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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2621 

To amend the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to 

increase the price of Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps 

to fund the acquisition of conservation easements for migratory birds, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 17, 2014 

Mr. VITTER (for himself, Mr. BEGICH, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. COONS, Mr. 

CRAPO, and Mr. TESTER) introduced the following bill; which was read 

twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 

A BILL 

To amend the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation 

Stamp Act to increase the price of Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps to fund the acquisition 

of conservation easements for migratory birds, 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 ‘‘Federal Duck Stamp 

5 Act of 2014’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INCREASE IN PRICE OF MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING 

2 AND CONSERVATION STAMP TO FUND ACQUI3 SITION OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS FOR 

4 MIGRATORY BIRDS. 

5 The Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation 

6 Stamp Act is amended— 

7 (1) in section 2(b) (16 U.S.C. 718b(b))— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘1990, and’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘1990,’’; and 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘for each hunting year 

11 thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘for hunting years 

12 1991 through 2013, and $25 for each hunting 

13 year thereafter’’; 

14 (2) by adding at the end of section 2 (16 

15 U.S.C. 718b) the following: 

16 ‘‘(c) REDUCTION IN PRICE OF STAMP.—The Sec17 retary may reduce the price of each stamp sold under the 

18 provisions of this section for a hunting year if the Sec19 retary determines that the increase in the price of the 

20 stamp after hunting year 2013 resulted in a reduction in 

21 revenues deposited into the fund;’’; and 

22 (3) in section 4 (16 U.S.C. 718d)— 

23 (A) in subsection (a)(3), by inserting be24 fore the period the following: ‘‘, in which there 

25 shall be a subaccount to which the Secretary of 

26 the Treasury shall transfer all amounts in exVerDate Mar 15 2010 02:29 Jul 23, 2014 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2621.IS S2621

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1 cess of $15 that are received from the sale of 

2 each stamp sold for each hunting year after 

3 hunting year 2013’’; 

4 (B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘So 

5 much’’ and inserting ‘‘except as provided in 

6 paragraph (4), so much’’; 

7 (C) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘para8 graph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (3) and 

9 (4)’’; and 

10 (D) by adding at the end of subsection (b) 

11 the following: 

12 ‘‘(4) CONSERVATION EASEMENTS.—Amounts in 

13 the subaccount referred to in subsection (a)(3) shall 

14 be used by the Secretary solely to acquire easements 

15 in real property for conservation of migratory 

16 birds.’’. 

17 SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORT ON EXPENDITURES. 

18 Section 4 of the Migratory Bird Hunting and Con19 servation Stamp Act (16 U.S.C. 718d) is further amend20 ed— 

21 (1) in subsection (c)— 

22 (A) by striking so much as precedes ‘‘The 

23 Secretary may’’ and inserting the following: 

24 ‘‘(c) PROMOTION OF STAMP SALES.—’’; and 

25 (B) by striking paragraph (2); and 


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1 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall include 

3 in each annual report of the Commission under section 

4 3 of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 

5 715b)— 

6 ‘‘(1) a description of activities conducted under 

7 subsection (c) in the year covered by the report; and 

8 ‘‘(2) an annual assessment of the status of wet9 lands conservation projects for migratory bird con10 servation purposes, including a clear and accurate 

11 accounting of— 

12 ‘‘(A) all expenditures by Federal and State 

13 agencies under this section; 

14 ‘‘(B) all expenditures made for fee-simple 

15 acquisition of Federal lands in the United 

16 States, including the amount paid and acreage 

17 of each parcel acquired in each acquisition.’’. 

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