[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3679 Engrossed in House (EH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3679

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                                 AN ACT


 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a program to be 
known as the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and 
Design Program Act of 1994''.

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 Program'' (in this Act referred to as the ``Program'') to 
accomplish 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 conservation and education 
        programs.
    (b) Program Features.--The Program shall consist of--
            (1) conducting in all interested States the activities 
        which on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act 
        are conducted under the program known as the Junior Duck Stamp 
        Conservation and Design Program;
            (2) other activities authorized under the Program 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.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall take appropriate steps 
        to seek to conduct the Program in all of the 50 States.
            (2) Annual report.--The Secretary shall annually 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 Secretary may 
annually conduct a competition to--
            (1) solicit the submission by students at elementary 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 Junior Duck Stamps.--As 
part of the Program, the Secretary may--
            (1) license and market winning designs selected in 
        competitions under subsection (a); and
            (2) license and market stamps bearing those designs, which 
        shall be known as Junior Duck Stamps.
    (c) Use of Proceeds From Licensing and Marketing of Junior Duck 
Stamps and Junior Duck Stamp Designs.--Amounts received under 
subsection (b)--
            (1) shall be available to the Secretary until expended, 
        without further appropriations, solely for--
                    (A) awards and scholarships to individuals who 
                submit designs in competitions under subsection (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 participants to 
                further education activities related to the 
                conservation education goals of the Program; 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).

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for 
administrative expenses of the Program $250,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 1995 through 2000.

SEC. 6. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER AND REFUGE HEADQUARTERS AT JOHN 
              HEINZ NATIONAL 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 contributions in 
        accordance with all applicable requirements 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 received pursuant to 
        paragraph (1) for the purpose of designing and constructing a 
        facility for an environmental 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 construction.
    (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 includes all proceeds 
derived from such amounts in the period since the donation was made.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 23, 1994.

            Attest:






                                                                 Clerk.

  
  
  
103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3679

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a program to be 
known as the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program, and for 
                            other purposes.