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[H.R. 5069 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.5069

                     One Hundred Thirteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and fourteen


                                 An Act


 
   To amend the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to 
increase in the price of Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps 
 to fund the acquisition of conservation easements for migratory birds, 
                         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 ``Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN PRICE OF MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING AND CONSERVATION 
STAMP TO FUND ACQUISITION OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS FOR MIGRATORY 
BIRDS.
    The Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act is amended--
        (1) in section 2(b) (16 U.S.C. 718b(b))--
            (A) by striking ``1990, and'' and inserting ``1990,''; and
            (B) by striking ``for each hunting year thereafter'' and 
        inserting ``for hunting years 1991 through 2013, and $25 for 
        each hunting year thereafter'';
        (2) by adding at the end of section 2 (16 U.S.C. 718b) the 
    following:
    ``(c) Reduction in Price of Stamp.--The Secretary may reduce the 
price of each stamp sold under the provisions of this section for a 
hunting year if the Secretary determines that the increase in the price 
of the stamp after hunting year 2013 resulted in a reduction in 
revenues deposited into the fund.''; and
        (3) in section 4 (16 U.S.C. 718d)--
            (A) in subsection (a)(3), by inserting before the period 
        the following: ``, in which there shall be a subaccount to 
        which the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer all amounts 
        in excess of $15 that are received from the sale of each stamp 
        sold for each hunting year after hunting year 2013'';
            (B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``So much'' and 
        inserting ``Except as provided in paragraph (4), so much'';
            (C) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``paragraph (3)'' and 
        inserting ``paragraphs (3) and (4)''; and
            (D) by adding at the end of subsection (b) the following:
        ``(4) Conservation easements.--Amounts in the subaccount 
    referred to in subsection (a)(3) shall be used by the Secretary 
    solely to acquire easements in real property in the United States 
    for conservation of migratory birds.''.
SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORT ON EXPENDITURES.
    Section 4 of the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act 
(16 U.S.C. 718d) is further amended--
        (1) in subsection (c)--
            (A) by striking so much as precedes ``The Secretary may'' 
        and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Promotion of Stamp Sales.--''; and
            (B) by striking paragraph (2); and
        (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Annual Report.--The Secretary shall include in each annual 
report of the Commission under section 3 of the Migratory Bird 
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 715b)--
        ``(1) a description of activities conducted under subsection 
    (c) in the year covered by the report;
        ``(2) an annual assessment of the status of wetlands 
    conservation projects for migratory bird conservation purposes, 
    including a clear and accurate accounting of--
            ``(A) all expenditures by Federal and State agencies under 
        this section; and
            ``(B) all expenditures made for fee-simple acquisition of 
        Federal lands in the United States, including the amount paid 
        and acreage of each parcel acquired in each acquisition;
        ``(3) an analysis of the refuge lands opened, and refuge lands 
    closed, for hunting and fishing in the year covered by the report, 
    including--
            ``(A) identification of the specific areas in each refuge 
        and the reasons for the closure or opening; and
            ``(B) a detailed description of each closure including 
        detailed justification for such closure;
        ``(4) the total number of acres of refuge land open for hunting 
    and fishing, and the total number of acres of refuge land closed 
    for hunting and fishing, in the year covered by the report; and
        ``(5) a separate report on the hunting and fishing status of 
    those lands added to the system in the year covered by the 
    report.''.
SEC. 4. EXEMPTION FOR TAKINGS BY RURAL ALASKA SUBSISTENCE USERS.
    Section 1(a)(2) of the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation 
Stamp Act (16 U.S.C. 718a(a)(2)) is amended by striking ``or'' after 
the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (B), by striking the period at 
the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting ``; or'', and by adding at 
the end the following:
            ``(D) by a rural Alaska resident for subsistence uses (as 
        that term is defined in section 803 of the Alaska National 
        Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3113)).''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.