Amends the Wetland Loan Act to extend funding for conservation of migratory waterfowl and habitat.
Amends the Duck Stamp Act (the Act) to increase the price of federal migratory-bird hunting and conservation stamps, and to revise procedures for disposing of unsold stamps.
Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to require a person to affix a stamp sold under such Act to any other license as a condition of engaging in hunting under the authority of the stamp.
Expresses the sense of Congress that the funds provided pursuant to this Act should be used for preserving and increasing waterfowl populations in accordance with the goals and objectives of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan, and to that end, should be used to supplement and not replace current conservation funding, including funding for other federal and state habitat conservation programs.
States the sense of Congress that 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.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4315 Introduced in House (IH)]
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.
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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
Resources
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A BILL
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS FOR CONSERVATION OF MIGRATORY
WATERFOWL AND HABITAT.
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 follows
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, beginning on July 1, 2007, shall
be repaid to the Treasury 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)), popularly 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 Department of the
Interior'' and inserting ``sold by the Postal Service,
the Secretary of the Interior, and any other person
authorized by the Secretary 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 Interior, 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 inserting
``Secretary of the Interior'';
(B) by striking ``prescribed by it'' and inserting
``prescribed by the Secretary'';
(C) by striking ``of blocks composed of two or more
attached''; and
(D) by inserting ``authorized by the Secretary of
the Interior to sell stamps on consignment''; 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 subsection 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 ``migratory-
bird hunting'' each place it appears;
(2) by inserting ``or the Secretary of the Interior'' after
``Postal Service'' the first place it appears;
(3) by striking ``Philatelic Agency'' and inserting
``Postal Service and the Secretary of the Interior, or a person
authorized by the Secretary,''; and
(4) by inserting ``and the Secretary of the Interior''
after ``Postal Service'' the second place it appears.
SEC. 3. DISPLAY OF STAMP.
The first section of the Act of March 16, 1934 (chapter 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 EXPENDITURES OF FUNDS.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the funds provided pursuant to the amendments made by
this Act--
(A) should be used for preserving and increasing
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 supplement 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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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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