[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2621 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2621

   To amend the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to 
increase the price of Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps to 
fund the acquisition of conservation easements for migratory birds, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 17, 2014

Mr. Vitter (for himself, Mr. Begich, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Coons, Mr. Crapo, 
and Mr. Tester) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to 
increase 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 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:
    ``(e) 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; and
            ``(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;
                    ``(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.''.
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