[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2319 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2319

   To authorize the use of receipts from the sale of migratory bird 
 hunting and conservation stamps to promote additional stamp purchases.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 16, 1998

   Mr. Chafee (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Breaux, and Mr. Cochran) 
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 use of receipts from the sale of migratory bird 
 hunting and conservation stamps to promote additional stamp purchases.

    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 ``Migratory Bird Hunting and 
Conservation Stamp Promotion Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. PROMOTION OF STAMP SALES.

    (a) In General.--Section 4 of the Act of March 16, 1934 (commonly 
known as the ``Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act'') (16 
U.S.C. 718d), is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``subsection (c) of this 
        section'' and inserting ``subsections (c) and (d)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Promotion of Stamp Sales.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to approval of an annual 
        marketing plan by the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission 
        established by section 2 of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act 
        (16 U.S.C. 715a), the Secretary of the Interior may use from 
        receipts from the sale of migratory bird hunting and 
        conservation stamps an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 for each 
        of fiscal years 1999 through 2003 for the promotion of 
        additional stamp sales.
            ``(2) Annual report.--The Secretary of the Interior shall--
                    ``(A) include in each report under section 3 of the 
                Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 715b) a 
                statement of all expenditures under paragraph (1); and
                    ``(B) provide a copy to the Migratory Bird 
                Conservation Commission, the Committee on Environment 
                and Public Works of the Senate, and the Committee on 
                Resources of the House of Representatives.''.
    (b) Technical Amendments.--
            (1) Short title.--
                    (A) The Act of March 16, 1934 (16 U.S.C. 718 et 
                seq.), is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 11. SHORT TITLE.

    ``This Act may be cited as the `Migratory Bird Hunting and 
Conservation Stamp Act'.''.
                    (B) Section 4(d)(2) of the National Wildlife Refuge 
                System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 
                668dd(d)(2)) is amended in the last sentence by 
                striking ``Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act'' and 
                inserting ``Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation 
                Stamp Act''.
                    (C) Section 102 of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670b) 
                is amended by striking ``Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp 
                Act as amended'' and inserting ``Migratory Bird Hunting 
                and Conservation Stamp Act (16 U.S.C. 718 et seq.)''.
                    (D) Section 203(b)(4)(A) of the Sikes Act (16 
                U.S.C. 670i(b)(4)(A)) is amended by striking ``Act of 
                March 16, 1934, commonly referred to as the Migratory 
                Bird Hunting Stamp Act'' and inserting ``Migratory Bird 
                Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act''.
                    (E) Section 2 of Public Law 87-383 (16 U.S.C. 715k-
                4) is amended by striking ``Migratory Bird Hunting 
                Stamp Act of March 16, 1934, as amended'' and inserting 
                ``Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act''.
                    (F) Section 201 of the Emergency Wetlands Resources 
                Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 3911) is amended--
                            (i) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking 
                        ``Act of March 16, 1934 (16 U.S.C. 718b) 
                        (commonly known as the Duck Stamp Act)'' and 
                        inserting ``Migratory Bird Hunting and 
                        Conservation Stamp Act (16 U.S.C. 718b)''; and
                            (ii) in subsection (c)(B), by striking 
                        ``Act of March 16, 1934'' and inserting 
                        ``Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp 
                        Act''.
                    (G) Section 203 of the Emergency Wetlands Resources 
                Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 3912) is amended by striking 
                ``Act of March 16, 1934'' and inserting ``Migratory 
                Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act''.
                    (H) Clause (ii) of section 504(1) of title 18, 
                United States Code, is amended by striking ``Migratory 
                Bird Hunting Stamp Act of 1934'' and inserting 
                ``Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act (16 
                U.S.C. 718 et seq.)''.
                    (I) Section 28(f) of the Act of August 13, 1954 (25 
                U.S.C. 564w-1(f) is amended--
                            (i) in the second sentence, by striking 
                        ``Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act of March 16, 
                        1934, as amended (16 U.S.C. 718)'' and 
                        inserting ``Migratory Bird Hunting and 
                        Conservation Stamp Act (16 U.S.C. 718 et 
                        seq.)''; and
                            (ii) in the third sentence, by striking 
                        ``section 4 of the Act of March 16, 1934 (48 
                        Stat. 451), as amended or supplemented'' and 
                        inserting ``section 4 of the Migratory Bird 
                        Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act (16 U.S.C. 
                        718d)''.
            (2) Migratory bird hunting and conservation stamp.--
                    (A) The first section and section 10 of the Act of 
                March 16, 1934 (16 U.S.C. 718a, 718j), are amended by 
                striking ``migratory-bird hunting and conservation 
                stamp'' each place it appears and inserting ``migratory 
                bird hunting and conservation stamp''.
                    (B) Section 2(a) of the Act of March 16, 1934 (16 
                U.S.C. 718b(a)), is amended in the fifth sentence by 
                striking ``migratory-bird hunting stamps'' and 
                inserting ``migratory bird hunting and conservation 
                stamps''.
                    (C) Sections 4(a) and 5(c) of the Act of March 16, 
                1934 (16 U.S.C. 718d(a), 718e(c)), are amended by 
                striking ``migratory bird hunting stamps'' each place 
                it appears and inserting ``migratory bird hunting and 
                conservation stamps''.
                    (D) Section 5(a) of the Act of March 16, 1934 (16 
                U.S.C. 718e(a)), is amended by striking ``migratory-
                bird hunting stamp'' and inserting ``migratory bird 
                hunting and conservation stamp''.
                    (E) Section 2(4) of the Act of September 28, 1962 
                (16 U.S.C. 460k-1(4)), is amended by striking 
                ``migratory bird hunting stamps'' and inserting 
                ``migratory bird hunting and conservation stamps''.
                    (F) Section 203(b)(4)(A) of the Sikes Act (16 
                U.S.C. 670i(b)(4)(A)) is amended by striking 
                ``migratory bird hunting stamp'' and inserting 
                ``migratory bird hunting and conservation stamp''.
                    (G) Section 3(a) of the Act of July 30, 1956 (16 
                U.S.C. 718b-1), is amended by striking ``migratory-bird 
                hunting stamps'' and inserting ``migratory bird hunting 
                and conservation stamps''.
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