[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 133 (Wednesday, September 21, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 21, 1994]



         JUNIOR DUCK STAMP CONSERVATION AND DESIGN PROGRAM ACT

  The bill (H.R. 3679) to authorize appropriations to expand 
implementation of the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation Program conducted 
by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was considered, ordered to a 
third reading, read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 3679

       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 ``Junior Duck Stamp 
     Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994''.

     SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior (in this Act 
     referred to as the ``Secretary'') may carry out in accordance 
     with this Act a program to be known as the ``Junior Duck 
     Stamp Conservation and Design Program'' (in this Act referred 
     to as the ``Program'') to accomplish the goals of--
       (1) providing to school children environmental education 
     opportunities relating to the conservation and management of 
     migratory birds; and
       (2) increasing the capacity for schools, States, and other 
     educational programs to conduct conservation and education 
     programs.
       (b) Program Features.--The Program shall consist of--
       (1) conducting in all interested States the activities 
     which on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act 
     are conducted under the program known as the Junior Duck 
     Stamp Conservation and Design Program;
       (2) other activities authorized under the Program by this 
     or any other Act; and
       (3) any other activity necessary to carry out the 
     conservation and education goals of the Program.
       (c) Effort To Conduct Program in All States.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall take appropriate steps 
     to seek to conduct the Program in all of the 50 States.
       (2) Annual report.--The Secretary shall annually submit a 
     report to the Congress on the status of the Program in each 
     of the 50 States.

     SEC. 3. JUNIOR DUCK STAMP.

       (a) Competition.--As part of the Program, the Secretary may 
     annually conduct a competition to--
       (1) solicit the submission by students at elementary and 
     secondary schools of designs relating to conservation of 
     migratory birds; and
       (2) select winning designs from among those submissions for 
     use for licensing and marketing under subsection (b).
       (b) Licensing and Marketing of Design of Junior Duck 
     Stamps.--As part of the Program, the Secretary may--
       (1) license and market winning designs selected in 
     competitions under subsection (a); and
       (2) license and market stamps bearing those designs, which 
     shall be known as Junior Duck Stamps.
       (c) Use of Proceeds From Licensing and Marketing of Junior 
     Duck Stamps and Junior Duck Stamp Designs.--Amounts received 
     under subsection (b)--
       (1) shall be available to the Secretary until expended, 
     without further appropriations, solely for--
       (A) awards and scholarships to individuals who submit 
     designs in competitions under subsection (a), that are--
       (i) selected in such a competition as winning designs; or
       (ii) otherwise determined in such a competition to be 
     superior;
       (B) awards to schools and other participants to further 
     education activities related to the conservation education 
     goals of the Program; and
       (C) expenses for licensing and marketing under subsection 
     (b); and
       (2) may not be used for administrative expenses of the 
     Program.

     SEC. 4. ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS, DEVISES, AND BEQUESTS.

       The Secretary may accept and use any gift, devise, or 
     bequest of personal property, or proceeds thereof, for the 
     purpose of funding the activities described in section 
     3(c)(1) (A) and (B).

     SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
     for administrative expenses of the Program $250,000 for each 
     of the fiscal years 1995 through 2000.

     SEC. 6. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER AND REFUGE 
                   HEADQUARTERS AT JOHN HEINZ NATIONAL WILDLIFE 
                   REFUGE AT TINICUM.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding other laws and subject to 
     subsection (b), the Secretary of the Interior, acting through 
     the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
     may transfer to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation the 
     Cusano bequest.
       (b) Conditions of Transfer.--As a condition of transferring 
     the Cusano bequest under subsection (a), the Secretary of the 
     Interior shall require the National Fish and Wildlife 
     Foundation to enter into an agreement under which the 
     Foundation is required to--
       (1) solicit additional non-Federal contributions to provide 
     a dollar for dollar match of the Cusano bequest;
       (2) manage the Cusano bequest and those contributions in 
     accordance with all applicable requirements of the National 
     Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act (16 U.S.C. 
     3701 et seq.);
       (3) use all amounts and proceeds from the Cusano bequest 
     and any non-Federal contributions received pursuant to 
     paragraph (1) for the purpose of designing and constructing a 
     facility for an environmental education center and refuge 
     headquarters on lands located within the John Heinz National 
     Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum; and
       (4) donate the facility to the United States Fish and 
     Wildlife Service upon completion of its construction.
       (c) Cusano Bequest Defined.--For purposes of this section, 
     the term ``Cusano bequest'' means the amounts totaling 
     approximately $2,473,971 which were donated to the Department 
     of the Interior in 1994 by Mr. Antonio Cusano of Crum Lynne, 
     Pennsylvania, and includes all proceeds derived from such 
     amounts in the period since the donation was made.

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