16 USC 719 Jr Duck Stamp Contest

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(1) bestow upon the licensee the same privileges as are bestowed by an actual stamp;
(2) be recognized nationally as a valid Federal migratory bird hunting and conservation
stamp; and
(3) authorize the licensee to hunt migratory
waterfowl in any other State, in accordance
with the laws of the other State governing
that hunting.
(c) Duration
An electronic stamp issued by a State shall be
valid for a period agreed to by the State and the
Secretary, which shall not exceed 45 days.
(Pub. L. 113–239, § 6, Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 2849.)
§ 718t. Termination of State participation
The authority of a State to issue electronic
stamps under this subchapter may be terminated—
(1) by the Secretary, if the Secretary—
(A) finds that the State has violated any of
the terms of the application of the State approved by the Secretary under section 718q
of this title; and
(B) provides to the State written notice of
the termination by not later than the date
that is 30 days before the date of termination; or
(2) by the State, by providing written notice
to the Secretary by not later than the date
that is 30 days before the termination date.
(Pub. L. 113–239, § 7, Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 2849.)
SUBCHAPTER V—JUNIOR DUCK STAMP
CONSERVATION AND DESIGN PROGRAM
§ 719. Establishment of Program
(a) In general
The Secretary of the Interior (in this subchapter referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may
carry out in accordance with this subchapter a
program to be known as the ‘‘Junior Duck
Stamp Conservation and Design Program’’ (in
this subchapter referred to as the ‘‘Program’’) to
accomplish the goals of—
(1) providing to school children environmental education opportunities relating to the
conservation and management of migratory
birds; and
(2) increasing the capacity for schools,
States, and other educational programs to
conduct conservation and education programs.
(b) Program features
The Program shall consist of—
(1) conducting in all interested States the
activities which on the day before October 6,
1994, are conducted under the program known
as the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and
Design Program;
(2) other activities authorized under the Program by this subchapter or any other Act; and
(3) any other activity necessary to carry out
the conservation and education goals of the
Program.
(c) Effort to conduct Program in all States
(1) In general
The Secretary shall take appropriate steps
to seek to conduct the Program in all of the
States.

(2) Annual report
The Secretary shall annually submit a report to the Congress on the status of the Program in each of the States.
(Pub. L. 103–340, § 2, Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3119;
Pub. L. 106–316, § 2(1), Oct. 19, 2000, 114 Stat. 1276.)
AMENDMENTS
2000—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106–316 struck out ‘‘50’’ before ‘‘States’’ in pars. (1) and (2).
SHORT TITLE OF 2006 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 109–166, § 1, Jan. 10, 2006, 119 Stat. 3576, provided that: ‘‘This Act [amending sections 719a and 719c
of this title and provisions listed in a table of National
Wildlife Refuges set out under section 668dd of this
title] may be cited as the ‘Junior Duck Stamp Reauthorization Amendments Act of 2005’.’’
SHORT TITLE
Pub. L. 103–340, § 1, Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3119, provided
that: ‘‘This Act [enacting this subchapter and provisions listed in a table of National Wildlife Refuges set
out under section 668dd of this title] may be cited as
the ‘Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994’.’’

§ 719a. Junior Duck Stamp
(a) Competition
As part of the Program, the Secretary may annually conduct a competition to—
(1) solicit the submission by students at elementary and secondary schools of designs relating to conservation of migratory birds; and
(2) select winning designs from among those
submissions for use for licensing and marketing under subsection (b).
(b) Licensing and marketing of design of Junior
Duck Stamps
As part of the Program, the Secretary may—
(1) license and market winning designs selected in competitions under subsection (a);
and
(2) license and market stamps bearing those
designs, which shall be known as Junior Duck
Stamps.
(c) Use of proceeds
Amounts received under subsection (b)—
(1) 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—
1 So in original. Subsec. (c), as amended by Pub. L. 109–166, does
not contain a par. (2).

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(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; 2
(Pub. L. 103–340, § 3, Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3119;
Pub. L. 109–166, § 2, Jan. 10, 2006, 119 Stat. 3576.)
AMENDMENTS
2006—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109–166 amended heading
and text of subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment,
text read as follows: ‘‘Amounts received under subsection (b) of this section—
‘‘(1) shall be available to the Secretary until expended, without further appropriations, solely for—
‘‘(A) awards and scholarships to individuals who
submit designs in competitions under subsection (a)
of this section, that are—
‘‘(i) selected in such a competition as winning
designs; or
‘‘(ii) otherwise determined in such a competition to be superior;
‘‘(B) awards to schools and other participants to
further education activities related to the conservation education goals of the Program; and
‘‘(C) expenses for licensing and marketing under
subsection (b) of this section; and
‘‘(2) may not be used for administrative expenses of
the Program.’’

§ 719b. Acceptance of gifts, devises, and bequests
The Secretary may accept and use any gift,
devise, or bequest of personal property, or proceeds thereof, for the purpose of funding the activities described in section 719a(c)(1)(A) and (B)
of this title.
(Pub. L. 103–340, § 4, Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3120.)
§ 719b–1. Definition of State
For the purposes of this subchapter, the term
‘‘State’’ includes the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and any
other territory or possession of the United
States.
(Pub. L. 103–340, § 5, as added Pub. L. 106–316,
§ 2(3), Oct. 19, 2000, 114 Stat. 1276.)
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 5 of Pub. L. 103–340 was renumbered
section 6 and is classified to section 719c of this title.

§ 719c. Authorization of appropriations
(a) Authorization
There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary for administrative expenses of the
Program $350,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006
through 2010.
2 So

in original.

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(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.
(Pub. L. 103–340, § 6, formerly § 5, Oct. 6, 1994, 108
Stat. 3120; renumbered § 6 and amended Pub. L.
106–316, §§ 1, 2(2), Oct. 19, 2000, 114 Stat. 1276; Pub.
L. 109–166, § 3, Jan. 10, 2006, 119 Stat. 3577.)
CODIFICATION
Another section 6 of Pub. L. 103–340 was renumbered
section 7 and enacted provisions listed in a table of National Wildlife Refuges set out under section 668dd of
this title.
AMENDMENTS
2006—Pub. L. 109–166 designated existing provisions as
subsec. (a), inserted subsec. (a) heading, substituted
‘‘$350,000’’ for ‘‘$250,000’’ and ‘‘fiscal years 2006 through
2010’’ for ‘‘fiscal years 2001 through 2005’’, and added
subsec. (b).
2000—Pub. L. 106–316, § 1, substituted ‘‘for each of the
fiscal years 2001 through 2005’’ for ‘‘for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 2000’’.

CHAPTER 8—UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
NATIONAL WILDLIFE AND FISH REFUGE
Sec.

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728.
729.
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731.

Short title; ‘‘person’’ defined.
Acquisition of lands and water.
Purposes of refuge; regulations by Secretary
of the Interior.
Consent of States to acquisition; existing
rights-of-way, easements, etc.
Regulations, etc., by Secretary of the Interior.
Acts prohibited in refuge; commercial fishing.
Powers of employees of Department of the Interior.
Expenditures.
Price per acre.
Violations of law or regulations; punishment.
Effect on other laws.

§ 721. Short title; ‘‘person’’ defined
This chapter may be cited as ‘‘The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
Act.’’ The term ‘‘person’’ as used therein includes an individual, partnership, association, or
corporation.
(June 7, 1924, ch. 346, §§ 1, 12, 43 Stat. 650, 652;
Pub. L. 105–312, title II, § 202(b), Oct. 30, 1998, 112
Stat. 2957.)
CODIFICATION
Section is a combination provision, the first sentence
being derived from section 1 and the last from section
12, of act June 7, 1924.
AMENDMENTS
1998—Pub. L. 105–312 substituted ‘‘National Wildlife’’
for ‘‘Wild Life’’.

§ 722. Acquisition of lands and water
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to
acquire, by purchase, gift, or lease, such areas of