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Calendar No. 357 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3537 

[Report No. 111–174] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 14, 2009 

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

Public Works 

APRIL 26, 2010 

Reported by Mrs. BOXER, without amendment 

AN ACT 

To amend and reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp 

Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994. 

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 Reauthorization Act of 

6 2009’’. 

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

8 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) In 2007–2008, sales of the $5 Junior Duck 

2 Stamp generated more than $100,000 in revenue, all 

3 of which was used to provide educational materials 

4 for the program, fund scholarships for students, and 

5 support and promote the program’s goal of con6 necting children with nature. 

7 (2) Now in its 20th year, the Junior Duck 

8 Stamp Conservation and Design Program is one of 

9 this country’s oldest and most successful govern10 ment-sponsored, youth-focused conservation biology 

11 programs. The program continues to build strong 

12 partnerships with public and parochial schools, 

13 homeschoolers and after-school programs, and other 

14 youth-focused education programs throughout the 

15 country. 

16 (3) The Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and 

17 Design Program continues to foster strong partner18 ships among Federal and State government agen19 cies, nongovernment organizations, the business 

20 community, and others in the private sector to pro21 mote youth conservation initiatives. 

22 (4) With its conservation-focused science and 

23 arts curriculum, the Junior Duck Stamp Conserva24 tion and Design Program has helped prepare hun25 dreds of thousands of students to become stewards 


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1 of America’s irreplaceable wild places and treasured 

2 outdoor heritage. 

3 SEC. 3. REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 

4 Section 2(c)(2) of the Junior Duck Stamp Conserva5 tion and Design Program Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 

6 719(c)(2)) is amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘(2) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Beginning in 

8 2010 and every 5 years thereafter, the Secretary 

9 shall submit to Congress a report on the status of 

10 the Program in each State.’’. 

11 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

12 Section 6 of the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation 

13 and Design Program Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 719c) is 

14 amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

16 ‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec17 retary for administrative expenses of the Program 

18 $500,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2015.’’. 


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Calendar No. 357 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3537 

[Report No. 111–174] 

AN ACT 

To amend and reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp 

Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994. 

APRIL 26, 2010 

Reported without amendment 


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