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U.GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-198
TO AMEND THE PERMANENT ELECTRONIC DUCK STAMP ACT OF 2013 TO
ALLOW STATES TO ISSUE ELECTRONIC STAMPS UNDER SUCH ACT, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 2872]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 2872) to amend the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp
Act of 2013 to allow States to issue electronic stamps under such
Act, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports
favorably thereon with amendments and recommends that the bill
as amended do pass.
The amendments are as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SEC. 1. AUTHORIZING FULLY ELECTRONIC STAMPS.
(a) IN GENERAL.-Section 5 of the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013
(16 U.S.C. 718r) is amended-
(1) in subsection (a)-
(A) in the heading, by striking ACTUAL STAMP and inserting ELEC-
TRONIC STAMP;
(B) by striking actual stamp and inserting electronic stamp; and
(C) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
(1) upon the date of purchase; and;
(2) in subsection (c), by inserting under subsection (e) before the period at
the end; and
(3) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f) and inserting after sub-
section (d) the following new subsection:
(e) DELIVERY OF ACTUAL STAMPS.-The Secretary shall issue an actual stamp
after March 10 of each year to each individual that purchased an electronic stamp
for the preceding waterfowl seasons..
(b) STAMP VALID THROUGH CLOSE OF HUNTING SEASON.-Section 6 of the Perma-
nent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 (16 U.S.C. 718s(c)) is amended-
(1) in subsection (b), by striking shall, during the effective period of the elec-
tronic stamp- and inserting shall-; and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking for a period agreed to by the State and the
Secretary, which shall not exceed 45 days and inserting until the first June
30 that occurs after the date of issuance of such stamp.
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