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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3679

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 25 (legislative day, MAY 16), 1994

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and

Public Works

AN ACT

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a

program to be known as the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program, 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. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Junior Duck Stamp

5 Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994’’.
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1 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior (in

3 this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may carry out

4 in accordance with this Act a program to be known as

5 the ‘‘Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Pro6 gram’’ (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Program’’) to ac7 complish the goals of—

8 (1) providing to school children environmental

9 education opportunities relating to the conservation

10 and management of migratory birds; and

11 (2) increasing the capacity for schools, States,

12 and other educational programs to conduct conserva13 tion and education programs.

14 (b) PROGRAM FEATURES.—The Program shall con15 sist of—

16 (1) conducting in all interested States the ac17 tivities which on the day before the date of the en18 actment of this Act are conducted under the pro19 gram known as the Junior Duck Stamp Conserva20 tion and Design Program;

21 (2) other activities authorized under the Pro22 gram by this or any other Act; and

23 (3) any other activity necessary to carry out the

24 conservation and education goals of the Program.

25 (c) EFFORT TO CONDUCT PROGRAM IN ALL

26 STATES.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall take ap2 propriate steps to seek to conduct the Program in all

3 of the 50 States.

4 (2) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall an5 nually submit a report to the Congress on the status

6 of the Program in each of the 50 States.

7 SEC. 3. JUNIOR DUCK STAMP.

8 (a) COMPETITION.—As part of the Program, the Sec9 retary may annually conduct a competition to—

10 (1) solicit the submission by students at ele11 mentary and secondary schools of designs relating to

12 conservation of migratory birds; and

13 (2) select winning designs from among those

14 submissions for use for licensing and marketing

15 under subsection (b).

16 (b) LICENSING AND MARKETING OF DESIGN OF JUN17 IOR DUCK STAMPS.—As part of the Program, the Sec18 retary may—

19 (1) license and market winning designs selected

20 in competitions under subsection (a); and

21 (2) license and market stamps bearing those de22 signs, which shall be known as Junior Duck Stamps.

23 (c) USE OF PROCEEDS FROM LICENSING AND MAR24 KETING OF JUNIOR DUCK STAMPS AND JUNIOR DUCK
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1 STAMP DESIGNS.—Amounts received under subsection

2 (b)—

3 (1) shall be available to the Secretary until ex4 pended, without further appropriations, solely for—

5 (A) awards and scholarships to individuals

6 who submit designs in competitions under sub7 section (a), that are—

8 (i) selected in such a competition as

9 winning designs; or

10 (ii) otherwise determined in such a

11 competition to be superior;

12 (B) awards to schools and other partici13 pants to further education activities related to

14 the conservation education goals of the Pro15 gram; and

16 (C) expenses for licensing and marketing

17 under subsection (b); and

18 (2) may not be used for administrative expenses

19 of the Program.

20 SEC. 4. ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS, DEVISES, AND BEQUESTS.

21 The Secretary may accept and use any gift, devise,

22 or bequest of personal property, or proceeds thereof, for

23 the purpose of funding the activities described in section

24 3(c)(1) (A) and (B).
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1 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

2 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec3 retary for administrative expenses of the Program

4 $250,000 for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 2000.

5 SEC. 6. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER AND REF6 UGE HEADQUARTERS AT JOHN HEINZ NA7 TIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AT TINICUM.

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding other laws and

9 subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of the Interior,

10 acting through the Director of the United States Fish and

11 Wildlife Service, may transfer to the National Fish and

12 Wildlife Foundation the Cusano bequest.

13 (b) CONDITIONS OF TRANSFER.—As a condition of

14 transferring the Cusano bequest under subsection (a), the

15 Secretary of the Interior shall require the National Fish

16 and Wildlife Foundation to enter into an agreement under

17 which the Foundation is required to—

18 (1) solicit additional non-Federal contributions

19 to provide a dollar for dollar match of the Cusano

20 bequest;

21 (2) manage the Cusano bequest and those con22 tributions in accordance with all applicable require23 ments of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

24 Establishment Act (16 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.);

25 (3) use all amounts and proceeds from the

26 Cusano bequest and any non-Federal contributions
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1 received pursuant to paragraph (1) for the purpose

2 of designing and constructing a facility for an envi3 ronmental education center and refuge headquarters

4 on lands located within the John Heinz National

5 Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum; and

6 (4) donate the facility to the United States Fish

7 and Wildlife Service upon completion of its construc8 tion.

9 (c) CUSANO BEQUEST DEFINED.—For purposes of

10 this section, the term ‘‘Cusano bequest’’ means the

11 amounts totaling approximately $2,473,971 which were

12 donated to the Department of the Interior in 1994 by Mr.

13 Antonio Cusano of Crum Lynne, Pennsylvania, and in14 cludes all proceeds derived from such amounts in the pe15 riod since the donation was made.

Passed the House of Representatives May 23, 1994.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.