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105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4803

To authorize electronic issuance and recognition of migratory bird hunting

and conservation stamps.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 10, 1998

Mr. TAUZIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Resources

A BILL

To authorize electronic issuance and recognition of migratory

bird hunting and conservation stamps.

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 ‘‘Electronic Duck Stamp

5 Act of 1998’’.

6 SEC. 2. ELECTRONIC ISSUANCE OF MIGRATORY BIRD

7 HUNTING AND CONSERVATION STAMPS.

8 Section 2 of the Act of March 16, 1934 (16 U.S.C.

9 718b), is amended by adding at the end the following:

10 ‘‘(c) ELECTRONIC ISSUANCE OF STAMPS.—
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1 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:

2 ‘‘(A) ACTUAL STAMP.—The term ‘actual

3 stamp’ means a printed paper stamp that is

4 issued and sold through a means in use on the

5 day before the date of enactment of this sub6 section.

7 ‘‘(B) ELECTRONIC STAMP.—The term

8 ‘electronic stamp’ means a representation of a

9 stamp issued electronically under paragraph

10 (2).

11 ‘‘(C) STAMP.—The term ‘stamp’ means a

12 migratory bird hunting and conservation stamp

13 required by the first section.

14 ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION.—The Department of the

15 Interior, the Postal Service, or, subject to paragraph

16 (7), a State or person authorized under subsection

17 (a) to sell stamps, may issue the stamps, or rep18 resentations of stamps, electronically by endorse19 ment affixed to licenses issued at points of sale or

20 through other electronic media. However, any such

21 representation, if issued, shall be of a size less than

3⁄4, or more than 11 22 ⁄2, in linear dimension, of the ac23 tual Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conserva24 tion Stamp (Federal Duck Stamp).
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1 ‘‘(3) SIZE OF ELECTRONIC STAMPS.—An electronic stamp shall be of an area that is less than 3 2 ⁄4,

or more than 11 3 ⁄2, of the area of an actual stamp.

4 ‘‘(4) CONFIRMATION NUMBER AND OTHER

5 IDENTIFYING INFORMATION.—

6 ‘‘(A) CONFIRMATION NUMBER.—An elec7 tronic stamp shall be assigned a unique con8 firmation number.

9 ‘‘(B) OTHER IDENTIFYING INFORMA10 TION.—Each issuer of an electronic stamp or

11 unique confirmation number shall also print on

12 any representation or pertinent license issued,

13 appropriate information for Federal, State, and

14 other law enforcement officers to verify the con15 firmation number, representation, and sales

16 transaction with the licensee.

17 ‘‘(5) DELIVERY OF ACTUAL STAMPS.—An entity

18 that issues electronic stamps or representations

19 under paragraph (1) shall have financial responsibil20 ity for the sale, delivery, and mailing of the cor21 responding printed (actual) Federal Migratory Bird

22 Hunting and Conservation Stamp to the licensee

23 within 14 calendar days of issuance.

24 ‘‘(6) RECOGNITION OF ELECTRONIC STAMPS.—
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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An electronic stamp

2 and its unique confirmation number shall—

3 ‘‘(i) subject to the requirements of the

4 first section, be given full recognition dur5 ing the period beginning on the date of

6 issuance of the electronic stamp until the

7 date on which the corresponding actual

8 stamp is received; and

9 ‘‘(ii) expire and be replaced by the ac10 tual stamp upon receipt of the actual

11 stamp, but not later than 14 calendar days

12 after the date of issuance of the electronic

13 stamp, if the licensee complies with the re14 quirements of the first section.

15 ‘‘(7) APPROVAL BY THE SECRETARY.—No State

16 or other person may participate in the electronic

17 issuance of a Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and

18 Conservation Stamp unless the Secretary has re19 ceived a plan submitted by the party in question

20 which provides for a satisfactory accounting process

21 for the collection and transfer of revenue, distribu22 tion, and law enforcement verification of the elec23 tronic transaction, and the subsequent distribution

24 of the actual stamp.
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1 ‘‘(8) ELECTRONIC COLLECTION OF ELECTRONIC

2 STAMP SALES REVENUE.—Not later than 14 days

3 after the date of issuance of an electronic stamp

4 under this subsection, a State or person shall trans5 fer to the Department of the Interior or a des6 ignated agent the revenue collected from the

7 issuance by means of an electronic fund transfer

8 method approved by, and compatible with, the ac9 counting system of the Department of the Interior

10 or the designated agent.’’.

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