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Union Calendar No. 463 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5069 
[Report No. 113–622] 
To amend the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to 
increase in 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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 10, 2014 
Mr. FLEMING (for himself, Mr. KIND, Mr. WITTMAN, and Mr. SMITH of Mis-
souri) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
NOVEMBER 17, 2014 
Additional sponsors: Mr. DINGELL, Mr. WALZ, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. JOYCE, 
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. MCALLISTER, Mr. 
BYRNE, Mr. COTTON, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, and Mr. 
GRIFFIN of Arkansas 
NOVEMBER 17, 2014 
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 July 10, 2014] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation 
Stamp Act to increase in the price of Migratory Bird 
Hunting and Conservation Stamps to fund the acquisi-
tion of conservation easements for migratory birds, and 
for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Federal Duck Stamp 
Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN PRICE OF MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING 
AND CONSERVATION STAMP TO FUND ACQUI-
SITION OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS FOR 
MIGRATORY BIRDS. 
The Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation 
Stamp Act is amended— 
(1) in section 2(b) (16 U.S.C. 718b(b))— 
(A) by striking ‘‘1990, and’’ and inserting 
‘‘1990,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘for each hunting year 
thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘for hunting years 
1991 through 2013, and $25 for each hunting 
year thereafter’’; 
(2) by adding at the end of section 2 (16 U.S.C. 
718b) the following: 
‘‘(c) REDUCTION IN PRICE OF STAMP.—The Secretary 
may reduce the price of each stamp sold under the provi-
sions of this section for a hunting year if the Secretary de-
termines that the increase in the price of the stamp after 
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hunting year 2013 resulted in a reduction in revenues de-
posited into the fund.’’; and 
(3) in section 4 (16 U.S.C. 718d)— 
(A) in subsection (a)(3), by inserting before 
the period the following: ‘‘, in which there shall 
be a subaccount to which the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall transfer all amounts in excess of 
$15 that are received from the sale of each stamp 
sold for each hunting year after hunting year 
2013’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘So 
much’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in 
paragraph (4), so much’’; 
(C) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (3) and 
(4)’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end of subsection (b) 
the following: 
‘‘(4) CONSERVATION EASEMENTS.—Amounts in 
the subaccount referred to in subsection (a)(3) shall be 
used by the Secretary solely to acquire easements in 
real property in the United States for conservation of 
migratory birds.’’. 
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SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORT ON EXPENDITURES. 
Section 4 of the Migratory Bird Hunting and Con-
servation Stamp Act (16 U.S.C. 718d) is further amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking so much as precedes ‘‘The 
Secretary may’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) PROMOTION OF STAMP SALES.—’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall include 
in each annual report of the Commission under section 3 
of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 715b)— 
‘‘(1) a description of activities conducted under 
subsection (c) in the year covered by the report; 
‘‘(2) an annual assessment of the status of wet-
lands conservation projects for migratory bird con-
servation purposes, including a clear and accurate ac-
counting of— 
‘‘(A) all expenditures by Federal and State 
agencies under this section; and 
‘‘(B) all expenditures made for fee-simple 
acquisition of Federal lands in the United 
States, including the amount paid and acreage 
of each parcel acquired in each acquisition; 
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‘‘(3) an analysis of the refuge lands opened, and 
refuge lands closed, for hunting and fishing in the 
year covered by the report, including— 
‘‘(A) identification of the specific areas in 
each refuge and the reasons for the closure or 
opening; and 
‘‘(B) a detailed description of each closure 
including detailed justification for such closure; 
‘‘(4) the total number of acres of refuge land 
open for hunting and fishing, and the total number 
of acres of refuge land closed for hunting and fishing, 
in the year covered by the report; and 
‘‘(5) a separate report on the hunting and fish-
ing status of those lands added to the system in the 
year covered by the report.’’. 
SEC. 4. EXEMPTION FOR TAKINGS BY RURAL ALASKA SUB-
SISTENCE USERS. 
Section 1(a)(2) of the Migratory Bird Hunting and 
Conservation Stamp Act (16 U.S.C. 718a(a)(2)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon at the end of subpara-
graph (B), by striking the period at the end of subpara-
graph (C) and inserting ‘‘; or’’, and by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(D) by a rural Alaska resident for subsist-
ence uses (as that term is defined in section 803 
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of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 3113)).’’. 
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