Junior Duck Stamp Reauthorization Amendments Act of 2005

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Junior Duck Stamp Reathorization Amendments Act of 2005 - Amends the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program act of 1994 to, among other things: (1) remove the requirement prohibiting the use of proceeds received from the licensing and marketing of Junior Duck Stamps for administrative expenses of the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program; (2) increase the amount that is authorized to be appropriated for administrative expenses of the Program; and (3) extend such Program through FY2010. Sets separate limits on the amount that may be used for administration of the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program and that may be distributed to state and regional coordinators to implement competitions under the Program.

[109th Congress Public Law 166]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


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Public Law 109-166
109th Congress

                                 An Act


 
 To reauthorize and amend the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design 
      Program Act of 1994. <<NOTE: Jan. 10, 2006 -  [H.R. 3179]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress <<NOTE: Junior Duck Stamp 
Reauthorization Amendments Act of 2005. 16 USC 719 note.>> 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;''.

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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. <<NOTE: 16 USC 668dd note.>> 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.

    Approved January 10, 2006.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 3179 (S. 1339):
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 109-246 accompanying S. 1339 (Comm. on Resources).
SENATE REPORTS: No. 109-124 accompanying S. 1339 (Comm. on Environment 
and Public Works).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 151 (2005):
            Dec. 18, considered and passed House.
            Dec. 21, considered and passed Senate.

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