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S. 2071, Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2012 1 (August 23, 2012)

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COST ESTIMATE
August 23, 2012
S. 2071
Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2012
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
on July 25, 2012
S. 2071 would authorize the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to permanently
allow states to provide federal migratory bird hunting and conservation stamps (referred to
as federal duck stamps) electronically. The electronic stamps would remain valid for
45 days to allow hunting before the stamps arrive in the mail. A pilot program that
authorized states to issue electronic stamps expired in 2010, although the USFWS has
continued the program under other authorities.
CBO estimates that enacting S. 2071 would affect direct spending and revenues; therefore,
pay-as-you-go procedures apply. Under current law, amounts collected from the sale of
duck stamps are deposited in the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund and are available to be
spent without further appropriation for waterfowl conservation projects. CBO estimates
that the net effects of enacting the bill would be insignificant for each year and over the
2013-2022 period because the legislation would not have a significant impact on the
number of federal duck stamps purchased.
S. 2071 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal
governments.
On December 14, 2011, CBO transmitted a cost estimate for H.R. 3117, the Permanent
Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2011, as ordered reported by the House Committee on
Natural Resources on November 17, 2011. The two bills are nearly identical, and the
estimated costs are the same.
The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Martin von Gnechten. The estimate was
approved by Peter H. Fontaine, Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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