[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3179 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3179

To reauthorize and amend the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design 
                          Program Act of 1994.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 2005

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To reauthorize and amend the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design 
                          Program Act of 1994.

    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 Reauthorization 
Amendments Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. USE OF PROCEEDS FROM LICENSING AND MARKETING OF JUNIOR DUCK 
              STAMPS AND JUNIOR DUCK STAMP DESIGNS.

    Section 3(c) of the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design 
Program Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 719a(c)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(c) Use of Proceeds.--Amounts received under subsection (b)--
            ``(1) shall be available to the Secretary until expended, 
        without further appropriations, solely for--
                    ``(A) awards, prizes, 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 and prizes to schools, students, 
                teachers, and other participants to further education 
                activities related to the conservation education goals 
                of the Program;
                    ``(C) award ceremonies for winners of national and 
                State Junior Duck Stamp competitions;
                    ``(D) travel expenses for winners of national and 
                State Junior Duck Stamp competitions to award 
                ceremonies, if--
                            ``(i) the event is intended to honor 
                        students for winning a national competition; or
                            ``(ii) the event is intended to honor 
                        students for winning a State competition;
                    ``(E) expenses for licensing and marketing under 
                subsection (b);
                    ``(F) expenses for migratory bird reference 
                materials or supplies awarded to schools that 
                participate in the Program; and
                    ``(G) expenses for marketing and educational 
                materials developed to promote the Program;''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 6 of the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program 
Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 719c) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``$250,000'' and inserting ``$350,000'';
            (2) by striking ``fiscal years 2001 through 2005'' and 
        inserting ``fiscal years 2006 through 2010'';
            (3) by inserting ``(a) Authorization.--'' before the first 
        sentence; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Limitations on Use for Distribution to State and Regional 
Coordinators to Implement Competitions.--Of the amount appropriated 
under this section for a fiscal year--
            ``(1) not more than $100,000 may be used by the Secretary 
        to administer the Program; and
            ``(2) not more than $250,000 may be distributed to State 
        and regional coordinators to implement competitions under the 
        Program.''.

SEC. 4. REPEAL.

    The second section 6 of the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and 
Design Program Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 668dd note), relating to an 
environmental education center and refuge headquarters, is repealed.
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