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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4315 
To amend the Acts popularly known as the Duck Stamp Act and the Wetland 
Loan Act to reauthorize appropriations to promote the conservation of 
migratory waterfowl and to offset or prevent the serious loss of important 
wetlands and other waterfowl habitat essential to the preservation of 
such waterfowl, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 14, 2005 
Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota (for himself and Mr. THOMPSON of California) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Re-
sources 
A BILL 
To amend the Acts popularly known as the Duck Stamp 
Act and the Wetland Loan Act to reauthorize appropria-
tions to promote the conservation of migratory waterfowl 
and to offset or prevent the serious loss of important 
wetlands and other waterfowl habitat essential to the 
preservation of such waterfowl, 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. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS FOR CONSERVA-
TION OF MIGRATORY WATERFOWL AND HABI-
TAT. 
The first section of Public Law 87–383 (16 U.S.C. 
715k–3), popularly known as the Wetlands Loan Act, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘for the period’’ and all that fol-
lows through the end of the sentence and inserting 
‘‘$400,000,000 for fiscal years 2007 through 
2016.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Funds 
appropriated pursuant to this Act shall be treated as 
an advance, without interest, to the migratory bird 
conservation fund. Such appropriated funds, begin-
ning on July 1, 2007, shall be repaid to the Treas-
ury out of the migratory bird conservation fund. 
Such repayment shall be made in annual amounts 
comprising the moneys accruing annually to such 
fund that are attributable to the portion of the price 
of migratory bird hunting stamps sold that year that 
is in excess of $15 per stamp.’’. 
SEC. 2. SALES OF DUCK STAMPS; PRICE. 
(a) SALES OF STAMPS.—Sections 2(a) of the Act of 
March 16, 1934 (chapter 71; 16 U.S.C. 718b(a)), popu-
larly known as the Duck Stamp Act, is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘issued and sold by the 
Postal Service, and may be sold by the Depart-
ment of the Interior’’ and inserting ‘‘sold by the 
Postal Service, the Secretary of the Interior, 
and any other person authorized by the Sec-
retary of the Interior’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘each post office of the 
first- and second-class’’ and inserting ‘‘any post 
office’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘as the Postal Service and 
the Secretary of the Interior’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Postal Service, the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, or a person so authorized’’; 
(2) in the third sentence by striking ‘‘by the 
Postal Service’’ and all that follows through the end 
of the sentence and inserting ‘‘by the person selling 
the stamp the applicable price under subsection (b)’’; 
(3) in the fifth sentence by inserting ‘‘hunting’’ 
before ‘‘year’’; 
(4) in the sixth sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Postal Service’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Secretary of the Interior’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘prescribed by it’’ and in-
serting ‘‘prescribed by the Secretary’’;
(C) by striking ‘‘of blocks composed of two 
or more attached’’; and 
(D) by inserting ‘‘authorized by the Sec-
retary of the Interior to sell stamps on consign-
ment’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The 
Postal Service shall not sell stamps to any individual 
on consignment, and shall not redeem stamps sold 
on consignment by the Secretary of the Interior or 
a person authorized by the Secretary of the Interior 
to sell stamps on consignment.’’. 
(b) PRICE OF STAMP.— 
(1) AMENDMENT.—Section 2(b) of such Act is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) A person authorized to sell stamps under this 
section shall collect, for each stamp sold— 
‘‘(1) $25 for a stamp for any of hunting years 
2007 through 2014; and 
‘‘(2) $35 for a stamp for each hunting year 
after hunting year 2014.’’. 
(2) LIMITATION ON APPLICATION.—This sub-
section shall not affect the application of section 2 
of such Act before July 1, 2007.
(c) DISPOSITION OF UNSOLD STAMPS.—Section 3(a) 
of the Act of July 30, 1956 (chapter 782; 16 U.S.C. 718b– 
1(a)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘and conservation’’ after ‘‘mi-
gratory-bird hunting’’ each place it appears; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘or the Secretary of the Inte-
rior’’ after ‘‘Postal Service’’ the first place it ap-
pears; 
(3) by striking ‘‘Philatelic Agency’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Postal Service and the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, or a person authorized by the Secretary,’’; and 
(4) by inserting ‘‘and the Secretary of the Inte-
rior’’ after ‘‘Postal Service’’ the second place it ap-
pears. 
SEC. 3. DISPLAY OF STAMP. 
The first section of the Act of March 16, 1934 (chap-
ter 71; 16 U.S.C. 718a), popularly known as the Duck 
Stamp Act, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require a person 
to affix a stamp sold under this Act to any other license 
as a condition of engaging in hunting under the authority 
of the stamp.’’. 
SEC. 4. TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 
Section 4 of the Act of March 16, 1934 (chapter 71; 
16 U.S.C. 718d), popularly known as the Duck Stamp
Act, is amended by striking ‘‘personal’’ and inserting 
‘‘personnel’’. 
SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE EXPENDI-
TURES OF FUNDS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the funds provided pursuant to the amend-
ments made by this Act— 
(A) should be used for preserving and in-
creasing waterfowl populations in accordance 
with the goals and objectives of the North 
American Waterfowl Management Plan; and 
(B) to that end, should be used to supple-
ment and not replace current conservation 
funding, including funding for other Federal 
and State habitat conservation programs; and 
(2) this Act should be implemented in a manner 
that helps private landowners achieve their long- 
term land use objectives in ways that enhance the 
conservation of wetlands and wildlife habitat. 
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