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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3679
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 25 (legislative day, MAY 16), 1994
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and
Public Works
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a
program to be known as the Junior Duck Stamp Con-
servation and Design Program, and for other purposes.
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’’.
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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 Pro-
gram’’ (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Program’’) to ac-
complish the goals of—
(1) providing to school children environmental
education opportunities relating to the conservation
and management of migratory birds; and
(2) increasing the capacity for schools, States,
and other educational programs to conduct conserva-
tion and education programs.
(b) PROGRAM FEATURES.—The Program shall con-
sist of—
(1) conducting in all interested States the ac-
tivities which on the day before the date of the en-
actment of this Act are conducted under the pro-
gram known as the Junior Duck Stamp Conserva-
tion 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.—
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(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 ele-
mentary and secondary schools of designs relating to
conservation of migratory birds; and
(2) select winning designs from among those
submissions 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 Sec-
retary 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
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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 Pro-
gram; 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).
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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.
SEC. 6. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER AND REF-
UGE HEADQUARTERS AT JOHN HEINZ NA-
TIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AT TINICUM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding other laws and
subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of the Interior,
acting through the Director of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service, may transfer to the National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation the Cusano bequest.
(b) CONDITIONS OF TRANSFER.—As a condition of
transferring the Cusano bequest under subsection (a), the
Secretary of the Interior shall require the National Fish
and Wildlife Foundation to enter into an agreement under
which the Foundation is required to—
(1) solicit additional non-Federal contributions
to provide a dollar for dollar match of the Cusano
bequest;
(2) manage the Cusano bequest and those con-
tributions in accordance with all applicable require-
ments of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Establishment Act (16 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.);
(3) use all amounts and proceeds from the
Cusano bequest and any non-Federal contributions
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received pursuant to paragraph (1) for the purpose
of designing and constructing a facility for an envi-
ronmental education center and refuge headquarters
on lands located within the John Heinz National
Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum; and
(4) donate the facility to the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service upon completion of its construc-
tion.
(c) CUSANO BEQUEST DEFINED.—For purposes of
this section, the term ‘‘Cusano bequest’’ means the
amounts totaling approximately $2,473,971 which were
donated to the Department of the Interior in 1994 by Mr.
Antonio Cusano of Crum Lynne, Pennsylvania, and in-
cludes all proceeds derived from such amounts in the pe-
riod since the donation was made.
Passed the House of Representatives May 23, 1994.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.