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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4077
To provide for establishment of a memorial to sportsmen.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 18, 1998
Mr. DUNCAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To provide for establishment of a memorial to sportsmen.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sportsmen’s Memorial
Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The conservation of the Nation’s fish and
wildlife resources is of critical importance to all of
our citizens.
(2) Numerous Federal and State agencies have
been created to manage for the conservation of our
fish and wildlife resources.
(3) Numerous national, State, and local asso-
ciations have been created to support the conserva-
tion of our fish and wildlife resources.
(4) Standing at the forefront of these collective
efforts are sportsmen, whose financial support to the
Nation’s fish and wildlife conservation efforts num-
bers in the tens of billions.
(5) Sportsmen have been the financial and phil-
osophical backbone of successful fish and wildlife
management throughout the 20th century.
(6) Sportsmen’s support has allowed fish and
wildlife managers to protect and restore millions of
acres of habitat, engage in quality research on a
multitude of fish and wildlife species, and actively
manage our fish and wildlife resources on a day-to-
day basis.
(7) Through the Federal Aid in Wildlife Res-
toration Act (16 U.S.C. 669 et seq.), the Federal
Aid in Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777 et seq.),
and the Migratory Bird Conservation Stamp pro-
gram, sportsmen have contributed billions of dollars
for the betterment of this Nation’s fish and wildlife
resources and the conservation of fish and wildlife
habitat.
(8) Sportsmen, through their purchase of State
hunting and fishing licenses, stamps, and tags, have
contributed additional billions of dollars directly to
State fish and wildlife agencies for the betterment of
fish and wildlife resources and the conservation of
fish and wildlife habitat.
(9) Sportsmen, through their voluntary con-
tributions to fish and wildlife conservation associa-
tions, have conserved additional millions of acres of
habitat and the conservation of a multitude of fish
and wildlife species.
(10) This support has allowed fish and wildlife
managers to achieve some of our greatest fish and
wildlife success stories, including the North Amer-
ican wild elk, striped bass, wild turkey, pronghorn
antelope, wood duck, and greater Canada goose.
SEC. 2. MEMORIAL TO SPORTSMEN.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior may
permit the Sportmen’s Wildlife Foundation (a nonprofit
corporation established under the laws of the State of Ten-
nessee) to establish in the District of Columbia or its envi-
rons a memorial to honor sportsmen pursuant to the Com-
memorative Works Act of 1986 (40 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
(b) COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS FOR COMMEMO-
RATIVE WORKS.—The establishment of the memorial shall
be in accordance with the Commemorative Works Act of
1986 (40 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
(c) PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.—The Sportmen’s Wild-
life Foundation shall be solely responsible for acceptance
of contributions for, and payment of the expenses of, the
establishment of the memorial. No Federal funds may be
used to pay any expense of the establishment of the memo-
rial.
(d) DEPOSIT OF EXCESS FUNDS.—If, upon payment
of all expenses of the establishment of the memorial (in-
cluding the maintenance and preservation amount pro-
vided for in section 8(b) of the Commemorative Works Act
of 1986 (40 U.S.C. 1008(b))), or upon expiration of the
authority for the memorial under section 10(b) of the
Commemorative Works Act of 1986 (40 U.S.C. 1010(b)),
there remains a balance of funds received for the establish-
ment of the memorial, the Sportmen’s Wildlife Foundation
shall transmit the amount of the balance to the Secretary
of the Treasury for deposit in the account provided for
in section 8(b)(1) of that Act (40 U.S.C. 1008(b)(1)).
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