[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3645 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3645

To amend the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to give 
the Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of the Migratory Bird 
  Conservation Commission, the authority to periodically increase the 
price of Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps to account for 
   inflation in funding the acquisition of interests in land for the 
        conservation of migratory birds, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2015

Mr. Lowenthal 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 give 
the Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of the Migratory Bird 
  Conservation Commission, the authority to periodically increase the 
price of Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps to account for 
   inflation in funding the acquisition of interests in land for the 
        conservation of 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 Price Stability 
Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. PERIODIC INCREASE IN PRICE OF MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING AND 
              CONSERVATION STAMP TO ACCOUNT FOR INFLATION.

    Section 2 of the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act 
(16 U.S.C. 718b) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``The Postal'' and 
        inserting ``Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), the 
        Postal''; and
            (2) by adding at the end of the following:
    ``(d) Increase in Price of Stamp.--
            ``(1) Increase authorized.--The Secretary may, after notice 
        and public comment, increase the price of each stamp sold under 
        this section by an amount not to exceed $10 for a hunting year 
        if the Secretary determines the increase--
                    ``(A) is commensurate with the level of inflation 
                as determined by the adjustments in the Consumer Price 
                Index since the last increase; and
                    ``(B) is approved unanimously by the Migratory Bird 
                Conservation Commission.
            ``(2) Effective date of increase.--An increase in price 
        under paragraph (1) shall take effect--
                    ``(A) no earlier than 2 years after the effective 
                date of the last increase in price; and
                    ``(B) no later than January 1 of the calendar year 
                preceding the hunting year.''.
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