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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2164

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.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 7, 1994

Mr. MITCHELL (for Mr. SASSER) introduced the following bill; which was read

twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

A BILL

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’’.

6 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior (re8 ferred to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may carry out

9 in accordance with this Act a program to be known as
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1 the ‘‘Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Pro2 gram’’ (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Program’’) to ac3 complish the goals of—

4 (1) providing to school children environmental

5 education opportunities relating to the conservation

6 and management of migratory birds; and

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

8 and other educational programs to conduct conserva9 tion and education programs.

10 (b) PROGRAM FEATURES.—The Program shall con11 sist of conducting—

12 (1) in all interested States, the activities that

13 on the day before the date of enactment of this Act

14 are conducted under the program established by the

15 United States Fish and Wildlife Service and known

16 as the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design

17 Program;

18 (2) other activities authorized under the Pro19 gram by this or any other Act; and

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

21 conservation and education goals of the Program.

22 (c) EFFORT TO CONDUCT PROGRAM IN ALL

23 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 50 States.

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

6 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 the 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 subpara24 graphs (A) and (B) of section 3(c)(1).
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1 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

2 There are authorized to be appropriated to the De3 partment of the Interior for administrative expenses of the

4 Program $250,000 for each of fiscal years 1995 through

5 2000.

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