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Union Calendar No. 290
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3679
[Report No. 103–521]
To authorize appropriations to expand implementation of the Junior Duck
Stamp Conservation Program conducted by the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 22, 1993
Mr. ORTIZ (for himself, Mr. WELDON, Mr. HUGHES, Mr. DELLUMS, Mr. LI-
PINSKI, Mr. LAUGHLIN, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. FROST, Mr. BONIOR,
and Mr. WASHINGTON) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
MAY 23, 1994
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on November 22, 1993]
A BILL
To authorize appropriations to expand implementation of
the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation Program conducted
by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
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 ‘‘Junior Duck Stamp
Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior (in
this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may carry out in
accordance with this Act a program to be known as the
‘‘Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program’’
(in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Program’’).
(b) PROGRAM FEATURES.—The Program shall consist
of—
(1) conducting in all interested States the activi-
ties which on the day before the date of the enactment
of this Act are conducted under the program known
as the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design
Program;
(2) other activities authorized under the Pro-
gram by this or any other Act; and
(3) any other activity necessary to carry out the
conservation and education goals of the Program.
(c) EFFORT TO CONDUCT PROGRAM IN ALL STATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall take ap-
propriate steps to seek to conduct the Program in all
of the 50 States.
(2) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall an-
nually submit a report to the Congress on the status
of the Program in each of the 50 States.
SEC. 3. JUNIOR DUCK STAMP.
(a) COMPETITION.—As part of the Program, the Sec-
retary may annually conduct a competition to—
(1) solicit the submission by students at elemen-
tary and secondary schools of designs relating to con-
servation of migratory birds; and
(2) select winning designs from among those sub-
missions for use for licensing and marketing under
subsection (b).
(b) LICENSING AND MARKETING OF DESIGN OF JUN-
IOR DUCK STAMPS.—As part of the Program, the Secretary
may—
(1) license and market winning designs selected
in competitions under subsection (a); and
(2) license and market stamps bearing those de-
signs, which shall be known as Junior Duck Stamps.
(c) USE OF PROCEEDS FROM LICENSING AND MAR-
KETING
OF JUNIOR DUCK STAMPS
AND JUNIOR DUCK
STAMP
DESIGNS.—Amounts received under subsection
(b)—
(1) shall be available to the Secretary until ex-
pended, without further appropriations, solely for—
(A) awards and scholarships to individuals
who submit designs in competitions under sub-
section (a), that are—
(i) selected in such a competition as
winning designs; or
(ii) otherwise determined in such a
competition to be superior;
(B) awards to schools and other partici-
pants to further education activities related to
the conservation education goals of the Program;
and
(C) expenses for licensing and marketing
under subsection (b); and
(2) may not be used for administrative expenses
of the Program.
SEC. 4. ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS, DEVISES, AND BEQUESTS.
The Secretary may accept and use any gift, devise, or
bequest of personal property, or proceeds thereof, for the
purpose of funding the activities described in section 3(c)(1)
(A) and (B).
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary for administrative expenses of the Program $250,000
for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 2000.
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to authorize
the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a program to
be known as the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and
Design Program.’’.
Union Calendar No. 290
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3679
[Report No. 103–521]
A BILL
To authorize appropriations to expand implementa-
tion of the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation
Program conducted by the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service.
MAY 23, 1994
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed