[Senate Report 109-124]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                                       Calendar No. 195
109th Congress                                                   Report
                                 SENATE
 1st Session                                                    109-124

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             JUNIOR DUCK STAMP REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2005

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                August 31, 2005.--Ordered to be printed

   Filed, under authority of the order of the Senate of July 29, 2005

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    Mr. Inhofe, from the Committee on Environment and Public Works, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                         [To accompany S. 1339]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which was 
referred a bill (S. 1339) to reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp 
Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994, having considered 
the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and 
recommends that the bill do pass.

                    General Statement and Background

    Originating in 1989, with a grant made from the National 
Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Dr. Joan Allemand, an elementary 
school teacher, developed the Federal Junior Duck Stamp 
Conservation and Design Program, creatively involving her class 
in conservation activities at nearby J.N. ``Ding'' Darling 
National Wildlife Refuge in Sanibel, Florida. The Junior Duck 
Stamp Conservation and Design Act of 1994 was later enacted on 
October 6, 1994. The program was created as a dynamic, active 
arts curriculum designed to teach wetlands and waterfowl 
conservation to students in kindergarten through high school. 
The Act directed the Secretary of the Interior to create a 
Junior Duck Stamp and to license and market the stamp. In 2000, 
Congress reauthorized the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and 
Design Act for another 5 years, and expanded the conservation 
education program throughout the U.S. and its territories. 
Since then, all 50 States, the District of Columbia, American 
Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands have joined the program.
    The program incorporates scientific and wildlife management 
principles into a visual arts curriculum. This nontraditional 
pairing of subjects crosses cultural, ethnic, social, and 
geographic boundaries to teach greater awareness of our 
nation's natural resources. This benefits not only ducks, but 
all migratory birds, including neotropical migratory songbirds, 
and hundreds of other plants and animals that depend on wetland 
habitat for their survival.
    The program is administered by dedicated State and regional 
coordinators, most of whom are employees of the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service (Service), State resource agencies, or 
nonprofit conservation organizations. In addition, the 
Service's Federal Duck Stamp Office provides some staff time 
and national level support for the program. Participation, 
however, is largely dependant on the dedicated teachers and 
interested parents who utilize the Junior Duck Stamp 
Curriculum. The curriculum culminates in a Junior Duck Stamp 
Contest, in which thousands of students participate each year. 
Over the past 5 years, student participation rates have risen. 
Nearly 27,000 students submitted art for the contest in 2005. 
It is estimated that many thousands of other students 
participated in the curriculum, but did not submit an entry for 
the art contest.
    Each year, the winning entry from the national contest is 
used as the design for the next Junior Duck Stamp. Proceeds 
generated from the sale of Junior Duck Stamps are used to pay 
for awards for those who participate in the program, 
environmental education, and marketing of the program. In 2004, 
Junior Duck Stamp sales raised over $172,000.

                     Objectives of the Legislation

    The purpose of S. 1339 is to extend authorization of the 
program through fiscal year 2010.

                      Section-by-Section Analysis


Section 1. Short Title.

    This section provides that this Act may be cited as the 
``Junior Duck Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2005''.

Sec. 2. Reauthorization.

    This section amends 16 U.S.C. 719c (the Junior Duck Stamp 
Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994) by changing the 
dates from ``2001 through 2005'' to ``2006 through 2010''.

                          Legislative History

    On June 30, 2005, Senator James M. Inhofe introduced S. 
1339, which was cosponsored by Senator James Jeffords, Senator 
Lincoln Chafee and Senator Mike Crapo. The bill was referred to 
the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. On July 
20, 2005, the full committee held a business meeting and 
unanimously ordered S. 1339 to be favorably reported without 
amendment to the full Senate.

                                Hearings

    No committee hearings were held on S. 1339.

                             Rollcall Votes

    The Committee on Environment and Public Works met to 
consider S. 1339 on July 20, 2005. The committee approved S. 
1339 by unanimous consent.

                      Regulatory Impact Statement

    In compliance with section 11(b) of rule XXVI of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate, the committee finds that S. 1339 
does not create any additional regulatory burdens, nor will it 
cause any adverse impact on the personal privacy of 
individuals.

                          Mandates Assessment

    In compliance with the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 
(Public Law 104-4), the committee finds that S. 1339 would not 
impose Federal intergovernmental unfunded mandates on State, 
local, or tribal governments.

                          Cost of Legislation

    Section 403 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment 
Control Act requires that a statement of the cost of the 
reported bill, prepared by the Congressional Budget Office, be 
included in the report. That statement follows:
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S. 1339, Junior Duck Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2005, As ordered 
        reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public 
        Works on July 20, 2005

    S. 1339 would reauthorize discretionary funding for the 
junior duck stamp program for fiscal years 2006 through 2010 at 
the current authorization level of $250,000 annually. Under 
existing law, this authorization will expire after fiscal year 
2005. Assuming appropriation of the amounts authorized by the 
bill, CBO estimates that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
(USFWS) would spend up to $250,000 in each of fiscal years 2006 
through 2010. In recent years, the USFWS has spent less than 
$200,000 to administer the program, mostly to conduct the 
annual competition for the design of junior duck stamps.
    Enacting S. 1339 would not affect direct spending or 
revenues. The bill contains no intergovernmental or private-
sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 
and would have no significant impact on the budgets of State, 
local, or tribal governments.
    The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Deborah Reis. 
This estimate was approved by Peter H. Fontaine, Deputy 
Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

                        Changes in Existing Law

    In compliance with section 12 of rule XXVI of the Standing 
Rules of the Senate, changes in existing law made by the bill 
as reported are shown as follows: Existing law proposed to be 
omitted is enclosed in [black brackets], new matter is printed 
in italic, existing law in which no change is proposed is shown 
in roman:
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                            [16 U.S.C. 719C]

                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION


    CHAPTER 7--PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS


    Subchapter V--Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program

    [Redesignate first section 6 (16 U.S.C. 719c), relating to 
authorization of appropriations as section 7 and move section 
so as to appear at the end of the Act]

SEC. 719C. 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 [2001 through 2005] 2006 through 2010.

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