[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2872 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2872

   To amend the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 to allow 
    States to issue electronic stamps under such Act, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 26, 2023

 Mr. Graves of Louisiana (for himself and Mr. Thompson of California) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 to allow 
    States to issue electronic stamps under such Act, 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. AUTHORIZING FULLY ELECTRONIC STAMPS.

    (a) In General.--Section 5 of the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp 
Act of 2013 (16 U.S.C. 718r) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``Actual Stamp'' 
                and inserting ``Electronic Stamp'';
                    (B) by striking ``actual stamp'' and inserting 
                ``electronic stamp''; and
                    (C) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
            ``(1) upon the date of purchase; and'';
            (2) in subsection (c), by inserting ``under subsection 
        (e)'' before the period at the end; and
            (3) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f) and 
        inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Delivery of Actual Stamps.--A State shall issue an actual 
stamp after March 10 of each year to each individual that purchased an 
electronic stamp from such State during the 1-year period preceding 
such date.''.
    (b) Stamp Valid Through Close of Hunting Season.--Section 6 of the 
Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 (16 U.S.C. 718s(c)) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``shall, during the 
        effective period of the electronic stamp--'' and inserting 
        ``shall--''; and
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``for a period agreed to 
        by the State and the Secretary, which shall not exceed 45 
        days'' and inserting ``until the first June 30 that occurs 
        after the date of issuance of such stamp''.
    (c) Electronic Stamps as Permit.--Section 1(a)(1) of the Migratory 
Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act (16 U.S.C. 718a(a)(1)) is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting ``as an electronic stamp or'' after 
        ``Conservation Stamp,''; and
            (2) by inserting ``actual'' after ``face of the''.
    (d) Contents of Electronic Stamp.--Section 2(3) of the Permanent 
Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 (16 U.S.C. 718o(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'';
            (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(F) may contain an image of the actual stamp.''.
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