II 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5585 

To reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program 

Act of 1994, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 18 (legislative day, DECEMBER 16), 2024 

Mr. HEINRICH introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and 

Design Program Act of 1994, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION OF JUNIOR DUCK STAMP 

4 CONSERVATION AND DESIGN PROGRAM ACT 

5 OF 1994. 

6 (a) DEFINITION OF STATE.—Section 5 of the Junior 

7 Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 

8 1994 (16 U.S.C. 719b–1) is amended— 

9 (1) by striking ‘‘the Virgin’’ and inserting ‘‘and 

10 the United States Virgin’’; and 


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1 (2) by striking ‘‘, and any other territory or 

2 possession of the United States’’. 

3 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

4 6 of the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design 

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

6 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘$350,000 for 

7 each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010’’ and in8 serting ‘‘$550,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 

9 through 2030’’; and 

10 (2) in subsection (b)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking 

12 ‘‘$100,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$200,000’’; and 

13 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking 

14 ‘‘$250,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$350,000’’. 

15 (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

16 (1) Section 3 of the Junior Duck Stamp Con17 servation and Design Program Act of 1994 (16 

18 U.S.C. 719a) is amended by striking subsection (c) 

19 and inserting the following: 

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

21 subsection (b) shall be available to the Secretary until ex22 pended, without further appropriations, solely for— 

23 ‘‘(1) awards, prizes, and scholarships to individ24 uals who submit designs in competitions under sub25 section (a), that are— 


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1 ‘‘(A) selected in the competition as winning 

2 designs; or 

3 ‘‘(B) otherwise determined in the competi4 tion to be superior; 

5 ‘‘(2) awards and prizes to schools, students, 

6 teachers, and other participants to further education 

7 activities related to the conservation education goals 

8 of the Program; 

9 ‘‘(3) award ceremonies for winners of national 

10 and State Junior Duck Stamp competitions; 

11 ‘‘(4) travel expenses for winners of national and 

12 State Junior Duck Stamp competitions to award 

13 ceremonies, if— 

14 ‘‘(A) the event is intended to honor stu15 dents for winning a national competition; or 

16 ‘‘(B) the event is intended to honor stu17 dents for winning a State competition; 

18 ‘‘(5) expenses for licensing and marketing 

19 under subsection (b); 

20 ‘‘(6) expenses for migratory bird reference ma21 terials or supplies awarded to schools that partici22 pate in the Program; and 

23 ‘‘(7) expenses for marketing and educational 

24 materials developed to promote the Program.’’. 


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1 (2) Section 4 of the Junior Duck Stamp Con2 servation and Design Program Act of 1994 (16 

3 U.S.C. 719b) is amended by striking ‘‘section 

4 3(c)(1)(A) and (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1) 

5 and (2) of section 3(c)’’. 

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