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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5069 
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 
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. 
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’’. 
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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 Sec-
retary may reduce the price of each stamp sold under the 
provisions of this section for a hunting year if the Sec-
retary determines that the increase in the price of the 
stamp after hunting year 2013 resulted in a reduction in 
revenues deposited into the fund;’’; and 
(3) in section 4 (16 U.S.C. 718d)— 
(A) in subsection (a)(3), by inserting be-
fore the period the following: ‘‘, in which there 
shall be a subaccount to which the Secretary of 
the Treasury shall transfer all amounts in ex-
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cess 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 for conservation of migratory 
birds.’’. 
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 
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(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) 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; and 
‘‘(2) an annual assessment of the status of wet-
lands conservation projects for migratory bird con-
servation purposes, including a clear and accurate 
accounting 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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