[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2164 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2164

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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 7, 1994

Mr. Mitchell (for Mr. Sasser) introduced the following bill; which was 
  read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public 
                                 Works

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                                 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, 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 (referred to in this 
Act 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'' (referred to in this Act 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 conducting--
            (1) in all interested States, the activities that on the 
        day before the date of enactment of this Act are conducted 
        under the program established by the United States Fish and 
        Wildlife Service and 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 50 States.
            (2) Annual report.--The Secretary shall annually submit a 
        report to 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 the 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 subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 3(c)(1).

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

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

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