A bill to increase the price of migratory-bird hunting and conservation stamps and to suspend the hunting of migratory birds in any State in which there has been a failure to approve an acquisition of wetlands.

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

8 May 1978

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Status

Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

Summary

Amends the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act to set the fee for Federal migratory-bird hunting and conservation stamps at $5, and authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to raise such fee to $7.50 if funds in the migratory bird conservation fund have been obligated. Directs the Secretary to prohibit the hunting of migratory birds in any State which fails to approve an acquisition of water fowl habitat within a reasonable time.

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summary · EN · 8 May 1978
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/house-bill/12595
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