[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4077 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4077

        To provide for establishment of a memorial to sportsmen.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 1998

  Mr. Duncan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
        To provide for establishment of a memorial to sportsmen.

    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 ``Sportsmen's Memorial Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The conservation of the Nation's fish and wildlife 
        resources is of critical importance to all of our citizens.
            (2) Numerous Federal and State agencies have been created 
        to manage for the conservation of our fish and wildlife 
        resources.
            (3) Numerous national, State, and local associations have 
        been created to support the conservation of our fish and 
        wildlife resources.
            (4) Standing at the forefront of these collective efforts 
        are sportsmen, whose financial support to the Nation's fish and 
        wildlife conservation efforts numbers in the tens of billions.
            (5) Sportsmen have been the financial and philosophical 
        backbone of successful fish and wildlife management throughout 
        the 20th century.
            (6) Sportsmen's support has allowed fish and wildlife 
        managers to protect and restore millions of acres of habitat, 
        engage in quality research on a multitude of fish and wildlife 
        species, and actively manage our fish and wildlife resources on 
        a day-to-day basis.
            (7) Through the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (16 
        U.S.C. 669 et seq.), the Federal Aid in Fish Restoration Act 
        (16 U.S.C. 777 et seq.), and the Migratory Bird Conservation 
        Stamp program, sportsmen have contributed billions of dollars 
        for the betterment of this Nation's fish and wildlife resources 
        and the conservation of fish and wildlife habitat.
            (8) Sportsmen, through their purchase of State hunting and 
        fishing licenses, stamps, and tags, have contributed additional 
        billions of dollars directly to State fish and wildlife 
        agencies for the betterment of fish and wildlife resources and 
        the conservation of fish and wildlife habitat.
            (9) Sportsmen, through their voluntary contributions to 
        fish and wildlife conservation associations, have conserved 
        additional millions of acres of habitat and the conservation of 
        a multitude of fish and wildlife species.
            (10) This support has allowed fish and wildlife managers to 
        achieve some of our greatest fish and wildlife success stories, 
        including the North American wild elk, striped bass, wild 
        turkey, pronghorn antelope, wood duck, and greater Canada 
        goose.

SEC. 2. MEMORIAL TO SPORTSMEN.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior may permit the 
Sportmen's Wildlife Foundation (a nonprofit corporation established 
under the laws of the State of Tennessee) to establish in the District 
of Columbia or its environs a memorial to honor sportsmen pursuant to 
the Commemorative Works Act of 1986 (40 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
    (b) Compliance With Standards for Commemorative Works.--The 
establishment of the memorial shall be in accordance with the 
Commemorative Works Act of 1986 (40 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
    (c) Payment of Expenses.--The Sportmen's Wildlife Foundation shall 
be solely responsible for acceptance of contributions for, and payment 
of the expenses of, the establishment of the memorial. No Federal funds 
may be used to pay any expense of the establishment of the memorial.
    (d) Deposit of Excess Funds.--If, upon payment of all expenses of 
the establishment of the memorial (including the maintenance and 
preservation amount provided for in section 8(b) of the Commemorative 
Works Act of 1986 (40 U.S.C. 1008(b))), or upon expiration of the 
authority for the memorial under section 10(b) of the Commemorative 
Works Act of 1986 (40 U.S.C. 1010(b)), there remains a balance of funds 
received for the establishment of the memorial, the Sportmen's Wildlife 
Foundation shall transmit the amount of the balance to the Secretary of 
the Treasury for deposit in the account provided for in section 8(b)(1) 
of that Act (40 U.S.C. 1008(b)(1)).
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