[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 130 (Thursday, July 27, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3838]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1089. Mr. SCHUMER (for Mr. Boozman (for himself, Mr. Manchin, Mr. 
Carper, Mrs. Capito, Mr. King, and Mr. Marshall)) proposed an amendment 
to the bill S. 788, to amend the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 
2013 to allow States to issue fully electronic stamps under that Act, 
and for other purposes; as follows:

        Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Duck Stamp Modernization Act 
     of 2023''.

     SEC. 2. 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 subsection heading, by striking ``Actual Stamp'' 
     and inserting ``Electronic Stamp'';
       (B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``an 
     actual stamp'' and inserting ``the electronic stamp''; and
       (C) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
       ``(1) on the date of purchase of the electronic stamp; 
     and'';
       (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``actual stamps'' and 
     inserting ``actual stamps under subsection (e)'';
       (3) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and
       (4) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
       ``(e) Delivery of Actual Stamps.--The Secretary shall issue 
     an actual stamp after March 10 of each year to each 
     individual that purchased an electronic stamp for the 
     preceding waterfowl season.''.
       (b) Contents of Electronic Stamp.--Section 2 of the 
     Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 (16 U.S.C. 718o) 
     is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Federal'' and all that 
     follows through ``that is printed'' and inserting ``Migratory 
     Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp required under the 
     Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act (16 U.S.C. 
     718a et seq.) that is printed''; and
       (2) in paragraph (3)--
       (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(F) may contain an image of the actual stamp.''.
       (c) Stamp Valid Through Close of Hunting Season.--Section 6 
     of the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 (16 U.S.C. 
     718s) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph 
     (1), 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 ``through the first June 30 that occurs 
     after the date of issuance of the electronic stamp by the 
     State''.
       (d) 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 (as defined in 
     section 2 of the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 
     (16 U.S.C. 718o)) or'' after ``Conservation Stamp,''; and
       (2) by striking ``face of the stamp'' and inserting ``face 
     of the actual stamp (as defined in that section)''.
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