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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 788 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        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.''.
    (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.
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