other tribunal when: (a) 

HHS, or any component thereof; (b) any 


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HHS employee in his/her official 

capacity; (c) any HHS employee in his/ 

her individual capacity where the DOJ 

(or HHS, where it is authorized to do so) 

has agreed to represent the employee; or 

(d) the United States Government, is a 

party to litigation or has a direct and 

substantial interest in the litigation and, 

by careful review, HHS determines that 

the record is both relevant and 

necessary to the litigation 

8. Information concerning exposure to 

HIV may be disclosed consistent with 

applicable laws, policies, and 

procedures to the sexual and/or needlesharing partner(s) of a subject individual 

who is infected with HIV under the 

following circumstances: (a) The 

information has been obtained in the 

course of clinical activities at NIH 

facilities; (b) NIH has made reasonable 

efforts to counsel and encourage the 

subject individual to provide 

information to the individual’s sexual or 

needle-sharing partner(s); (c) NIH 

determines that the subject individual is 

unlikely to provide the information to 

the sexual or needle-sharing partner(s) 

or that the provision of such 

information cannot reasonably be 

verified; and (d) The notification of the 

partner(s) is made, whenever possible, 

by the subject individual’s physician or 

by a professional counselor and shall 

follow standard counseling practices. 

9. To designated organ procurement 

organizations/agencies that recover 

organs, eyes or tissue for transplantation 

or donation and to facilitate donor and 

recipient matching involving patients 

participating in clinical research. These 

recipients are required to apply 

reasonable safeguards to prevent 

unauthorized use or disclosure of the 

records. 

10. To the National Archives and 

Records Administration (NARA), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

or other relevant federal agencies 

pursuant to records management 

inspections conducted under the 

authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906. 

11. To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and persons when (1) HHS suspects or 

has confirmed that there has been a 

breach of the system of records; (2) HHS 

has determined that as a result of the 

suspected or confirmed breach there is 

a risk of harm to individuals, HHS 

(including its information systems, 

programs, and operations), the federal 

government, or national security; and 

(3) the disclosure made to such 

agencies, entities, and persons is 

reasonably necessary to assist in 

connection with HHS’s efforts to 

respond to the suspected or confirmed 

breach or to prevent, minimize, or 

remedy such harm. 

12. To another federal agency or 

federal entity, when HHS determines 

that information from this system of 

records is reasonably necessary to assist 

the recipient agency or entity in (1) 

responding to a suspected or confirmed 

breach or (2) preventing, minimizing, or 

remedying the risk of harm to 

individuals, the recipient agency or 

entity (including its information 

systems, programs, and operations), the 

federal government, or national security, 

resulting from a suspected or confirmed 

breach. 

NIH may also disclose information 

about an individual from this system of 

records to parties outside HHS, without 

the individual’s prior written consent, 

for any of the purposes authorized 

directly in the Privacy Act at 5 U.S.C. 

552a(b)(2) and (b)(4)–(11). 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF

RECORDS: 

Records are stored in various 

electronic media and paper form, and 

maintained under secure conditions in 

areas with limited and/or controlled 

access. In accordance with established 

NIH, HHS and other applicable federal 

security requirements, policies and 

controls, records may also be stored and 

accessed from secure servers whenever 

feasible or stored on approved portable/ 

mobile devices designed to hold any 

kind of digital data including, but not 

limited to laptops, tablets, PDAs, USB 

drives, media cards, portable hard 

drives, blackberrys, smartphones, CDs, 

DVDs, and/or other mobile storage 

devices. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF

RECORDS: 

Records are retrieved by a patient’s 

name or other unique identifier such as 

date of birth or medical record number. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND

DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

Records are retained and disposed of 

under the authority of the NIH 

Intramural Retention Schedule, which 

currently includes these disposition 

authorities: 

• Clinical Care Services Records, 

DAA–0443–2012–0007–0006, are 

temporary records that can be destroyed 

seven years after cutoff. 

• Patient Medical Records, DAA– 

0443–2012–0007–0010, are temporary 

records that can be destroyed when no 

longer needed for scientific reference. 

• Radiology and Imaging Records, 

DAA–0443–2012–0007–0007, are 

temporary records that can be destroyed 

60 years after inactivity. (This retention 

period is being re-examined, and may in 

the future be significantly shortened.) 

Refer to the schedule for complete 

descriptions of each type of record and 

for complete disposition instructions: 

https://www.archives.gov/recordsmgmt/rcs/schedules/departments/ 

department-of-health-and-humanservices/rg-0443/daa-0443-2012-0007_

sf115.pdf. 

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

Measures to prevent unauthorized 

disclosures are implemented as 

appropriate for each location or form of 

storage and for the types of records 

maintained. Safeguards conform to the 

HHS Information Security and Privacy 

Program, https://www.hhs.gov/ocio/ 

securityprivacy/index.html. Site(s) 

implement personnel and procedural 

safeguards such as the following: 

Authorized Users: Access to the 

records in this system is strictly limited 

to authorized users whose official duties 

require the use of information in the 

system. 

Administrative Safeguards: Controls 

to ensure proper protection of 

information and information technology 

systems include, but are not limited to 

the completion of a security assessment 

and authorization (SA&A) package and 

a privacy impact assessment (PIA) and 

mandatory completion of annual NIH 

information security and privacy 

awareness training. The SA&A package 

consists of a security categorization, eauthentication risk assessment, system 

security plan, evidence of security 

control testing, plan of action and 

milestones, contingency plan, and 

evidence of contingency plan testing. 

When the design, development, or 

operation of a system of records on 

individuals is required to accomplish an 

agency function, the applicable Privacy 

Act Federal Acquisition Regulation 

(FAR) clauses are inserted in 

solicitations and contracts. 

Physical Safeguards: Controls to 

secure the data and protect paper and 

electronic records, buildings, and 

related infrastructure against threats 

associated with their physical 

environment include, but are not 

limited to the use of the HHS employee 

ID and/or badge number and NIH key 

cards, security guards, cipher locks, 

biometrics and closed-circuit TV. Paper 

records are secured in locked file 

cabinets, offices and facilities. 

Electronic media are kept on secure 

servers or computer systems. Records 

are stored on portable/mobile devices 

only for valid business purposes and 

with prior approval. 

Technical Safeguards: Controls that 

are generally executed by the computer 

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the possibility of unauthorized access, 

use, or dissemination of the data in the 

system. They include, but are not 

limited to user identification, password 

protection, firewalls, virtual private 

network, encryption, intrusion detection 

system, common access cards, smart 

cards, biometrics and public key 

infrastructure. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

An individual who wishes to access a 

record about him or her in this system 

of records must make an access request, 

in writing, to the System Manager at the 

address specified above. For purposes of 

verifying the requester’s identity, the 

request should provide either a 

notarization of the request or a written 

certification that the requester is who he 

or she claims to be and understands that 

the knowing and willful request of a 

record pertaining to an individual under 

false pretenses is a criminal offense 

under the Privacy Act, subject to a fine 

of up to five thousand dollars. If the 

request is made on behalf of a minor or 

incapacitated person, evidence of parent 

or guardian relationship must be 

included. Requests should include (a) 

full name, (b) address, (c) the 

approximate date(s) the information was 

collected, (d) the type(s) of information 

collected, and (e) the office(s) or 

official(s) responsible for the collection 

of information, if known. Individuals 

may also request an accounting of 

disclosures that have been made of their 

records, if any. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

An individual who wishes to contest 

or amend records about him or her in 

this system of records must write to the 

System Manager at the address specified 

above and provide the information 

described under ‘‘Record Access 

Procedure.’’ In addition, the request 

must reasonably identify the record and 

specify the information being contested, 

the corrective action sought, and the 

reason(s) for requesting the correction, 

and include any supporting 

documentation. The right to contest 

records is limited to information that is 

factually inaccurate, incomplete, 

irrelevant, or untimely (obsolete). 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

An individual who wishes to know 

whether this system of records contains 

a record about him or her may make a 

notification request. The request must 

be made in writing to the System 

Manager at the address specified above 

and provide the information described 

under ‘‘Record Access Procedure.’’ 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

HISTORY: 

67 FR 60742 at 60755 (Sept. 26, 2002), 

83 FR 6591 (Feb. 14, 2018). 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–HQ–MB–2021–N002; FF09M13200/ 

201/FXMB12330900000; OMB Control 

Number 1018–0172] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Federal Migratory Bird 

Hunting and Conservation Stamp 

(Duck Stamp) and Junior Duck Stamp 

Contests 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service), are proposing to 

renew an information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before May 3, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the 

information collection request by mail 

to the Service Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, MS: PRB (JAO/3W), 

5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 

22041–3803 (mail); or by email to Info_

Coll@fws.gov. Please reference OMB 

Control Number 1018–0172 in the 

subject line of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Madonna L. Baucum, Service 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, by email at Info_Coll@fws.gov, 

or by telephone at (703) 358–2503. 

Individuals who are hearing or speech 

impaired may call the Federal Relay 

Service at 1–800–877–8339 for TTY 

assistance. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the PRA and its 

implementing regulations at 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)(1), all information collections 

require approval under the PRA. We 

may not conduct or sponsor and you are 

not required to respond to a collection 

of information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we invite the public and other 

Federal agencies to comment on new, 

proposed, revised, and continuing 

collections of information. This helps us 

assess the impact of our information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand our 

information collection requirements and 

provide the requested data in the 

desired format. 

We are especially interested in public 

comment addressing the following: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether or not the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) How might the agency minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of response. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Abstract: 

History of the Federal Duck Stamp 

On March 16, 1934, Congress passed, 

and President Franklin D. Roosevelt 

signed, the Migratory Bird Hunting 

Stamp Act (16 U.S.C. 718–718k). 

Popularly known as the Duck Stamp 

Act, it required all waterfowl hunters 16 

years or older to buy a stamp annually. 

The revenue generated was originally 

earmarked for the Department of 

Agriculture, but 5 years later was 

transferred to the Department of the 

Interior and the Service. 

In the years since its enactment, the 

Federal Duck Stamp Program has 

become one of the most popular and 

successful conservation programs ever 

initiated. Today, some 1.5 million 

stamps are sold each year, and as of 

2017, Federal Duck Stamps had 


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