In the nature of a substitute.

SA 1089. Mr. SCHUMER (for Mr. Boozman (for himself, Mr. Manchin, Mr.
Carper, Mrs. Capito, Mr. King, and Mr. Marshall)) proposed an amendment
to the bill S. 788, to amend the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of
2013 to allow States to issue fully electronic stamps under that Act,
and for other purposes; as follows:

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Duck Stamp Modernization Act
of 2023''.

SEC. 2. 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 subsection heading, by striking ``Actual Stamp''
and inserting ``Electronic Stamp'';
(B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``an
actual stamp'' and inserting ``the electronic stamp''; and
(C) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
``(1) on the date of purchase of the electronic stamp;
and'';
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ``actual stamps'' and
inserting ``actual stamps under subsection (e)'';
(3) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and
(4) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
``(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 season.''.
(b) Contents of Electronic Stamp.--Section 2 of the
Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 (16 U.S.C. 718o)
is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Federal'' and all that
follows through ``that is printed'' and inserting ``Migratory
Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp required under the
Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act (16 U.S.C.
718a et seq.) that is printed''; and
(2) in paragraph (3)--
(A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(F) may contain an image of the actual stamp.''.
(c) Stamp Valid Through Close of Hunting Season.--Section 6
of the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 (16 U.S.C.
718s) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph
(1), by striking ``shall, during the effective period of the
electronic 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 ``through the first June 30 that occurs
after the date of issuance of the electronic stamp by the
State''.
(d) Electronic Stamps as Permit.--Section 1(a)(1) of the
Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act (16 U.S.C.
718a(a)(1)) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``as an electronic stamp (as defined in
section 2 of the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013
(16 U.S.C. 718o)) or'' after ``Conservation Stamp,''; and
(2) by striking ``face of the stamp'' and inserting ``face
of the actual stamp (as defined in that section)''.
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