16 USC § 719 - Establishment of Program

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s719"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 719 - Establishment of Program"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "719"
section_name: "Establishment of Program"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "JUNIOR DUCK STAMP CONSERVATION AND DESIGN PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 103–340, § 2, Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3119; Pub. L. 106–316, § 2(1), Oct. 19, 2000, 114 Stat. 1276.)"
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# § 719. Establishment of Program

**(a)** **In general** The Secretary of the Interior (in this subchapter referred to as the “Secretary”) may carry out in accordance with this subchapter a program to be known as the “Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program” (in this subchapter referred to as the “Program”) to accomplish the goals of—

**(1)** providing to school children environmental education opportunities relating to the conservation and management of migratory birds; and

**(2)** increasing the capacity for schools, States, and other educational programs to conduct conservation and education programs.

**(b)** **Program features** The Program shall consist of—

**(1)** conducting in all interested States the activities which on the day before October 6, 1994, are conducted under the program known as the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program;

**(2)** other activities authorized under the Program by this subchapter or any other Act; and

**(3)** any other activity necessary to carry out the conservation and education goals of the Program.

**(c)** **Effort to conduct Program in all States**

**(1)** **In general** The Secretary shall take appropriate steps to seek to conduct the Program in all of the States.

**(2)** **Annual report** The Secretary shall annually submit a report to the Congress on the status of the Program in each of the States.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–340, § 2, Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3119; Pub. L. 106–316, § 2(1), Oct. 19, 2000, 114 Stat. 1276.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2000—Subsec. (c).  struck out “50” before “States” in pars. (1) and (2).

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title of 2006 Amendment

> “This Act [amending sections 719a and 719c of this title and provisions listed in a table of National Wildlife Refuges set out under
> 
> ] may be cited as the ‘Junior Duck Stamp Reauthorization Amendments Act of 2005’.”

, , , provided that:

### Short Title

> “This Act [enacting this subchapter and provisions listed in a table of National Wildlife Refuges set out under
> 
> ] may be cited as the ‘Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994’.”

, , , provided that: