[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1916 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1916

   To amend the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to 
  provide for a revised schedule of price increases for the Migratory 
  Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, popularly known as the ``Duck 
                    Stamp'', and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 2, 2009

  Mr. Dingell (for himself and Mr. Wittman) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to 
  provide for a revised schedule of price increases for the Migratory 
  Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, popularly known as the ``Duck 
                    Stamp'', and for other purposes.

    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 Habitat Investment 
and Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO EXPAND DUCK STAMP DISTRIBUTION AND INCREASE 
              PRICE.

    Section 2 of the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act 
(16 U.S.C. 718a et seq.), popularly known as the ``Duck Stamp Act'' (16 
U.S.C. 718b), is amended as follows:
            (1) By amending subsection (a)(1)(B) to read as follows:
                    ``(B) such other official distributors as are 
                designated by the Secretary or any other 
                establishments, facilities, or locations as the Postal 
                Service or the Secretary (or a designee) may direct or 
                authorize.''.
            (2) In subsection (a)(3) by inserting ``and any official 
        distributor designated by the Secretary'' after ``Postal 
        Service''.
            (3) By amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) Price of Stamps.--The Postal Service and any other official 
distributor designated by the Secretary under subsection (a)(1)(B) 
shall collect, for each stamp sold--
            ``(1) $25 for a stamp for any of hunting years 2010 through 
        2016; and
            ``(2) $35 for a stamp for any hunting year after hunting 
        year 2020.''.
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