[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2398 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2398

        To provide for establishment of a memorial to sportsmen.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 31, 1998

 Mr. Thompson introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 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.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the conservation of the fish and wildlife resources of 
        the United States is of critical importance to all citizens;
            (2) numerous Federal and State agencies have been created 
        to manage 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 those collective efforts 
        are sportsmen, whose financial support to the fish and wildlife 
        conservation efforts of the United States amounts to tens of 
        billions of dollars;
            (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 high 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 Act entitled ``An Act to provide that the 
        United States shall aid the States in wildlife-restoration 
        projects, and for other purposes'', approved September 2, 1937 
        (commonly known as the ``Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration 
        Act'') (16 U.S.C. 669 et seq.), the Act entitled ``An Act to 
        provide that the United States shall aid the States in fish 
        restoration and management projects, and for other purposes'', 
        approved August 9, 1950 (commonly known as the ``Federal Aid in 
        Fish Restoration Act'') (16 U.S.C. 777 et seq.), and the 
        migratory bird hunting and conservation stamp program, 
        sportsmen have contributed billions of dollars for the 
        betterment of the fish and wildlife resources of the United 
        States 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 a multitude of fish 
        and wildlife species; and
            (10) this support has allowed fish and wildlife managers to 
        achieve some of our greatest fish and wildlife conservation 
        successes, including the North American wild elk, striped bass, 
        wild turkey, pronghorn antelope, wood duck, and greater Canada 
        goose.

SEC. 3. MEMORIAL TO SPORTSMEN.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior may permit the 
Sportsmen's Wildlife Foundation (a nonprofit corporation established 
under the law of the State of Tennessee) to establish in the District 
of Columbia or its environs a memorial to honor sportsmen in accordance 
with the Commemorative Works Act (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 (40 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
    (c) Payment of Expenses.--The Sportsmen's Wildlife Foundation shall 
be solely responsible for acceptance of contributions for, and payment 
of the expenses of, the establishment of the memorial. Federal funds 
shall not 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 required to be donated under section 8(b) of the 
Commemorative Works Act (40 U.S.C. 1008(b))), or upon expiration of the 
authority for the memorial under section 10(b) of that Act (40 U.S.C. 
1010(b)), there remains a balance of funds received for the 
establishment of the memorial, the Sportsmen'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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