[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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