[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 164 (Sunday, December 18, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H12277-H12278]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        JUNIOR DUCK STAMP REAUTHORIZATION AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2005

  Mr. POMBO. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on 
Resources be discharged from further consideration of the bill (H.R. 
3179) to reauthorize and amend the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and 
Design Program Act of 1994, and ask for its immediate consideration in 
the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the bill, as follows:

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                               H.R. 3179

       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 
     Reauthorization Amendments Act of 2005''.

     SEC. 2. USE OF PROCEEDS FROM LICENSING AND MARKETING OF 
                   JUNIOR DUCK STAMPS AND JUNIOR DUCK STAMP 
                   DESIGNS.

       Section 3(c) of the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and 
     Design Program Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 719a(c)) is amended to 
     read as follows:
       ``(c) Use of Proceeds.--Amounts received under subsection 
     (b)--
       ``(1) shall be available to the Secretary until expended, 
     without further appropriations, solely for--
       ``(A) awards, prizes, 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 and prizes to schools, students, teachers, and 
     other participants to further education activities related to 
     the conservation education goals of the Program;
       ``(C) award ceremonies for winners of national and State 
     Junior Duck Stamp competitions;
       ``(D) travel expenses for winners of national and State 
     Junior Duck Stamp competitions to award ceremonies, if--
       ``(i) the event is intended to honor students for winning a 
     national competition; or
       ``(ii) the event is intended to honor students for winning 
     a State competition;
       ``(E) expenses for licensing and marketing under subsection 
     (b);
       ``(F) expenses for migratory bird reference materials or 
     supplies awarded to schools that participate in the Program; 
     and
       ``(G) expenses for marketing and educational materials 
     developed to promote the Program;''.

     SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       Section 6 of the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design 
     Program Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 719c) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``$250,000'' and inserting ``$350,000'';
       (2) by striking ``fiscal years 2001 through 2005'' and 
     inserting ``fiscal years 2006 through 2010'';
       (3) by inserting ``(a) Authorization.--'' before the first 
     sentence; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(b) Limitations on Use for Distribution to State and 
     Regional Coordinators To Implement Competitions.--Of the 
     amount appropriated under this section for a fiscal year--
       ``(1) not more than $100,000 may be used by the Secretary 
     to administer the Program; and
       ``(2) not more than $250,000 may be distributed to State 
     and regional coordinators to implement competitions under the 
     Program.''.

     SEC. 4. REPEAL.

       The second section 6 of the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation 
     and Design Program Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 668dd note), 
     relating to an environmental education center and refuge 
     headquarters, is repealed.

  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read 
the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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