[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
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[H.R. 3679 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 290
103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3679

                          [Report No. 103-521]

To authorize appropriations to expand implementation of the Junior Duck 
  Stamp Conservation Program conducted by the United States Fish and 
                           Wildlife Service.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 22, 1993

   Mr. Ortiz (for himself, Mr. Weldon, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Dellums, Mr. 
Lipinski, Mr. Laughlin, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Frost, Mr. Bonior, and 
 Mr. Washington) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
             the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries

                              May 23, 1994

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           November 22, 1993]

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize appropriations to expand implementation of the Junior Duck 
  Stamp Conservation Program conducted by the United States Fish and 
                           Wildlife Service.

    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'').
    (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.
    Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to carry out a program to be known as the Junior Duck 
Stamp Conservation and Design Program.''.




                                                 Union Calendar No. 290

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3679

                          [Report No. 103-521]

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                                 A BILL

To authorize appropriations to expand implementation of the Junior Duck 
  Stamp Conservation Program conducted by the United States Fish and 
                           Wildlife Service.

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                              May 23, 1994

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed