S. 788 

One Hundred Eighteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE FIRST SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty three 

An Act 

To amend the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 to allow States 

to issue fully electronic stamps under that Act, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Duck Stamp Modernization 

Act of 2023’’. 

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZING FULLY ELECTRONIC STAMPS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5 of the Permanent Electronic Duck 

Stamp Act of 2013 (16 U.S.C. 718r) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘ACTUAL

STAMP’’ and inserting ‘‘ELECTRONIC STAMP’’; 

(B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 

‘‘an actual stamp’’ and inserting ‘‘the electronic stamp’’; 

and 

(C) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(1) on the date of purchase of the electronic stamp; and’’; 

(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘actual stamps’’ and 

inserting ‘‘actual stamps under subsection (e)’’; 

(3) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and 

(4) by inserting after subsection (d) the following: 

‘‘(e) DELIVERY OF ACTUAL STAMPS.—The Secretary shall issue 

an actual stamp after March 10 of each year to each individual 

that purchased an electronic stamp for the preceding waterfowl 

season.’’. 

(b) CONTENTS OF ELECTRONIC STAMP.—Section 2 of the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 (16 U.S.C. 718o) is 

amended— 

(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Federal’’ and all that 

follows through ‘‘that is printed’’ and inserting ‘‘Migratory Bird 

Hunting and Conservation Stamp required under the Migratory 

Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act (16 U.S.C. 718a 

et seq.) that is printed’’; and 

(2) in paragraph (3)— 

(A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at 

the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(C) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(F) may contain an image of the actual stamp.’’. 
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(c) STAMP VALID THROUGH CLOSE OF HUNTING SEASON.—Section 6 of the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 (16 

U.S.C. 718s) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph 

(1), by striking ‘‘shall, during the effective period of the electronic stamp—’’ and inserting ‘‘shall—’’; and 

(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘for a period agreed to 

by the State and the Secretary, which shall not exceed 45 

days’’ and inserting ‘‘through the first June 30 that occurs 

after the date of issuance of the electronic stamp by the State’’. 

(d) ELECTRONIC STAMPS AS PERMIT.—Section 1(a)(1) of the 

Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act (16 U.S.C. 

718a(a)(1)) is amended— 

(1) by inserting ‘‘as an electronic stamp (as defined in 

section 2 of the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 

(16 U.S.C. 718o)) or’’ after ‘‘Conservation Stamp,’’; and 

(2) by striking ‘‘face of the stamp’’ and inserting ‘‘face 

of the actual stamp (as defined in that section)’’. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.