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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1641 

To amend Public Law 87–383 to reauthorize appropriations to promote 

the conservation of migratory waterfowl and to offset or prevent the 

serious loss of important wetland and other waterfowl habitat essential 

to the preservation of migratory waterfowl, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 18, 2007 

Mr. COLEMAN (for himself and Mr. BAUCUS) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 

Public Works 

A BILL 

To amend Public Law 87–383 to reauthorize appropriations 

to promote the conservation of migratory waterfowl and 

to offset or prevent the serious loss of important wetland 

and other waterfowl habitat essential to the preservation 

of migratory waterfowl, 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 ‘‘Wetlands Loan Act 

5 of 2007’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS FOR CONSERVATION OF 

2 MIGRATORY WATERFOWL AND HABITAT. 

3 The first section of Public Law 87–383 (16 U.S.C. 

4 715k–3) is amended— 

5 (1) by striking ‘‘That in’’ and inserting the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS FOR CONSERVA8 TION OF MIGRATORY WATERFOWL HABITAT. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In’’; 

10 (2) by striking ‘‘for the period’’ and all that fol11 lows through the end of the sentence and inserting 

12 ‘‘$40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 

13 2018.’’; and 

14 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(b) ADVANCE TO MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION

16 FUND.—Funds appropriated pursuant to this Act shall be 

17 treated as an advance, without interest, to the Migratory 

18 Bird Conservation Fund. 

19 ‘‘(c) REPAYMENT TO TREASURY.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning July 1, 

21 2010, funds appropriated pursuant to this Act shall 

22 be repaid to the Treasury out of the Migratory Bird 

23 Conservation Fund. 

24 ‘‘(2) AMOUNTS.—Repayment under this sub25 section shall be made in annual amounts that are 

26 equal to the funds accruing annually to the MigraVerDate Aug 31 2005 21:50 Jun 21, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1641.IS S1641

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1 tory Bird Conservation Fund that are attributable to 

2 the portion of the price of migratory bird hunting 

3 stamps sold that year that is in excess of $15 per 

4 stamp. 

5 ‘‘(3) USE OF AMOUNTS.—In any year for which 

6 funds are not appropriated pursuant to this Act, and 

7 no amount remains to be repaid to the Treasury out 

8 of the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund under 

9 paragraph (1), the total amount attributable to the 

10 portion of the price of migratory bird hunting 

11 stamps sold for that year that is in excess of $15 

12 per stamp shall be deposited in the Migratory Bird 

13 Conservation Fund.’’. 

14 SEC. 3. PRICE OF STAMPS. 

15 Section 2 of the Migratory Bird Hunting and Con16 servation Stamp Act (16 U.S.C. 718b) is amended by 

17 striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: 

18 ‘‘(b) PRICE OF STAMPS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For each stamp sold by an 

20 authorized entity under subsection (a)(1), the au21 thorized entity shall collect— 

22 ‘‘(A) $22 during each of hunting years 

23 2009 through 2015; 

24 ‘‘(B) $29 during each of hunting years 

25 2016 through 2022; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) $35 during hunting year 2023 and 

2 each hunting year thereafter. 

3 ‘‘(2) REPORTS.— 

4 ‘‘(A) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 

5 year after the date of enactment of the Wet6 lands Loan Act of 2007, the Secretary of the 

7 Interior, acting through the Director of the 

8 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, shall 

9 submit to Congress a report that includes a 

10 comparison by the Secretary of the Interior 

11 of— 

12 ‘‘(i) the price of each stamp sold 

13 under subsection (a)(1) during the hunting 

14 year following the hunting year in which 

15 the Wetlands Loan Act of 2007 was en16 acted; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) for each hunting year during the 

18 period beginning with hunting year 1991 

19 and ending with the hunting year in which 

20 the Wetlands Loan Act of 2007 was en21 acted, the purchasing power of the amount 

22 of revenue generated by the total quantity 

23 of stamps sold during the hunting year 

24 under subsection (a)(1). 


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1 ‘‘(B) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 

2 year after the date on which the funds ad3 vanced under section 1 of Public Law 87–383 

4 (16 U.S.C. 715k–3) are repaid, the Secretary of 

5 the Interior, acting through the Director of the 

6 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, shall 

7 submit to Congress a report that includes a 

8 comparison by the Secretary of the Interior 

9 of— 

10 ‘‘(i) the price of each stamp sold 

11 under subsection (a)(1) during the hunting 

12 year in which the funds advanced under 

13 section 1 of Public Law 87–383 (16 

14 U.S.C. 715k–3) are repaid; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) for each hunting year during the 

16 period beginning with hunting year 1991 

17 and ending with the hunting year in which 

18 the funds advanced under section 1 of 

19 Public Law 87–383 (16 U.S.C. 715k–3) 

20 are repaid, the purchasing power of the 

21 amount of revenue generated by the total 

22 quantity of stamps sold during the hunting 

23 year under subsection (a)(1).’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE USE OF CER2 TAIN FUNDS. 

3 It is the sense of Congress that— 

4 (1) the funds generated pursuant to the amend5 ments made by this Act— 

6 (A) should be used for preserving and in7 creasing waterfowl populations in accordance 

8 with the goals and objectives of the North 

9 American Waterfowl Management Plan; and 

10 (B) to that end, should be used to supple11 ment and not replace current conservation 

12 funding, including funding for other Federal 

13 and State habitat conservation programs; 

14 (2) where practicable, fee title acquisitions 

15 under this Act should be managed for public access 

16 in accordance with the requirements of any water17 fowl production area designated as a component of 

18 the National Wildlife Refuge System under section 4 

19 of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administra20 tion Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd(a)(1)); and 

21 (3) this Act and the amendments made by this 

22 Act should be implemented in a manner that helps 

23 private landowners achieve long-term land use objec24 tives in a manner that enhances the conservation of 

25 wetland and wildlife habitat. 

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