Summary: The Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014 increases the price of duck

stamps, which one needs in order to hunt migratory waterfowl, to $25 up from $15.
The bill also lets the Department of the Interior reduce prices of stamps during a
hunting year if the price increase causes a drop in money deposited into the
Migratory Bird Conservation Fund. Also creates a subaccount for the Interior to use
to acquire land for conservation of migratory bird purposes. The bill makes the
Secretary of the Treasury to deposit all sales of stamps over $15 into the
subaccount. The Interior must include the status of wetlands conservation projects
for migratory bird conservation purposes in an annual report of the Migratory Bird
Conservation Commission. This includes expenses used for obtaining federal land,
as well as an overview of refuge lands and whether they will be opened or closed for
hunting and fishing. Lastly, the bill gives rural Alaska residents the right to use
migratory waterfowl for livelihood uses without the need for a duck stamp.
How it got passed: The bill was introduced by Rep. John Fleming on 07/10/2014.
He is a Republican from the state of Louisiana. The bill went to the House Natural
Resources committee on 7/10/2014 and the House Natural Resources Subcommittee
on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs on 7/15/2014. The committee was
designated to the whole House. The bill passed the House on 11/17/2014 and the
Senate 12/2/2014. It was signed by the President on 12/18/2014.

Signed by the
President

On December 18, 2014 the bill was signed by

the President

Passed Senate

On December 2, 2014 the bill passed the

Senate.

On November 11, 2014 the bill passed the

House.
No information provided about number of Dem.
or Rep. voted

On July 10, 2014, the bill was referred to

Committee.
House Natural Resources committee
House Natural Resources subcommittee on
FIsheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs

Passed House

Committee

Introduced

This bill was introduced by Representative John

Fleming (Republican) on July 10, 2014