110 HR 2757 IH: To amend the Acts popularly known as the Duck Stamp Act U.S. House of Representatives 2007-06-15 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2757 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 15, 2007 Mr. Thompson of California (for himself and Mr. Young of Alaska) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Acts popularly known as the Duck Stamp Act and the Wetland Loan Act to reauthorize appropriations to promote the conservation of migratory waterfowl and to offset or prevent the serious loss of important wetlands and other waterfowl habitat essential to the preservation of such waterfowl, and for other purposes.

1.

Authorization of funds for conservation of migratory waterfowl and habitat

The first section of Public Law 87–383 (16 U.S.C. 715k–3), popularly known as the Wetlands Loan Act, is amended— (1)by striking for the period and all that follows through the end of the sentence and inserting $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2018.; and (2)by adding at the end the following: Funds appropriated pursuant to this Act shall be treated as an advance, without interest, to the migratory bird conservation fund. Such appropriated funds, beginning on July 1, 2010, shall be repaid to the Treasury out of the migratory bird conservation fund. Such repayment shall be made in annual amounts comprising the moneys accruing annually to such fund that are attributable to the portion of the price of migratory bird hunting stamps sold that year that is in excess of $15 per stamp..

2.

Price of duck stamp

(a)

Price of stamp

Section 2(b) of the Act of March 16, 1934 (chapter 71; 16 U.S.C. 718b(b)), popularly known as the Duck Stamp Act, is amended to read as follows: (b)

Price of stamp

A person authorized to sell stamps under this section shall collect, for each stamp sold— (1)$25 for a stamp for any of hunting years 2009 through 2016; and (2)$35 for a stamp for each hunting year after hunting year 2016. . (b)

Limitation on application

This section shall not affect the application of section 2 of such Act before July 1, 2009.

3.

Use of funding

(a)

Acquisition of lands only upon recommendation of Migratory Bird Conservation Commission

Amounts appropriated after the date of the enactment of this Act under the first section of Public Law 87–383 (16 U.S.C. 715k–3), popularly known as the Wetlands Loan Act, as amended by this Act, or from the migratory bird conservation fund, shall be available to acquire land only if the acquisition is recommended by the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission. (b)

Designation of authorized priority general public uses

Not later than one year after the acquisition of land with amounts referred to in subsection (a) that will be included in the National Wildlife Refuge System, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, shall designate the priority general public uses (as that term is used in section 4(a)(3) of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd(a)(3))) that will be authorized on such land, and the first date on which each designated use will be allowed.

4.

Sense of Congress regarding the expenditures of funds

It is the sense of Congress that— (1)the funds provided pursuant to the amendments made by this Act— (A)should be used for preserving and increasing waterfowl populations in accordance with the goals and objectives of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan; and (B)to that end, should be used to supplement and not replace current conservation funding, including funding for other Federal and State habitat conservation programs; and (2)this Act should be implemented in a manner that helps private landowners achieve their long-term land use objectives in ways that enhance the conservation of wetlands and wildlife habitat.