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H.R. 1206, Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 1 (February 12, 2014)

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February 12, 2014
H.R. 1206
Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
on February 6, 2014
H.R. 1206 would authorize the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to permanently
allow any state to provide hunting and conservation stamps for migratory birds (referred to
as federal duck stamps) electronically. The electronic stamps would remain valid for
45 days to allow for the physical stamps to arrive in the mail. A pilot program that
authorized a limited number of states to issue electronic stamps expired in 2010, although
the USFWS has continued the program under other authorities.
CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 1206 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 over the
2014-2024 period because we expect that the number of additional stamps purchased
would not be significant.
H.R. 1206 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 May 14, 2013, CBO transmitted a cost estimate for H.R. 1206, as ordered reported by
the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 24, 2013. The two versions of the
legislation are identical and the CBO cost estimates are the same.
The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Martin von Gnechten. The estimate was
approved by Theresa Gullo, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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